A former SECU CEO is working hard to unseat the three of us. Much of his campaign is the spread of misinformation, and quite frankly, untruths. **** He has 1) painted the three of us as really bad people who need to be removed from the Board. He has made it clear that he is unhappy with the forward-looking changes that the board is making, including: 2) updating IT; 3) instituting more digital options; 4) adding tier-based lending which is the standard among credit unions; 5) and more.
Consequently, I am asking (if you are an SECU member) for you to vote for the three of us.
Second, I am asking that you 6) spread the word about this election among family, co-workers, neighbors and friends.
This is a really important election. We likely will need upwards of 10,000 member votes to remain on the board. May I count on your help?
NOTE: Beginning tomorrow, September 1, and through October 3, you can vote online.
I sincerely appreciate your support and your vote. I wish you the very best.
Alice Garland
😎 Some thoughts on Ms. Garland's email:
**** Can't say for sure who "the former CEO" is but I'm pretty sure Ms. Garland means Mike Lord (could be wrong...😎)
1) Believe Mike Lord's critique of Ms. Garland and the SECU Board has not been about "bad people", but about "bad judgment". SECU's performance over the last 2 years seems to support Mr. Lord's point! https://secuvote.ey.com/
2) "unhappy about updating IT" - believe Mike Lord has supported updating IT , but has strongly objected to the now ex-CEO lying in the Triangle Business Journal about no tech changes at SECU "since 1983". Ms. Garland remained silent in support of that lie which is probably why "the former CEO" got angry. https://secuvote.ey.com/
3) "unhappy with more digital options" - can't find any reference, anywhere that Mike Lord is opposed to more digital options - neither can Ms. Garland! https://secuvote.ey.com/
4) "adding tiered-based lending" - Yes, Mike Lord is against race-based lending, red-lining, and unfair discrimination . One would have hoped Ms. Garland was too. https://secuvote.ey.com/
5) "and more.".... yes, there are many signs of bad judgment at work with Ms. Garland on the Board.
6) "among family, co-workers, neighbors, and friends" - Ms. Garland might want to review and update who is on her email list!
😎 [Not sure "The Duck" should be a first recipient, Ms. Garland.]
I love how they never try to debunk anything you say…they just say misinformation or call you names? Nothing of substances ever comes out from them.
ReplyDeleteThis looks absolutely pathetic on her end. This just smells of desperation. Why are you so desperate, Alice? Scared you are going to get caught and ousted?
ReplyDeleteHahahhahahahahahahahahahha what an idiot.
ReplyDeleteExpecting a call from Mike Lord any minute....
ReplyDeleteWe love and miss Mike Lord. That other guy too.
DeleteIt’s so time for some new ideas on this board. buh-bye, Alice!
ReplyDeleteTier based lending is "the standard among credit unions." So was red lining by the banks. So the aspiration is for SECU to be standard. not better. Below standard in many areas. Tier based lending hurts state employees. Teachers, school bus drivers, department of transportation employees, prison employees, university system employees, community college employees, and all their families. Is Alice Garland willing to cosign loans for state employees so that they can get her rate? SECU thrived for 85 years treating members equally. Is it thriving under the current leadership?
ReplyDeletewonder where she got her email list?
ReplyDeleteHow about we AUTOMATE this DAMN board!
ReplyDeleteWhen will the campaign to get votes for the new 3 start on social media? Maybe all the cash app members will see it like they did that and vote before it's too late for them!
ReplyDeleteAlready seen one of Garlands cronies using the state email system. Head rolling coming for Alice and "fiends"
ReplyDeleteGot news for you Alice… gonna take a lot more than 10k votes to keep you 3 stooges on and it ain’t happening. Pack your bags.. the wave is coming! Can’t believe you have not resigned already in shame given the disastrous job y’all have done. Only folks that get it wrong more than you is weathermen.
ReplyDelete"We likely will need upwards of 10,000 member votes to remain on the Board." I hate to break it to Ms Alice but she might want to brush up on her math skills if she thinks 10,000 votes will give her that Chairman of the Board Seat she so desires. You think she may still be California dreamin...
ReplyDeleteThey will be caught. Hope they all go to jail.
ReplyDeleteMs. Garland may have just been reminded by the always present Fate - the lessons those Mamas always taught us is true - you can't do wrong and get by with it - cause the time will come when you will make a mistake - like not checking the names on the recipient line before you hit send...
ReplyDeleteNever seen a VOLUNTEER BOARD act like this? Reeks of desperation, and pure evil.
ReplyDeleteAlice take your best bud J. Hanford with you when you pack...same MO, bad news!
ReplyDeleteSecond sighting in state email. F*** intimidation by supervisor!
ReplyDeleteHmm What are the "untruths"? anything specific? thought not....
ReplyDeleteI smell guilt miles away from Raleigh all the way towards the coast! Man it smells bad! Take a shower, garland! We need our BOD to be clean
ReplyDeleteI remember reading a comment made very early on by Chris Ayer, (the good one, the SECU IT guy) about how This Board made himself and others on the Executive Team feel in Board Meetings those last months prior to Mr. Lord's retirement.
