The Letter, part deux

I know many of you have been waiting patiently for the “last” chapter in the story with the 11 “leaders” of the CKI Board. While I doubt this is the last we hear of it, let me give you the scoop.

The letter that I received from President Rupert was chock full of gross misinterpretations of policy. Nevertheless, the board seems to think that the following is appropriate and sound from a policy stand point, and this is what they’ve decided:

"...probationary status of your membership will not come 
into effect if the following actions are taken by March 03, 2003.

- Write a public statement of:
    - intent behind the creation and maintenance of the Web site at
      www.unofficialcki.org;
    - acceptance of your responsibility for the conduct unbecoming a
      Circle K member;
    - apology for the harm the contents of the Web site at
      www.unofficialcki.org has [sic] caused

- Discontinue the Web site at www.unofficialcki.org
- Assure the CKI Board that you will abide by the Objects that govern
  this organization

As this is a first offense, if at any time your actions and
behaviors are not congruent with the conduct policies of CKI,
your active membership status will automatically become 
probationary."

Only the most ludicrous, asinine, and incorrect interpretations of CKI Policy allow them to do what they’ve done. Look it up yourself. See if you can find a definition of “Probationary Membership” or any document granting the board the power to make up its own membership statuses. You won’t find them. See if you can find anywhere that grants the board the power to make a determination of guilt prior to hearing a defense. Or a stipulation for “automatic guilt” as they’ve prescribed. And mandating apologies? Riiight… I completely forgot about the section of the CKI Bylaws that allows the CKI Board to select the opinions of its members. Shoot.

You see, their stance, whether they want to admit it or not, is completely and totally indefensible. Now, Casey will make excuses and come up with all sorts of aforementioned ludicrous, asinine, and incorrect interpretations of policy… after all, what else does she have to do with her 40 hours a week at the CKI Office?

As for the board, well, I’m not going to go there right now. What I will say, however, is that this is now officially out of the hands of Circle K members. The board has started a giant pissing contest, and will not stop until it’s outpissed every CKI member that it has to in order to prove that it’s the biggest, baddest thing in CKI. The only way to curb the reckless and wanton creation and abuse of power by the board and staff is to go through Administrators and Kiwanians.

We’re working on it… and you can too. If you’re wanting to try to convince a kiwanian or your administrator to speak up or take action, I’ll be more than happy to provide you with any of the information you might want.

In the mean time, I think the original letter and my defense might be of interest.

Letter from CKI: Page 1 | Page 2
Letter of Defense All 16 Pages