We don't need to hear you!
How did the SECU Board get away with prohibiting the right of SECU members to speak and participate in the Annual meeting [link]? It would appear at first glance that the State regulator rolled over [link], but maybe not so fast.
The Administrator of Credit Unions may in fact have been played the "patsy" (from the Italian pazzo, meaning fool) with those 6/30/2023 SECU bylaw amendments she approved. Here look again: "... (iii) authorize the Board to establish upon notice to the membership policies and procedures governing the order of business, format and conduct of the annual meeting."
Looks pretty plain vanilla doesn't it! But take a look at the before and after. Here is the SECU Annual meeting "order of business", enshrined in the SECU bylaws for 85 years prior to 2023:
✅ The North Carolina Standard Credit Union Order of Business
1) Call to Order/Confirmation of Quorum/Polls Open
2) Approval of 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes
3) Recognition of Board members and current and retired SECU employees
4) Report of the Chair & Bylaws Update
5) Report of CliftonLarsonAllen
6) Report of Nominating Committee
7) Report of SECU Foundation
8) Report of the President and CEO
9) Voting Concludes
10) Member Feedback Forum
11) Election Results
12) Adjournment
✅ In case you don't see what the internal SECU "legal predators" with SECU Board approval have done to your democratic rights as an SECU member: 1) the SECU member may no longer speak at the annual meeting, 2) the SECU member may no longer discuss SECU operations with the Board under old business, 3) the SECU member may no longer suggest new directions or resolutions under new business, and 4) the SECU member may no longer participate in the #1 purpose of the annual meeting as a business meeting.
😎 And it was .. "An Inside Job"! [link] "Why does the SECU Board fear the members?"
Make you proud of "your credit union"?
