Special Meeting
A group of 23 new deal cafe members have requested a special meeting to
address a list of 5 concerns.
Only members who are current on their dues may vote on the motions at this
meeting. Several of the motions would require changes to the by-laws to be
fully carried out. Additional information will be made available concerning
this open challenge to the standing board of the new deal cafe, soon.
PETITION for SPECIAL MEETING
New Deal Café Cooperative
We members of the New Deal Cafe, by our signatures on this petition, hereby
call for a special membership meeting to be convened pursuant to Article IV of the
cooperative’s Bylaws. The overall purposes of the special meeting shall be:
(1) To challenge the reported removal of Diana McFadden from the Board of
Directors and subsequent appointment of Brett Fishburne, and
(2) To officially express our disapproval over the continuing failure of the
Directors to exercise their fiduciary responsibility in an open manner and consistent
with the Bylaws.
We call upon the Board of Directors to convene this special meeting within
the next 45 days as stipulated in the Bylaws. The motions to be acted upon at the
special meeting are as follows:
I. MOTION: “That the members assembled in this special meeting elect a
temporary chair for the duration of the meeting, such election to take place
immediately upon passage of this motion.”
II. MOTION: “That the Board’s removal of Diana McFadden from the Board is
hereby null and void, and that any future consideration of her legitimacy as
a Board Member be conducted in an open manner such that members of the cooperative
can witness and contribute to the deliberation.”
III. MOTION: “That any future vacancy(s) on the Board be filled by
appointment only after the remaining members of the Board notify the
membership of such vacancy(s) in an open meeting of the Board and solicit indications of
interest in being appointed, and that any such appointments be made no sooner than the
next duly scheduled Board meeting, so that there is sufficient time for members to
learn of the vacancy(s).”
IV. MOTION: “That the President and Board of the cooperative establish a
date no later than November 15, 2006 on which the 2006 Annual Meeting will be
held.”
V. MOTION: “That the membership hereby expresses our collective dismay at
the Board’s repeated lapses of adherence to the cooperative’s Bylaws, and
calls upon the Board to establish trust and accountability with the members of the
Cooperative by establishing an elections or nominations committee, establishing an audit
committee, establishing a written payment plan for all creditors, providing written
financial reports on a quarterly basis, and obtaining a financial audit of the corporation’s
books in keeping with the Bylaws and generally accepted business practice.”
PETITION for SPECIAL MEETING
New Deal Café Cooperative
We members of the New Deal Cafe, by our signatures on this petition, hereby
call for a special membership meeting to be convened pursuant to Article IV of the
cooperative’s Bylaws. The overall purposes of the special meeting shall be:
(1) To challenge the reported removal of Diana McFadden from the Board of
Directors and subsequent appointment of Brett Fishburne, and
(2) To officially express our disapproval over the continuing failure of the
Directors to exercise their fiduciary responsibility in an open manner and consistent
with the Bylaws.
We call upon the Board of Directors to convene this special meeting within
the next 45 days as stipulated in the Bylaws. The motions to be acted upon at the
special meeting are
as follows:
I. MOTION: “That the members assembled in this special meeting elect a
temporary chair for the duration of the meeting, such election to take place
immediately
upon passage of this motion.”
II. MOTION: “That the Board’s removal of Diana McFadden from the Board is
hereby null and void, and that any future consideraion of her legitimacy as
a Board Member be conducted in an open manner such that members of the cooperative
can witness and contribute to the deliberation.”
III. MOTION: “That any future vacancy(s) on the Board be filled by
appointment only after the remaining members of the Board notify the
membership of such vacancy(s) in an open meeting of the Board and solicit indications of
interest in being appointed, and that any such appointments be made no sooner than the
next duly scheduled Board meeting, so that there is sufficient time for members to learn of the
vacancy(s).”
IV. MOTION: “That the President and Board of the cooperative establish a
date no later than November 15, 2006 on which the 2006 Annual Meeting will be
held.”
V. MOTION: “That the membership hereby expresses our collective dismay at
the Board’s repeated lapses of adherence to the cooperative’s Bylaws, and
calls upon the Board to establish trust and accountability with the members of the
Cooperative by establishing an elections or nominations committee, establishing an audit
committee, establishing a written payment plan for all creditors, providing written
financial reports on a quarterly basis, and obtaining a financial audit of the corporation’s
books in keeping with the Bylaws and generally accepted business practice.”
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