ReplyDeleteKudos to Chris and the Others for their accurate perceptions of just where This Board was headed. Time and This Board's actions have given all Members a very clear picture of what we do not want for our credit union. Time for a change - September 1, this Family will be voting for Perkins, Clements and Stone.
"He has painted the three of us as really bad people who need to be removed from the Board."
ReplyDeleteNope, you accomplished that all by yourself, Alice.
Alice needs no help---she already knows it all.
Deleteso, looks like Garland thinks you are both, Lord and Blaine, spreading "untruths" Wonder what Garland thinks isn't true? The regulator had to make this board stop hiding their financials from the members. This board seems to have some trouble following the law and the rules. Changing things as they go.... Wait til y'all see the memo sent out today by Brady! Gonna be some new rules on voting procedures coming next I bet!
ReplyDeleteLet’s make sure we get votes from SEANC
ReplyDeleteLife gives us choices, We can be a part of the problem or we can be a part of the solution.
ReplyDeleteSECU's problem for the past two years is the credit union has been plagued by one bad Board Decision after another.
Garland, Handford and Parrish are a part of that problem. Part of the solution will be to elect Stone, Perkins and Clements, for a return to the credit union philosophy and SECU values.
sanford. Sanford. Let's get her name correct so that no one mistakenly votes For her.
DeleteSTONE, PERKINS and CLEMENTS. STONE, PERKINS and CLEMENTS. Those are the 3 who know what a member owned cooperative is all about. and that is you. the member.
She really has no clue and the misinformation ion the email proves it. She and the others showed their cards two years ago. We (employees) used to revere the board, now they are hated, just like their choice of CEO, CRO, CIO and most of the other C's, E's and the arrogant, Legacy hating SVP's they brought in. Luckily its only a matter of time before most of them walk.
ReplyDeleteAlice, you failed. Time to move on. Find another financial institution to destroy.
In reference to Ms Garland's email - "for the first time in decades, this will be a contested election." Could that be, because for the first time in decades SECU is losing on the bottom line? Correction - 86 years - not decades. SECU's bottom line has survived and thrived through many hard economic times, recessions and a very recent pandemic. But This Board removed the concept of Thrift from their decision making for SECU and now These Board Members need to be replaced by Others who will be better stewards of our money. Cast your votes for the Members' Nominated Candidates and let's get SECU back on the right track for everyone.
ReplyDeleteAlice invited Jim Hayes(remember him 6 million dollar man?) to speak at the Raleigh Kiwanis club where he proceeded to lie. No New technology since 1983! which EVERYONE, including Alice, knows is a BIG lie. what did Alice say? Nothing. Who was the main push behind hiring Jim Hayes. Wrecker of financial institutions? biggest losses ever in credit union history on his head. And on Alice's (along with 5 others--you know who you are!) for bringing him to our formerly best in the USA credit union. Kiss her goodby and make it great again!!
ReplyDelete"6 million dollar man" - Classic!
Deletedon't forget this board was UNANIMOUS in it's support of Jim Hayes. that includes Alice GArland, Jo Anne Sanford and Thomas Parrish. Vote Stone, Clements and Perkins
ReplyDeleteThis Board’s confidence (arrogance) far exceeds it’s intelligence!
ReplyDeleteSo long Alice! You and your fellow board members lost my votes with your hiring of Jim Hayes and throwing away over Six Million just to bring him to our state. And shame on all of you for sticking us with risk based lending rates. SECU has always given me better than industry standard and I know Perkins, Stone and Clements will get our credit union going back in the right direction
ReplyDeleteRegardless of your politics, Alice Garland and Donald Trump are two peas in a pod same problem egomania! connected at the hip like Leigh and Gym.
ReplyDeleteMAGA-- Make Alice Great Again!
DeleteHell NO! MAGA--Make Alice Go Away!
DeleteI second the latter!
DeleteSomething about this doesn't pass the sniff test. I was undecided and somewhat neutral until now. She just sealed my vote for the opposition.
ReplyDeletethe email was the last straw? The loss of 4 billion dollars had you undecided? SMH ....
DeleteWill there be campaigning at the SEANC convention next week? Hopefully Mr. Stone will use his contacts to make sure the word gets out. I look forward to meeting all 3 next week if in attendance.
ReplyDelete"Unhappy with updating IT". What a joke.
ReplyDeleteLet's add some truth and background to this nightmare.
As Mike Lords term came to a close, Information Services was poised to do whatever was asked. No one pretended our systems were the most modern, everyone agreed upgrades were overdue. We had to beg for every position the three years leading up to this fiasco and we were forced to do to everything with in-house talent so would have had to choose the direction wisely (strangely, after two years of Bomba's false promises they are finally trying to choose wisely).
Not only did we position SECU to thrive through Covid, but we did it while moving to two new data centers and while fighting months and months of the most advanced Denial of Service attacks ever attempted at SECU AND making hundreds of enhancements, upgrades, and other never ending changes.
We saved them millions by building the Consumer Loan Point Of Sale in-house, in spite of Josh Bomba who now takes credit but everyone knows he stopped it several times because he didnt trust the SECU developers. It has been a huge success in spite of that a$$hole.
