SECU Election Cycle - Onine Voting Is Confidential And Private - Confirmed, Assured!

✅ VERY GOOD NEWS!   

The MEMBER NOMINATED CANDIDATES pushed the SECU Board to confirm that the board elections would be private and confidential. 

 

PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF BALLOTS ASSURED! [see email below🔆]

Many SECU employees, Advisory Board members - and even quite a few regular members - have expressed fear of intimidation and retaliation by the SECU Board, SECU executives and work-related supervisors if the Board election process was compromised.

✅ Thanks to the persistence of the MEMBER NOMINATED CANDIDATES - PERKINS, CLEMENTS, STONE, all SECU members can freely vote as their conscience dictates. https://secuvote.ey.com/

 

🔆 From: Board Corporate Secretary
Date: Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Subject: RE: Election facilitator
To: Barbara Perkins, Chuck Stone, Michael Clements [MEMBER NOMINATED CANDIDATES]

Dear Ms. Perkins,

Thank you for your inquiry. ✅ No SECU board member or employee will have access to or be able to determine a member’s voting selection. ✅ Ernst & Young LLP (EY) and SECU have agreed that EY shall have sole and complete control over completed ballots in the voting platform or on paper and shall not relinquish control of such ballots or otherwise permit anyone from SECU to access such ballots or otherwise compromise the secrecy of completed members’ ballots.

✅ Additionally, only EY will possess information related to the number of ballots cast at any one point in time during the voting process up until the final results have been announced to the membership at the Annual Meeting.  ✅ The independence of EY as election facilitator will be maintained throughout the election process

 ... that's good! Sounds like what the Credit Union use to be all about!

                          To vote go to : https://secuvote.ey.com/

MEMBER NOMINATED CANDIDATES - PERKINS, CLEMENTS, STONE! 

	https://secuvote.ey.com/

 

Alice Garland Is In "An Unusal Situation" - Got That Part Right At Least!

  Alice Garland is one of the SELF-PERPETUATING NOMINEES for the SECU Board. As you can see from this morning's email below, Ms. Garland finds herself in an "unusual situation" - being held accountable by the SECU membership. Evidently, Ms. Garland doesn't like that! https://secuvote.ey.com/

😎 From: Alice Garland

Subject: NC State Employees Credit Union Board

Date: August 31, 2023  AM EDT

To: "xxxxxx"

 I am in an unusual situation and I am requesting your help.

 You may not know that I am Vice Chair of the State Employees Credit Union (SECU) Board of Directors. In October, I am slated to become the chair. Three board members are up for reelection – Jo Ann Sanford, Thomas Parrish and myself. For the first time in decades, this will be a contested election.

 

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.]