[Nfbc-info] State Affiliate Treasurer Duties

[bhardison at roadrunner.com]

I thought the affiliate members should be aware of my correspondence with Mary Willows. As you can see, the treasurer duties have not been performed by the former Treasurer or the current Treasurer since state convention. I think this is may be in violation of the affiliate's state constitution. Any thoughts?

Brad Hardison
Channel Islands Chapter of the NFB of CA

Thank you for your inquiry.  I have been in contact with Dr.  Maurer.  We 
are well aware of these issues. 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bhardison at roadrunner.com> 
To: "Mary Willows" <mwillows at sbcglobal.net> 
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 8:19 AM 
Subject: Re: State Affiliate Treasurer Duties 
 
 
> Mary, 
> 
> I am concerned that the Treasurer duties have not been moved to Jonathan 
> yet. I understand that as of Dec 13th he is not a signer on any of the 
> affiliate accounts. Can you confirm that? This is now approaching two 
> months since the election. There is no reason that this should not have 
> taken care of. If Robert continues to serve as Treasurer I am concerned as 
> he was not elected Treasurer of the Affiliate. Is National aware of how 
> you have chosen to handle this? Has Jonathan been performing the functions 
> of Treasurer and  has he been trained by the former Treasurer? Thanks for 
> your clarification of these items. 
> 
> Brad Hardison 
> 
> ---- Mary Willows <mwillows at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
>>     Thank you for your questions Brad.  I passed off the box of 
>> Treasurers 
>> files to Jonathan just this passed Saturday at the SF Chapter meeting.  I 
>> have signed onto the Bank of America account and Jonathan is scheduled to 
>> go 
>> with me to a branch in the city next week.  We hope to get to a City Bank 
>> branch as well. 
>> 
>> As for your comment about Robert not being trained to write checks.  He 
>> has 
>> B of A checks so the affiliate can continue to do business until Jonathan 
>> is 
>> signed.  I am maintaining all the records in the meantime.  Robert has 
>> really come through covering convention reimbursements and matching grant 
>> checks that did not get written.  I have taken over $7,000.00 in checks 
>> to 
>> the bank which were sent to me in "the box".  So I think we are holding 
>> our 
>> affiliate heads above water in this transition period. 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <bhardison at roadrunner.com> 
>> To: <mwillows at sbcglobal.net> 
>> Cc: <jonathan at lyens.com> 
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:23 PM 
>> Subject: State Affiliate Treasurer Duties 
>> 
>> 
>> > Mary, 
>> > 
>> > I did not get a chance to introduce myself at State Convention. I am a 
>> > member of the Channel Islands Chapter of the NFB of California. 
>> > 
>> > I wanted to confirm something that I heard today that was quite 
>> > alarming. 
>> > I understand that Jonathan Lyens who was elected Treasurer of the 
>> > Affiliate is not in fact performing those duties at this time. He was 
>> > elected nearly one month ago. I know that Nicolas was instructed by you 
>> > recently to send you all the treasurer materials and there was no 
>> > proper 
>> > transition due to this action. 
>> > 
>> > It is my understanding that Robert Stigle, former President is writing 
>> > the 
>> > checks for the affiliate since he is still on the accounts. I don't 
>> > believe that Robert is trained to perform these tasks. I am concerned 
>> > about the financial processes of this affiliate and think the 
>> > membership 
>> > should be aware of this. 
>> > 
>> > Please confirm that you have in fact taken these actions. I suggest you 
>> > bring this action up at the Board Meeting on Thursday so the entire 
>> > board 
>> > is aware of this and the membership. 
>> > 
>> > Brad Hardison 
>> > Channel Islands Chapter of the NFB of California