2014 MEETING VIDEOS

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VIDEO DATE 2014 BOARD MEETING VIDEOS HIGHLIGHTS & DOCUMENTS

JANUARY 17, 2014 - REORGANIZATION MEETING

President Anne Dorough - Video.wmv
VP Dave Wade and Leo Cordova as Secretary/Treasurer- Video.wmv

Discussion on policy on who goes to outside meetings such as NMRECA and TriState.wmv

Approval of Minutes of December 19, 2013 Minutes.wmv

JANUARY 17, 2014 - REORGANIZATION MEETING DOCUMENTS

Jan 16 - There is nothing better than starting the day with a cup of coffee and a good laugh. The coffee is always present, the gift of laughter was courtesy of the "Letters to the Editor" of today's "Chieftain" where Kate James gave her opinion of Luis Aguilar's letter contained in the SEC billing. There is much that could be said about Mr. Aguilar and the propriety of his signing his name to that enclosure but nothing can improve on the wisdom and wit in the following letter from Ms. James.
Aguilar should not promote own agenda in electric bills (Letter - Chieftain)
Jan 17 Reorg Meeting Agenda
Jan 17 Reorg Meeting Mintues and December 19th Board minutes

JANUARY 29, 2014 - REGULAR BOARD MEETING

January 29 - Regular Board Meeting.

The operating word here is "Regular" - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
- or, in English, the crapulance continues unabashed.

January 29, 2014 - Board Mintues

January 29 Meeting Videos:

Alamo SEC office issue brought up again.wmv (2.5min)
Related - the original discussion about the Alamo office:
SEC office at the Alamo Reservation.wmv (4min)
Open Meetings Act and discussion on board meeting times going forward (10min)
Public Comments - Return of Capitol Credits (5 min)
Annual Meeting Time and District 5 proposals (5min)
Tri-State Representative selection (1.5min)
Expense Report and Accountant Costs (5 min)
By-Law Committee Meeting date and time (11min)

JANUARY 29, 2014 - DOCUMENTS

Jan. 29 Meeting Agenda

January 22 - Alvin B. Hickox letter to the board

January 30 - FBI has hotline for corruption (Chieftain letter)

Foard statement to the board re: return of capitol credits

020114- Commentary on January 29 meeting

January 29, 2014 - Board Mintues

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 - SPECIAL BY-LAW COMMITTEE MEETING

By-law committee videos:
Part 1 (18 min) Part 2 (6 min) Part 3 (19 min)
Part 4 (5 min) Part 5 (13 min) Part 6 (12 min)

FEBRUARY 5, 2014 - BY-LAW COMMITTEE MEETING DOCUMENTS

Related: 020114- Commentary on January 29 meeting

By-Law Committee Meeting Feb 5, 1PM 020514-By-law Agenda
020814- Comments on by-law committee meeting (Marie Watkins)

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 - MEETING VIDEOS
(BY-LAW, SCHOLARSHIP, AND REGULAR BOARD)

Scholarship award committee meeting (22 Min)

By-law committee videos
022614-by-law committee part 1 of 4.wmv (9 min)
022614-by-law committee part 2 of 4.wmv (11 min)
022614-by-law committee part 3 of 4.wmv (11 min)
022614-by-law committee part 4 of 4.wmv (18 min)

Expense report - accountant & lawyer spending (7 min)
Set date and time for next board meeting.wmv or .avi
Set time and date for annual meeting.wmv (11 min)
Public comments.wmv (3 min)
Trails End capital credits issue.wmv (13 min)
Managers Report "other".wmv (10min)

RUS Representative Larry McGraw answers questions:
Discusses Socorro Franchise with Mayor.wmv (14 min)
Trustee Amaro Election.wmv (2 min)
District 5 issues and Capital Credits.wmv (3 min)
Financial Issues.wmv (1.5 min)
Dissatisfaction, high turnover, franchise.wmv (8 min)
Redistricting discussion.wmv (5.5min)

Note: Most of the discussion with the RUS rep. was related to dissatisfaction. The 2012 Satisfaction Survey (see link at the top of this page) was borught up once at the January 23, 2013 meeting - video here.

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 - RELATED DOCUMENTS

In attendance at the regular board meeting were::
Ravi Bhasker with franchise attorney and his staff.
Don Tripp
Rep from Steve Pearce office
Several members from Dist. 5
Larry McGraw (Rural Utilities Services)

February 26 2014 board agenda Feb 26, 2014 Meeting Minutes
includes by-law committee announcement

February 26 board meeting comments

May 2014 Enchantment with SEC capital credits article

May 22 - KOB investigation of SEC and Trails's End issue
Note - if they don't pay out the capital credits as the businesses close, then those credits accumulate for 25 yrs. We also see a problem finding the previous owners of the businesses, which works to the SEC advantage, not the owners of the co-op. This issue was addressed at the May 21st board meeting and is getting ugly and costly to the co-op owners.
Print version of the KOB story here

Related information seen in the videos:
Cooperative Finance Corp (CFC) website

MAY 21 - BOARD MEETING RELATED DOCUMENTS

May 21st Meeting Agenda May 21 board minutes (CFC fund, Buyout)

