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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>This challenge makes perfect sense to me.<div><br></div><div>The only bylaws for MCPB that I've ever seen are the ones on the KZYX website here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/MCPBBYLAWSAdopted12July2010.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/MCPBBYLAWSAdopted12July2010.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>These bylaws are neither signed, nor certified. They're dated July 12, 2010. As Mr. O'Brien </div><div><br></div><div>points out here, they created a second class of both membership and director. With </div><div><br></div><div>a material impact on the rights of charter MCPB members.</div><div><br></div><div>Because of the date, these bylaws should have been filed with the 2011 Form 990. As an </div><div><br></div><div>amendment to the original bylaws. But they were never filed. Notice the response to </div><div><br></div><div>item 4 on page six of the Form 990 here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://207.153.189.83/EINS/680050440/680050440_2011_08e6d520.PDF" target="_blank">http://207.153.189.83/EINS/680050440/680050440_2011_08e6d520.PDF</a></div><div><br></div><div>No significant changes were made to the organization's governing documents. Because </div><div><br></div><div>they were never ratified by MCPB's general membership. And these so-called bylaws </div><div><br></div><div>were never filed with the Registry of Charitable Trusts. Nor have any ever been filed:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://rct.doj.ca.gov" target="_blank">http://rct.doj.ca.gov</a></div><div><br></div><div>There's a second problem with the creation of a special programmer director position </div><div><br></div><div>on MCPB's board of directors. Obviously, such a director wouldn't be able to vote on </div><div><br></div><div>a significant number of issues brought before the board. And non-voting directors were </div><div><br></div><div>outlawed by AB 2755. Effective January 1, 2015 here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_2751-2800/ab_2755_bill_20140324_introduced.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_2751-2800/ab_2755_bill_20140324_introduced.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>So even if that position was legitimate in 2010, it isn't anymore.</div><div><br></div><div>The only place I've seen were the 2010 bylaws were approved are at the minutes here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/mtg_minutes/KZYX&Z%20Board%20Minutes%207-12-10.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.kzyx.org/images/pdf/mtg_minutes/KZYX&Z%20Board%20Minutes%207-12-10.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Notice the attendance stated in the third paragraph; 'and members of the public'. I don't see any </div><div><br></div><div>representatives of the general membership. Not one. And look at Item 7 at the bottom of page 3.</div><div><br></div><div>Where the 'By-Laws Amendment was unanimously approved by the Board.' Without the consent </div><div><br></div><div>of anyone else.</div><div><br></div><div>It's a nice piece of theatre. But not much else in my book.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div><pre style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:52 PM, <<a href="http://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/kzyxtalk">dennisobrien at sharejerusalem.com</a>> wrote:
><i> TO THE DIRECTORS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY PUBLIC BROADCASTING (aka KYXZ&Z)
</i>><i>
</i>><i> This writing constitutes a formal challenge to the election of a
</i>><i> Programmer-Director in the recent election of directors for Mendocino
</i>><i> County Public Broadcasting (MCPB). The Programmer-Director was elected
</i>><i> only by a vote of the Programmers, not the Members.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> The Directors of a membership nonprofit corporation are elected by the
</i>><i> Members. According to our Bylaws, MCPB has only one class of Members.
</i>><i> Although it may be possible for the Members of a nonprofit to create
</i>><i> another class of membership, or create some other mechanism for the
</i>><i> election of a director, I can find no record of the Members of MCPB ever
</i>><i> doing so. It appears instead that the Board of Directors changed the
</i>><i> bylaws on its own authority to create the Programmer-Director seat, as old
</i>><i> documents refer to the election of four At-Large Directors instead of the
</i>><i> current three.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> In creating the Programmer-Director seat, the Board reduced the right of
</i>><i> the Members to directly elect all of the directors. Under the California
</i>><i> Corporations Code, only the Members can reduce the rights of the Members.
</i>><i> Therefore the action of the Board of Directors to change the Bylaws is
</i>><i> invalid. Consequently, the recent election of a Programmer-Director is
</i>><i> also invalid.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> If the Board can provide documentation that the Programmer-Director
</i>><i> position was approved by a vote of the Members, then I will accept that
</i>><i> decision. Otherwise, I will continue to assert the right of the Members to
</i>><i> elect all of their Directors
</i>><i>
</i>><i> The Board of Directors will meet at the annual Membership Meeting in May
</i>><i> to confirm and seat the new board members. Please address this issue by
</i>><i> then. If the Board of Directors confirms the election of a
</i>><i> Programmer-Director without providing documentation that the procedure was
</i>><i> approved by a vote of the Members, then I will file an action in Superior
</i>><i> Court to force the removal of the Programmer-Director, with the position to
</i>><i> be filled as an At-Large seat in the next election.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> Thank you very much for giving this matter your immediate and urgent
</i>><i> attention. The Corporations Code and our Bylaws allow only a limited time
</i>><i> for resolving such a challenge.
</i>><i>
</i>><i> Sincerely,
</i>><i>
</i>><i> Dennis O'Brien
</i>><i>
</i>><i> [Sent to MCPB Board of Directors April 22, 2016]
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