[H-ADMIN] May not be able to attend Exec meeting this Saturday due to LCA training

[Mark Ellem]

Hi Russell,

Are you accusing me of sending this email after the meeting in some 
attempt to pretend I notified people of my situation on the day? What 
happened was I sent this email from my phone. Now I thought it had been 
sent but it looks like it must of been queuing somewhere, that's all.

The report is sitting on my computer and I will fix this situation ASAP. 
I apologize for any delay. No need to remind me of the obligations to 
the membership for the right to know financial information. As a member 
myself, I would like to see such information as available as well. It 
was you who started the meeting without Matt and Myself. I did ask about 
about where the minutes were on the wiki just before you started via the 
phone call we had and was told they would be started by you, so unless I 
sent them via email there was no way to get my report there before the 
meeting.

I also take issue you could not wait 20 minutes given our (Matt and 
myself) circumstances to allow all Exec members able to attend to do so, 
given how the weather was that day and the fact the LCA training session 
ran a bit overtime. I highlight the fact the according to section 4, 
part a, clause ii of the HUMBUG constitution, you need at least 3 Exec 
members present to have an Exec meeting, which we clearly didn't. From 
how I read this, proxies do not count as a present member.

Given it seems we are calling shots on responsibilities, I'd like you 
remind you of your obligations under the constitution to properly 
convene Exec meetings in accordance to it. In this case you have failed 
in as much as I have not made my report in a timely fashion.

I'll take note of bringing the statements and will do so for future 
meetings.

This email you wrote is coming across to me as accusing and rude. Now I 
know you and do know you have a habit of doing this when you make 
assuptions, so I'll ignore it.

Cheers,
Mark.

On 12/12/10 11:00, Russell Stuart wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 18:54 +1000, Mark Ellem wrote:
>> I have the same issue as Matt where I'll be doing training all day
>> Saturday. Being we seem not to have the majority of the Exec available
>> for this meeting, why don't we defer it to a later date?
> Mark,
>
> According to the headers in this it was sent from your mail client at 38
> minutes past midnight this morning.  Thus the meeting was over by the
> time anybody got this.
>
> Also, you didn't submit a report, nor did you advise us of any
> extenuating circumstances.  However, the club members are entitled to
> know its financial position.  So please submit send a report detailing
> the financial position of the club to this list within the next week.
> If this is not going to happen for whatever reason, please let me know
> ASAP so I can pick up the books from you and submit it myself.
>
> Finally, at the last meeting we decided it would be prudent if the Exec
> sighted the last back statement at each Exec meeting.  So for future
> meetings please bring it along with you.
>