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JANUARY - JUNE2012 COMMENTARYJULY - DECEMBER

June 27, 2012 Meeting Commentary  
062712 - Regular Meeting Minutes  
062712-MeetingAgenda-Rev-1   

062112-Court Hearing Commentary   Comments on the 6/21/12 Hearing   
(updat ed 6/23/12) 061512-PressRelease June 13 thru 15th, 2012    
June 24, 2011 - Judge Mitchell order on partial merits

MAY 2012

052312 Agenda
052312 Meeting Minutes  
Cop-op board backtracks  (D Chieftain)
Co-op board denies payment to trustee  (D Chieftain)

2012 ANNUAL MEETING

April 14, 2012 - Annual Meeting Minutes  

Annual meeting voting results (From SEC website)  
2012-Annual-Meet-Draft-Minutes.pdf

2010 Ballot with Reform Committee recommendations  
022812 - Proposed by-law changes    (not complete, and proposals recommended by the board which are in conflict with the Reform Committee)
032812-press release   (Re: annual meeting judges)
Mar. 3, 2012 Press Release  
By-law Changes information handout or MS Word format (Reform Committee information)

Macy Center Map    (MS Word version)
Mail-in ballot Information      (Taken from SEC website 3/25/12)
Annual Meeting Flyer   (MS Word version)
By-law Changes information handout  
(MS Word version) - This explains what the Board is trying to accomplish.
Interactive map of proposed new SEC Districts
SEC Board proposed by-law changes: Trustee by-law changes or MS Word

Annual meeting voting results (From SEC website)  
2012-Annual-Meet-Draft-Minutes.pdf

REGULAR MEETING DISCUSSION ON ANNUAL MEETING

April 14, 2012 - The approved district map  
(You can type in your address using the search bar to see what district you will be in. If your address is not found, please type in your city and you can then pan to your location)

041512 comment-1   related:
April 25, 2012 - meeting agenda  
042512-regular meeting minutes  
042512-board-meeting-minutes

April 18, 2012 - annual meeting comments   or MS Word  
April 15, 2012 Annual Meeting Comments   

Related documents:
Scholarship awards rules (link to SEC website)

As of April 2012 By-laws  

041812-BoardCensorshipLetterToWagner    &  Link to SEC

Videos:
Meeting Starts.wmv   
The Line-up.wmv

Joseph Herrera, GM, Speech.wmv
Mail-
in ballot quorum proposal.wmv
Ballot Results.wmv  
 (The ballot Download PDF or Word )
When do current Trustee terms expire?    or Word
April 14 - Member-owners have 15 resolutions to consider at co-op annual meeting  (D Chieftain)
April 11 - Co-op Reform Group plans tailgate party   (D Chieftain)
April 7 - 4/7  - Co-op members: You are on notice   (D Chieftain)
April 1, 2012 040112-press release   

2012 DISTRICT ELECTIONS
October 27 - District V election

110112-District-5-Comments  
Anne Dorough Profile  
Dave Green Profile  
District 5 Voting Results:
Anne Dorough - 18 by mail + 42 in person = 60 votes
Buster Green - 10 by mail + 38 in person = 48 votes
54 required for a quorum, 56 showed up.
District 5 - Oct 27 - Anne Dorough Notice

October 13 - District 1 election

District 1 Member Meeting 10/13/12 voting results:
Leo Cordova 118 votes - Dave Bockenstette 56 votes

Video: 101312-Dist-1-Voting Results.avi or  .wmv
District 1 - Oct. 13 - Notice (removed from SEC website)

October 12 -

101212-comments (support of Anne Dorough)  
083112- Writ of MandamusPetition  
Schein v Northern Rio Arriba: 28 N.M. L. Rev. 133  
10/24 - Hearing waylaid  (D Chieftain)

October 6 - District 4 elections

100612-Comments-Dist 4 Elections
District 4 voting results: Dave Wade 122 - Gayle Dorr 119 (47 Mail-in)
District IV election official results  

Article related to Election issues:
12/1/12 - Wade questions Wagner
12/1/12 - Co-op members investigate (Dave Wade's election) 
             (Letter - D Chieftain)
12/1/12 - Information requests ignored  (Letter - D Chieftain)

October 3 - SEC meeting proves need for new trustees (Letter D Chieftain, page 4)

