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After receiving a letter from Blue Martinez, CCGLA Treasurer on November 27, 2005 advising the details of my meeting where I could review the information requested in my letter of November 20, 2005, I got stood up!

(Remember, my purpose for requesting this information was to enable me to contact members of CCGLA to seek the calling of a special meeting to review the recent decisions of the CCGLA Board … decisions that have not been made in the best interests of the organization.)

No notification, no contact, nothing. This only further supports my claim that members of the board have acted, and continue to act, in a completely unprofessional manner towards myself.

After waiting forty minutes for someone to turn up, I managed to connect to a local wireless network and sent the following email to the directors.

From: James Nunn [mailto:james@aboutequality.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:59 PM
To: directors@ccgla.org; dawnetta@ccgla.org
Cc: james@aboutequality.com
Subject: Membership Review Meeting
Importance: High

Dear CCGLA Directors:

I refer to your letter of November 27, 2005 in which I was advised that I would be able to review the information requested in my letter of November 20, 2005 at the regular location of CCGLA Board meetings (Building 9, at 6000 Custer Road). The letter advised that I would be able to review this information between 6:30 PM andn 8:00 PM, as I had indicated that it may take me up to 90 minutes.

I have been here since 6:20 PM and to date no-one has shown up to allow me to review this information.

I have also not received any email, or postal mail to advise that changes had been made to this meeting time.

It is now 6:57 PM and because I was able to access the wireless network at Jay Forte’s office, I am able to send you this email.

Please advise what occured, why I was not contacted, and when this meeting will be rescheduled.

Regards,
James Nunn

Based on previous experience, I don’t expect an answer to this, however I plan to raise this as further supporting evidence during the court hearing early in the year. One thing this does confirm, is the actions of the CCGLA Board show pretty conclusive evidence that not one of them wish to resolve this matter.

CCGLA

Earlier in the month, I wrote to Ford Motor Company about their publicized decision to pull advertising from the gay media (apparently, a misrepresentation from the American Family Association). Here is the reply (note, they confirmed advertising would remain).

From: siebelt3@ford.com [mailto:siebelt3@ford.com]
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 12:19 PM
To: james@aboutequality.com
Subject: Thank You for Contacting Ford Motor Company

Thank you for writing.

At Ford we value diversity among all of our constituents and pride ourselves on strong and clear values – respect for our customers, communities, employees, suppliers and dealers; acceptance of our differences; inclusion of different people with different perspectives; and integrity to always do the right thing. We value all people – regardless of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and cultural or physical differences. This is a strong commitment we intend to carry forward with no exception. We are pleased to clear up any misperceptions and get back to doing what we do best - building the best cars and trucks in America.

Thank you again for contacting Ford.

Respectfully,
Customer Relationship Center
Ford Motor Company

Media

Not much is happening with the allocation of a court date for the issue between the CCGLA board and myself. When that is available, it will be posted here.

On a related note, it appears that CCGLA doesn’t really check it’s mail that often. My response to the CCGLA expulsion letter has been delivered but not collected:

Label/Receipt Number: …. …. …. …. ….
Status: Notice Left

We attempted to deliver your item at 8:20 am on December 09, 2005 in PLANO, TX 75086 and a notice was left. It can be redelivered or picked up at the Post Office. If the item is unclaimed, it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later.

CCGLA

Dawnetta Miller, CCGLA’s Founder and Registered Agent, was served with papers relating to the court case on the afternoon of December 1, 2005, by the Collin County Constable’s office.

This means that CCGLA has until 10AM on Monday, December 12 to respond to the claims.

CCGLA, CV-06-00077, Legal

Well it will come as no suprise to many of you, that the CCGLA Board of Directors expelled me as a member of CCGLA on December 1, 2005. I will admit that I’m a little suprised by the reason they cited in their reason for this action, especially given the letter that I wrote seeking to postpone the meeting, and failing that, to respond to the accusations made in their initial notice of November 20.

In the letter received today, it states “Additionally, James Nunn’s failure to attend the special meeting, results in automatic termination of membership.”

Oddly enough, the reason I wrote my letter to the board - which was delivered to board member’s email accounts at 4:40 PM, as well as faxed to Morris Garcia at 5:30 PM, was to provide my reason for my not being able to attend the board meeting, and to provide some form of response to the board’s charges against me. To ensure that the letter was received and considered by the board, I spoke with Mike Agan (CCGLA’s Vice President) at 6:01 PM on December 1, explained that I would not be in attendance at the meeting, and asked that he take the letter with him to the meeting. Mike understood that I was not going to be in attendance, and agreed to take the letter with him to the meeting. (Note, that I first called another board member to see if they would take this letter with them, however they were unaware of the meeting taking place, so was not attending.)

Again, just so anyone reading this understands, CCGLA Bylaw 2.06 states:

Section 2.06. Termination of Membership. The Board of Directors may, acting through a committee appointed by the Board, expel a member for cause after an appropriate hearing. The member in question shall be given at least a ten- (10) day notice of the hearing. If the member fails to attend the hearing without prior notice and good reason, his/her membership shall automatically be terminated. (emphasis added)

The bylaw is quite clear that membership is terminated automatically only if prior notice is not received with good reason. The fact is, written notice was provided prior to the meeting. This excuse to terminate my membership for not being in attendance was just convenient for those on the board that have led this campaign to remove me from the board and the organization.

UPDATE: I’ve sent my reply to the CCGLA Board in response to the letter received.

CCGLA