Vicki Husted, East Village, September 1, 2019
How to prevent unwanted guests at BOD meetings
Plan 1: Try this
Click here to read this article on closed Board Meetings in HSV
Tried that, didn’t work out sufficiently well, but at least it flew under the radar back then. Oh well, figure out another way!
Plan 2
1. Let them know by your attitude and every action that you’re not interested in them or their opinions.
2. Make sure to set up in a venue where there isn’t enough room to accommodate them.
3. Set up the inadequate venue with a bunch of tables, like a coffee klatch, thereby reducing the amount of room for chairs, minimizing the capacity even more.
4. Before the meeting starts, when it becomes evident that a large turnout is coming, refuse all requests to move the venue across the walkway to a room that is actually more appropriately equipped for such a meeting and would accommodate all who wanted to attend.
5. If nothing has worked so far, make them as uncomfortable as possible, ignoring provisions for physical, vision and hearing disabilities which might be expected considering the attendees’ age range.
6. Cram them into a room too small to accommodate everyone who wants to attend, so many are forced to stand, or actually have to leave because of public safety codes.
7. Set up the dais on the same level as the attendees, so those in the back can’t see who is speaking and often can’t even hear who is speaking.
8. Show a presentation on a screen so small that those in the back of the room can’t read what is shown.
9. Have the Chairperson try to shut down and drown out a member before his allotted comment time is up, even though his comments are entirely civil and represent his (and many others’) true opinions.
10. If shutting down the dissenting voices appears to not be working, call the Police in! Thanks for a great Board of Directors meeting! Can’t wait to replay the video. Just hope it doesn’t end up on the cutting room floor.
Minn Daly
09/01/2019 — 12:40 pm
Vicki! Great analogy of how our CEO run BOD does things for our Community they call an association. They spend our money in the same way. Respectfully, Minn Daly
Mary Odom
09/01/2019 — 12:41 pm
You nailed it!!!
Kathy Henderson
09/01/2019 — 1:29 pm
Great analogy, Vicki!
George
09/01/2019 — 4:04 pm
Let Erickson know how unhappy we are and BOYCOTT the Bee Hive
Anonymous
09/01/2019 — 6:47 pm
I do not think a Boycott of the Bee Hive will have any affect on anyone except the employees who happen to have a job there
Andy Kramek
09/01/2019 — 10:47 pm
Cindi Erickson is only one of (at least) four partners in the business – the others have done nothing to warrant such antipathetic action as a boycott of their business. Do you really think hurting them, not to mention the people they employ and who rely on them for a paycheck, will do anything to change Cindi Erickson’s behavior as Chairman of the BoD? If so you must have a very peculiar view of how the world works.
For what it’s worth, boycott’s are generally a poor way to address any problem. If successful they normally end up hurting the innocent while the guilty remain unaffected. That would certainly be the case here if people actually followed your advice.
By all means withhold your business if it makes you feel you are doing something positive (you are not, but if makes you feel that you are, go right ahead).
NittyGritty
09/01/2019 — 11:58 pm
Take it easy, Andy! You came down unnecessarily hard on George. Just the facts, man… No need to insult his view of how the world works. Is that how you talked to locals when you lived here?
Kirk Denger
09/02/2019 — 1:01 am
Andy, I truly appreciate your comments and I agree that boycotting the behive will not accomplish much since it is quite unappetizing eating next to a dreadful smelling garbage dump let alone the possibility of getting severely burned with grease while you dine. I hope that the few employees who you are defending will find better employers before the tax write off closes.
Tom Williams
09/01/2019 — 7:08 pm
As I have stated before , bring some protest signs if they continue there unwillingness to move to the Woodlands . Stand out side the building film the protest . If they continue to ignore us call in the TV NEWS . LET THE STATE KNOW .
Moe
09/02/2019 — 4:29 am
Sadly, the “state” doesn’t care.