Annotated (July 2012) New Mexico Statutes Chapter 62 > Article 15 - Rural Electric Cooperatives  

081412-Mitchell-letter - this letter also referenced in Judge Mitchell's letter of 092012-Mitchell-Letter-stay proceedings    to the three law offices involved in the law suits, which says in part:  "...some of the allegations, if proven, are extraordinarily serious

102312- SEC Right to Inspect Public Records    (SEC document)
082912 - SEC Resolution on Reasonable Notice   (SEC document)

- FOG Letter ... Re: open meetings.
- Wagner letter Re: open meetings
- Open Meetings Act Compliance Guide - 2008
- Open Meetings Act - Compliance Checklist
- Open Meetings Act - Formation of Public Policy

- Electric Co-ops: From New Deal to Bad Deal? (2009 Harvard Report

-
Capital Credits Formula

12/19 - Judge orders co-op to release addressess   (D Chieftain)

APRIL REGULAR MEETING

April 14, 2012 - The approved district map  
(You can type in your address using the search bar to see what district you will be in. If your address is not found, please type in your city and you can then pan to your location)

April 25, 2012 comment-1   related:
April 25, 2012 - meeting agenda
 
April 25, 2012 - regular meeting minutes  
April 18, 2012 - annual meeting comments
  or MS Word  
April 15, 2012 Annual Meeting Comments   

Related documents:
Scholarship awards rules (link to SEC website)
As of April 2012 By-laws  

041812-BoardCensorshipLetterToWagner    &  Link to SEC

Videos:
Meeting Starts.wmv   
The Line-up.wmv
Joseph Herrera, GM, Speech.wmv
Mail-in ballot quorum proposal.wmv
Ballot Results.wmv   (The ballot Download PDF or Word )

When do current Trustee terms expire?    or Word
April 14 - Member-owners have 15 resolutions to consider at co-op annual meeting  (D Chieftain)
April 11 - Co-op Reform Group plans tailgate party
  (D Chieftain)
April 7 - 4/7  - Co-op members: You are on notice   (D Chieftain)
April 1, 2012
040112-press release   

MARCH 2012

032812-board-minutes.pdf  
040112-press release    (Re: voting and ballot)
2010 Ballot with Reform Committee recommendations  
022812 - Proposed by-law changes    (not complete, and proposals recommended by the board which are in conflict with the Reform Committee)
032812-press release   (Re: annual meeting judges)
Mar. 3, 2012 Press Release  
By-law Changes information handout or MS Word format (Reform Committee information)


Download PDF or Word


Download Reform Committee Poster
PDF or Word

How to Vote at 2012 Election
Annual Meeting Flyer
PDF or Word

Macy Center Map    (MS Word version)
Mail-in ballot Information      (Taken from SEC website 3/25/12)
Annual Meeting Flyer   (MS Word version)
By-law Changes information handout  
(MS Word version) - This explains what the Board is trying to accomplish.
Interactive map of proposed new SEC Districts
SEC Board proposed by-law changes: Trustee by-law changes or MS Word

FEBRUARY 2012

 

 

December 27, 2013 Meeting Agenda       122712-Meeting Minutes   
122912-Investigation Comments
 
122912-By-law committee comments  
010913-By-law committee comments   (revised minutes of Dist 5 meeting)
121212-Revised (12/24/12) By-Law Committee Minutes
 
110812-Bylaw resolutions Dist 5 meeting - Revised 12/24/12 
By-law Committee Report.wmv   or .avi
(includes comments by Trustee Wolberg mentioned above)

12/29 - Co-op hires investigator  (D Chieftain)
Chieftain article "Year end review"
122912-Chieftain year end review
(D Chieftain)

122912- Electric co-op member owners defeat amendment at
meeting
   (D Chieftain)

December 26 - Commentary

122612 - commentary 

Related to comments:
Inquisitors Questions
The Inquisition part 1 of 2.wmv or .avi (12 min.)
The Inquisition part 2 of 2
.wmv or .avi (15 min.)

