Jeff, Bruce, et Listers,
They say those who forget history are destined to repeat it. So it may go
with the history behind the CAT bylaws regarding conflict-of-interest for
officers. I believe the by-law regarding running a Tiger related business
vis-a-vis holding an office in CAT goes back to a very unfortunate
experience with a gentleman by the name of Barry Greenberg (sp?) who
leveraged his position as president of CAT to promote his Tiger restoration
business. This conflict of interest was aggravated by the almost universal
dissatisfaction of his customers, which in turn reflected badly on CAT. Now
we all know that Dan is a true gentleman in every sense of the word and
there has never been, to my knowledge, any complaints regarding his work,
the money he charges, the promptness of his delivery, etc. However, once
the bylaws are changed, the door is again open for another Barry Greenberg
to pollute the same pool we all swim in. At the very least, I think this
issue needs some reasoned discussion. This particular by-law was written as
a result of a lesson painfully learned and to protect CAT from similar
problems in the future.
I understand that when Steve Alacala was president, he resigned his
position to allow him to work on Dick Barker's Le Mans Coupe. Perhaps Dan
has agreed not to work on Tigers for the duration of his term, I don't
know. However, to just ignore the by-laws in this regard would seem reckless.
Bob
At 11:22 AM 12/7/98 -0800, tiger technologies wrote:
>>Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1998 11:21:28 -0800
>>To: Phyrman5@aol.com
>>From: tiger technologies <tartanad@popd.ix.netcom.com>
>>Subject: Re: Dr. No and C.A.T.
>>
>>Bruce:
>>It is nice to at last hear who was voted in as President and VP of C.A.T.
>Congratulations to you and our new prez Dan Walters.
>>
>>The only problem is that since the by-laws are very specific in stating
>that office holders CANNOT be involved in any business regarding the marque.
>I am afraid that by going against the by-laws, the club is opening itself up
>to a number of disqualificatory points in regards to the club's charter and
>tax status.
>>
>>I agree that when it comes time for "volunteerism", many run for the hills.
>But that doesn't make it okay or give license to the club to vote in
>disqualified members anyway.
>>
>>Why not go through the mechanics of getting the by-laws changed so that
>well meaning, highly qualified individuals like Mr. Walters and others can
>legally hold office and help the club grow?
>>
>>But what do I know. Thanks to the fact that I have a "hobby" business of
>providing requested and needed parts to Tiger owners, I cannot have a voice
>in C.A.T. (But thanks to whoever it was who threw MY name into the
>nominating hat).
>>
>>Jeff the Tigerman
>>At 12:17 PM 12/7/98 EST, you wrote:
>>>Hello to all. I am gald a few of you were able to get the Dr. No Ser 2 (in
>>>diguise as a ser5) Alpine, I need to get a couple more and repaint to my
>>>colour.
>>>Now onto CAT.
>>>Yes, Dan Walters was elected to President to the club and Jeff Cushing was
>>>also nominated for the position. I have heard of the reason for the by-law,
>>>but I really can't recall why, it was before I was in the club. We get
10 - 20
>>>people at meetings
>>>and no one wants to be in the leadership, why? Those that show up have a
good
>>>time BSing and the like. I hope that those with concerns would show up to
>>>voice them so we can iron out these potential problems instead of just
airing
>>>them out in cyberspace. I hope I did not offend anyone, that is not my
bag, I
>>>want to have a better club so we can continue keeping or Marque on the
road.
>>>thanks for listening.
>>>Bruce Davis VP- C.A.T.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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