Lets give credit where credit is due.
Josh Bomba is now 2 years behind where we were on Core replacement and that's with the 200+ new people Leigh and company has encouraged him to hire. His lies and inuendo fed in to Jim Hayes underestimating the complexity and Leigh Brady was right there cheering them along.
The board turned their back on us two years ago. Its time we return the favor.
"Josh Bomba is now 2 years behind where we were on Core replacement and that's with the 200+ new people Leigh and company has encouraged him to hire. His lies and inuendo fed in to Jim Hayes underestimating the cmplexity and Leigh Brady was right there cheering them along. "
DeleteLooks like Bomba's skill set begin and end with creating a power point and purchasing 8,000 laptops.
Ok Employees… per Leigh’s email yesterday, Voting is 100% confidential.. she literally said we should vote our choice! Let’s take her up on it folks! Let’s ban together and vote Stone.. Perkins.. Clements!!! Stop the bleed!
ReplyDeleteand keep your eyes and ear open for a slip up where the privacy was compromised (on purpose).
DeleteAs an employee, no employees object to better technology. It should not be a surprise to Ms. Garlamd or her fellow members of “This Board” that we want accountability for two years of terribly decisions that have wreaked havoc and cost us untold legacy talent and experience.
ReplyDeleteI don’t care what the “standard” is because we historically performed in a league of our own. I don’t want be average and settle for the status quo.
Amen! I was going to comment that just because others are doing it doesn’t make RBL the right thing to do for our members. However paying more than 1% on money market and 2.25% on IRA’s like most other financial institutions is not being addressed. What previous Board and management decisions prevent the SECU to do what most financial institutions are doing in that area?
DeleteIndustry standard only applies when this board --led by Alice--wants it to
DeleteAfter reading Ms Garland's email last night, I was led to rewatch the SECU Annual Meeting 2022 as well as the SECU 75th Anniversary video. Three points I would like to make that was very clear to me after watching these videos.
ReplyDelete1. Her email accuses one of SECU's retired CEOs of spreading untruths about the present SECU Board. I find her statement very troubling about whichever gentleman she was referring, because in her statement I could not find any truth. Jim Blaine stood before all present and addressed concerns for SECU's future on behalf of Members, Employees and Himself. Mike Lord is on the record in print as to his attempts to reach this Board and avoid the damage and costly mistakes "They" have made over the past two years. This Board was given an opportunity from that day forward to listen to the Membership and realign their thoughts and decision making to coincide with what Member/Owners wanted from their credit union. The truth is This Board did not take heed, they continued to pursue Their own agenda.
2. I don't know of many SECU Members who would not feel a sense of pride and humility when watching the 75th Anniversary video. Real Members and Real Volunteers speaking their words of truth about all SECU means to them and the difference this credit union has made in their lives.
3. I completed my viewing thinking about a statement/question made in a presidential campaign years ago...and I asked myself: Is SECU better off today than it was four years ago? Because my answer was a clear No, I will be voting today for Perkins, Clements and Stone.
With my hopes they will return SECU back to the credit union being spoken about on the 75th Anniversary video.
Well Said! My vote is in!
DeleteVOTING IS OPEN. The ballot clearly shows who is a self nominee verses who is nominated by the committee. Self- nominees: Perkins, Clement & Stone. Let’s get our Credit Union back!
ReplyDeleteMembership eligibility should be verified throughly now. My guess is they will try to get a lot of their people to join SECU so they can get collect the number of votes they need.
ReplyDeleteI doubt they would have people join just to vote but nothing is really stopping them from going through the member list and voting for members know 99.99% aren’t planning on voting anyways
DeleteLet the voting begin!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like Alice is desperate. Not sure why a volunteer would be desperate. How about she list the Board's stellar accomplishments for the past two years... financial goals attained, member satisfaction...
ReplyDeleteIf she lacks the skills to review who she is emailing can she really be trusted to review documents and things up for vote by the board? Surely it is not rocket science to look at who you are sending an email to.
ReplyDeleteVoting opened today let vote them out. I for sure will be sharing with all my friends and family that are members and encouraging them to vote em out! Let's take back our credit union!
Is it just me, or is this beginning to sound like Harry Potter? "Voldermort himself created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do! Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back! Voldemort is no different! Always on the lookout for the one who would challenge him." Dumbledore talking to Harry Potter in The Half-Blood Prince. May the outcome be the same! Let the good guys win over the evil ones who oppress others.
ReplyDeleteIs Harry Potter a member? Great example of speaking truth to power-- and winning!!
DeleteGet the link out on social media and make it go viral if you're not worried for your job.
ReplyDeleteBeginning to think this might have been done on purpose!
ReplyDeleteLock her up!
ReplyDelete"... the spread of misinformation, and quite frankly, untruths."
ReplyDeleteLike fudging the balance sheet that you approved of and paying millions of dollars of interest unnecessarily so that the balance sheet shows the assets over $50 billion? Like that untruth?!
There is so much to unpack with her statement ...
If Ms. Garland is not re-elected, who's next in line to be 2024 chair?
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