The text of Doug May comments to the board re: capital credits

Letter from board Chair on capital credits (billing insert)

JUNE 25 - BOARD MEETING VIDEOS

Board Meeting Videos -

062514-Meeting Agenda, and Minutes Approval.wmv
062514-Public Comments.wmv
062514-Policy on Youth Action Tour.wmv
062514-Consultants to audit the co-op.wmv
062514-Meeting times for District 1 and 2.wmv
062514-Meeting times for District 3,4 and 5.wmv
062514-Presidents Report.wmv
062514-Question on payments to Cordova Agency.wmv

June 16 - Socorro City Council Meeting -

061614-public comments - Marie Watkins & Dorough e-mail (9 min)
(print version of the e-mail read in the video here)
061614-public comments - Michael Hanaeur (6 min)
061614-public comments - Doug May (1 min)
061614-Mayor Bhasker comments (3 min)
061614- Feasibility study discussion 1 of 3 (10 min)
061614- Feasibility study discussion 2 of 3 (10 min)
061614- Feasibility study discussion 3 of 3 (8 min)

JUNE 25 - BOARD MEETING RELATED DOCUMENTS

July 18, 2014 comments
Related documents:
Link to video on Cordova PR firm
Cordova billing in 2013
SEC billing insert
Socorro City resolution on SEC complaints

June 2 - Video: SEC owner comments at Socorro City Council Meeting (2min)

Board meeting Related documents:
June 25 - Board Agenda June 25 - Board meeting minutes
Consulting Agreement.pdf
062514-Letter to the board from Doug May.pdf
2014 District meeting schedule

Latest billing:
Wiggins law firm for May - $11,901.14.
Accountant Bruce Wilson, March 30 - May 13 $17,936.23

Cordova Public Relations
Hired by the Wiggins Law Firm

Cordova Public Relations Firm billing Total payout 2013 - $25,094.61
Cordova website The specific person engaged by the Wiggins law firm was Charles C Poling. His Webpage here

JULY 23 - BOARD MEETING VIDEOS

VIDEOS -
Public Comment re: Censure Letter (see Agenda).wmv 35 sec)
Censure by the board.wmv (11 min)

Click here for the letter triggering the censure.
The letter was read during a City Council meeting.

Change location of District 2 Meeting Location.wmv (3 min)
(Oct 11, Magdalena Fine Art Center at the School)

Accountant Consultant Report part 1 of 2.wmv (16min)
Accountant Consultant Report part 2 of 2.wmv (16min)

Public Comments:
Marie Watkins and Santos Arago.wmv (5 min)
Doug May and Dave Brockensette.wmv (4min)

NMRECA Report to the board.wmv (5min)
NMRECA regional meeting delegate selection.wmv (3min)

Managers Report to the baord.wmv (5min)

JULY 23 - BOARD MEETING RELATED DOCUMENTS

072914-comments on July 23 meeting videos

July 23, 2014 Trustee Wagner censure letter

July 24 - Mayor wants to see a co-op quorum (Chieftain)

Related Documents:
July 23rd Foundation Meeting Agenda
July 23rd Board Meeting Agenda July 23 2014 - Meeting Minutes
Note under new business "censure of trustee". This refers to the letter Anne Dorough sent to all board members related to meeting with the Socorro Mayor. It is important to realize that this email was cc:'d to all trustees and management thus constituting a quorum and is therefore public information.
June 14, 2014 Email from board chair Anne Dorough to the board on meeting with Socorro Mayor

July 23rd Foundation Meeting Agenda
July 23rd Board Meeting Agenda

July 23rd Board Minutes

July 18,2014- Letter by Santos Aragon to PRC on several issues, including scholarship. Mr Aragon spoke during public comments time - see video.

AUGUST 27, 2014 - BOARD MEETING VIDEOS

Board Meeting Videos:

Presentation by Aaron Christensen.wmv (15min)
(Smith/Christiansen agreement )
Presentation by Kathy Buhl of CFC.wmv (12min)
Public Comments.wmv (4min)
Change time and location of Dist 2 Annual meeting.wma (9min)

Video clips from Socorro City Council meeting August 4th
Public comments
Santos Aragon part 1 of 2.wmv (11min)
Santos Aragon part 2 of 2.wmv (10min)
Buy-out information and rate discussion.wmv (20min)
Customer billing problem.wma (8min)
Socorro City Council meeting agenda
Mr. Aragon will be addressing the council tonight.
August 27th there is suppose to be a meeting between the city council and Aaron Christensen concerning the buy-out.

AUGUST 27, 2014 - BOARD MEETING RELATED DOCUMENTS

The August 27th SEC board meeting will have presentations from Christensen, the attorney "auditing" the SEC, and Kathy Buhl of the CFC Integrity Fund.
Board Agenda here (Smith/Christiansen agreement )

082714-Meeting Comments

August 27, 2014- Board Agenda and Board Minutes

Flyer with Christensen law firm contact information

August 27, 2014 Meeting Videos:
Presentation by Aaron Christensen.wmv (15min)
Presentation by Kathy Buhl of CFC.wmv (12min)
Public Comments.wmv (4min)
Change time and location of Dist 2 Annual meeting.wma (9min)Foundation Committee report to the board.wma (8min)