... trying, unsuccessfully!
Apologize for the long-winded posts - but here's one more!
After the re-election of the four board incumbents at the 2024 annual meeting, it was time to pause, review and reflect. Have the members spoken? Do members agree with what has occurred at SECU over the last three years? Do members understand why there has been such a high level of discord?
Several groups of members will, over the next two weeks, be considering those questions, and also the "What next, if anything?" question.
As input into those conversations, I wanted to be clear on how I arrived at the "Houston, we have a problem..." point with SECU; and why that concern continues. Hope from the last few posts you'll note that neither the new direction, new culture, nor new policies triggered that personal crisis in confidence with SECU. Those changes began in September, 2021. This blog and commentary didn't start until January, 2023.
Despite what has been inferred, I had not become a "disgruntled former CEO" (though I assure you I am now!). By 2022, I had been retired for 6 years and was happily "gruntled"! ( A little open-heart surgery and sauvignon blanc can help one achieve "a new perspective".) Over those six years since 2016, there had been negligible contact with SECU of any type, including staff and Board - no kibitzing, no consulting, no involvement at all. The chord had been thoroughly severed when I left; ask around, that statement is easily verified.
The October, 2022 resolution was polite and respectful, the questions asked of the SECU Board focused on explanation, not condemnation [link to read]. Give the SECU Board a fair opportunity to provide support for its new direction, new culture. Easy enough.
That didn't happen. The SECU Board "did not level with the membership". I chose one example ["Where the Problem Lies"] to illustrate the crisis of confidence which was created
In "The Smoking Gun" post [link] and "Exhibits" [#1] and [#2], you find the history of information (documented and verified) I had when watching those SECU Board approved Fireside Chat responses.
😎 We'll take a more in depth look at "The Smoking Gun" post [link] and "Exhibits" [#1] and [#2] later today... and why you might worry "something ain't right" at SECU.
Tomorrow, we'll take a look at a different example of why concern over the judgment and lack of transparency of the SECU Board continues to grow.
.... wearisome process isn't it, worrisome too...
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