December 20 -

122012-Commentary    
Related documents:

042512- Bustamante to Wagner re: recordings   - Board Chair Bustamante points out Wagner's recordings. He outlines punishment and prevents Wagners from performing duties as district representative.
052112-Wiggins to Deschamps re: recordings   - The board's attorney, Wiggins, jumps into the fray making demands..
052912-Deschamps to Wiggins re: recordings   
- Deschamps, defending the members and Wagner replies to Wiggins demands.
12/25 - Co-op trustee did not share meeting tape
 (D Chieftain)

December 19 -

Judge orders co-op to release addresses  (D Chieftain)                   

December 14 - Commentary
121412-Mandamus comments Dec 1 thru Dec 14   

Court: Draft Docs Are Public Record - article in Albuquerque Journal.

December 14 - Writ of Mandamus Hearing;

The court hearing was confusing to say the least. Until the judge’s order is released, the exact outcome is uncertain. That fact being taken into account, it seems that Count 1: Mandated members’ inspection of Sec records: brought by Charlene West was approved.

The rest of the counts were ignored by Judge Reynolds with no ruling at all. There was some mention of the Counter Suit/Class Action, brought in answer to the Board of Trustee suit against all SEC members, that is presently in court under Judge Mitchell and the overlap in the Mandamus Counts with that suit. Not to be impolitic but it seems to be a judicial game of “Kick the Can down the road.”

December 4 - Commentary

The SUPPLEMENTAL PETITION FOR 2ND ALTERNATIVE WRIT OF MANDAMUS (posted here) will be heard in Judge Matthew Reynolds’ Court on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. All of the SEC members interested in the function and dysfunction of the Socorro Electric Cooperative should attend.
11/6/12 - 110612-Second Alternative Writ of Mandamus  
8/31/12 - 083112-Original Writ Of Mandamus Petition  

December 1 - Commentary

El Defensor Chieftain article and letters
related to the commentary below:
12/1/12 - Wade questions Wagner

12/1/12 - Co-op members investigate   (Letter - D Chieftain)
12/1/12 - Information requests ignored  (Letter - D Chieftain)

NOVEMBER  2012

November 30 - Commentary

113012- Commentary on committee meetings  

11/26/12 - Annual Members Meeting Committee Minutes  
11/26/12 - Finance/Audit Committee Minutes
11/26/12 - Bid Committee Minutes (new bucket truck bid)
113012-Comments  

November 28 Regular Meeting -
112812-Meeting Commentary
112812-meeting agenda

INQUISITION VIDEOS

"They have only one purpose and there is nothing they will not do to accomplish this, no matter how vile or loathsome it might be. These abominations mean to destroy everything proud and noble, everything we hold dear and have fought so long to achieve."
- Inquisitor Angmar On Tyranids (4k2 Codex Imperialis p90)

Inquisitors Questions
The Inquisition part 1 of 2.wmv or .avi (12 min.)
The Inquisition part 2 of 2
.wmv or .avi (15 min.)
(Part 2 bonus track: Another Wolberg Rant)

Other Videos -
Mailing costs of the infamous post card questioned.wmv  
   Related document: mailing
-  
Request to seat Anne Dorough at the board table.wmv
-  Member Comments.wmv
-  Annual Meeting Committee Report.wmv
-  Bid Committee Report.wmv
-  Trustee Mauldin and Wolberg on Expenses.wmv
-  NMRECA Report.wmv
-  Tri-State Report.wmv
-  Awards Committee Report.wmv

November 27 - 112812-meeting agenda November 27 -
11/27/12 - 112712-Comments   and related documents below -
Addressing Matters Raised in Plaintiff's Letter to the Court. Response re. Matters Raised in Letter to Court - 11.26.12 

11/26/12 - Annual Members Meeting Committee Minutes  
10/26/12 - Awards Committee Minutes  
11/26/12 - Finance/Audit Committee Minutes
11/26/12 - Bid Committee Minutes

See also: Aug. 14,2012 - 081412-Mitchell-Letter     and Nov 5, 2012 - Plaintiffs' Response to the Court's August 14, 2012 Letter Regarding an Appropriate Remedy

November 26, 2012 - SEC v. West .. The Nov 30, 9:00am - Los Lunas has been "called off" No new date set.

