[DeTomaso] Is Laurie's statement truthful?

[Nathan Giles]

Can we please get off this and focus on the cars? How much is enough?

Nathan Giles

> On Jun 29, 2016, at 20:04, Larry Finch via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
> 
>   All,
> 
>   Earlier today the new Profiles Editor, Laurie Basile, posted a rather
>   lengthy email.
> 
>   For someone who just last week talked about being "positive",
>   "congenial" and "professional", I found today's post to exhibit very
>   little of those qualities.
> 
>   But what struck me the strongest was the following written by Laurie:
> 
> "You may recall how the DeRykes published in a Newsletter that Mike Drew did not
> intend to run again as Editor of Profiles."
> 
> Hmmmm? Is that true? Seems easy enough to research as I happen to have the perti
> nent 2014 newsletters right here on my desk. Let's see if I can find where/when
> such a statement was placed in a newsletter, okay?
> 
> First mention of the election was in the August, 2014 newsletter on page #12. Bo
> ilerplate text from the Bylaws which outlined the term and duties of the officer
> s up for election, followed by a solicitation for candidates. Nothing more.
> 
> Next mention of the election was in the September, 2014 newsletter on page #9. T
> hat page included the candidate statements from VP candidate Mike Burnett and Tr
> easurer candidate Bob Reid. Providing a candidate's statement is required under
> the Bylaws, but no other statements were submitted nor had any other members bee
> n nominated for any of the four open positions. The only mention of the Annual E
> ditor position in September's newsletter was:
> Annual Editor -
>        Incumbent - Mike Drew, Pantera Club of Northern California (PCNC)
>        No candidates yet (and no Candidate Statements, either - a Bylaws requir
> ement.)
> 
> Next newsletter election mention was just the ballot included in the November is
> sue. At the time the ballot was sent to the printers, no one had submitted a can
> didate statement for the Annual Editor position. So the ballot included this -
> 
> ANNUAL EDITOR                   Incumbent chose not to run again
>                                No new candidate
> Write-in candidate              --------------
> Associate Vote                  --------------
> 
> I have personally spoken with my friend Mike Drew and he acknowledges he failed
> to submit the required statement.
> Thus Mike, in essence, "chose not to run again" by failing to submit his candida
> te's statement.
> 
>                        "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choi
> ce." - `Freewill' by Rush, 1980
> 
> I do not know who composed the election ballot (Election committee or the newsle
> tter Editor), but in either case there was not any mis-conduct by the DeRykes, j
> ust a ballot that contained a truthful statement; and it was due to a regrettabl
> e omission by Mike Drew.
> 
> 
> Laurie's statement seemed to imply the DeRykes had purposely lied about Mike Dre
> w's actions. As outlined above, that is simply not true.
> 
>   If you are a POCA member, you can confirm all this by viewing the cited
>   newsletters which are available for viewing on the new website.
>   Larry
> 
> 
> 
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