Addressing Matters Raised in Plaintiff's Letter to the Court. Response re. Matters Raised in Letter to Court - 11.26.12 

November 14 -
Many of you are calling or emailing The SEC Reform Group to ask what to do about the postcard from the SEC. We advise that you ignore it and save the postage for your Christmas cards. This postcard has no meaning except as proof that the SEC does not mind wasting the member’s money. Add up the fee to Survey and Polling, the printing cost, the mailing cost for something that is covered by a New Mexico State law and New Mexico Supreme Court decision and cry shame to the SEC Board of Trustees, management and their lawyers.
Sample of mailing

November 14 - Comments on the "post card" members received concerning release of information 111412 - Comments   and
copy of mailing
Mandamus court hearing re-set for Dec. 12th - 10am - Socorro
111412-OrderGrantingContinuance
Brief Regard Appropriate Remedy    Large file - 17MB
Notice of Additional Citations    Large File - 14MB
Second alternative writ of mandamus  

November 7 thru November 11 press release
Related documents:
Respondent's expedited motion to vacate Nov 12, 2012 Hearing & points in support thereof.  (Includes sample letter)   
Sample Release Letter in the motion to vacate

Sample of mailing for authorization to release name and address

By-law changes and proposals made at the October 2012
District 5 meeting:

Annual Meeting Proposals from District 5 Meeting October 2012 
(NB: corrections to the original meeting proposals)

OCTOBER  2012

News articles related to Election issues:
12/1/12 - Wade questions Wagner
12/1/12 - Co-op members investigate (Dave Wade's election)   (Letter - D Chieftain)
12/1/12 - Information requests ignored  (Letter - D Chieftain)

October 24, - Regular meeting

102412-Meeting Agenda  
102412 - Regular Meeting Minutes
102412-MeetingComments  
102412 2013 Budget  
101412-ReformPressRelease  

10/26/12 - Awards Committee Minutes  

October 13 - Memorandum Addressing Matters of Court Authority to Review Actions of Corporate Board of Trustees  (Memorandum by Darin Foster - counsel for Defendant SEC)  

SEPTEMBER   2012

092612-Meeting Comments 
091112 to 092212 Comments   
081412-Mitchell-letter - this letter also referenced in Judge Mitchell's letter of 092012-Mitchell-Letter-stay proceedings   to the three law offices involved in the law suits, which says in part:  "...some of the allegations, if proven, are extraordinarily serious..."     September 26, 2012 Videos here

092612 Meeting Agenda    
092612-Regular Meeting Minutes
 
091112 to 092212 Comments
  

District 1 - Oct. 13 - Notice (removed from SEC website)
District 4 - Oct 6 - Gail Dorr v Dave Wade (removed from SEC website)
District 5 - Oct 27 - Anne Dorough Notice (removed from SEC website)

AUGUST 2012

082912 - Resolution on Reasonable Notice  

083112-SEC Lawyers and the Law (Commentary)  
082912-ElectionsCoveredCode-1-1-19  
082912-NMRECA 62-15-7 Bylaws  
082912-IPRA VII Proceedure for Requesting Records  

Notification to strike Agenda Item XI    (Consideration and approval of district one member names release request)

082912 Meeting Agenda  
082912-Regular Meeting Minutes  
Motion to Amend Employee Grievance Policy  

080412-Comments  
Related documents:
8/1 - SEC following by-laws, state regs   (Letter - D Chieftain)
8/1 - Co-op Discusses Suit  (D Chieftain)

JULY 2012

July 31, 2012 - Special Meeting

080212-Comments on 073112 meeting  
Agenda for 7/31/12 special meeting  
073112-Special Meeting Minutes  

Videos:
073112-SpecialMeeting-1of5  (11min)
073112-SpecialMeeting-2of5  (11min)
073112-SpecialMeeting-3of5  (12min)
073112-SpecialMeeting-4of5  (10min)
073112-SpecialMeeting-5of5  (6min)

July 25, 2012 - Regular board meeting -

072512-Regular-Meeting Minutes  
072512-Meeting Commentary   

072812-commentary re: July 31 meeting  
072512-BoardExpenses-2006-2010    
Judge Mitchell order for special meeting  

Updated: Annotated New Mexico Statutes Chapter 62 > Article 15 - Rural Electric Cooperatives  

072612-WhenByLawsTakeEffect   - A comment on Trustee Wagners letter to the editor July 25. See also - Co-op members rights obstructed? on when the by-laws take effect.

July 20, 2012 -
Order on Meeting in Exec. Session for July 31, 2012
Revision-1
(see July 19, 2012 for original order)

July 19, 2012 -
Order on Meeting in Exec. Session for July 31, 2012  
2012 Annual Meeting Draft Minutes  

July 12 Commentary