[Mpls] NAACP branch EC met in special session, defied administrator

[Socialist2001 at cs.com]

Eight members of the Minneapolis branch executive committee met in special 
session on February 25, 2005 in defiance of an order from the NAACP 
administrator to not meet.  All present consented to tape-recording the meeting. Minutes 
of the meeting and the written report approved there were mailed out to Branch 
EC members the following Monday.

The written report gave an overview of what was said at a February 8, 2005, 
meeting attended by 9 EC members, where a contract employee of the branch (from 
the Management Assistance Program) made an oral presentation of his findings 
based on a review of Minneapolis NAACP branch and Parent Information Center 
financial books and records. Documents including grant contracts, financial 
statements, meeting minutes and meeting announcements were also reviewed.

Four of the 8 executive committee members at the special EC meeting on 
February 25 placed themselves at the February 8, 2005 meeting. After the report was 
approved, one EC member declared, for the record, that an audio tape recording 
of the February 8 meeting exists, and that on a scale of 0-100, the quality 
of the tape would be an "85."

The special EC meeting on Feb. 25 was called because a written report about 
the February 8 meeting was not prepared for the full executive committee on 
Feb. 11 and branch membership meeting on Feb. 12.  

At the Feb. 8 meeting, the MAP consultant presented findings of fact, and 
stated that an outside audit of the branch and PIC books was required by state 
and federal laws. The branch membership has also passed motions instructing the 
branch executive committee to get an outside audit done. Carl Breeding, the 
NAACP administrator had the authority to get the audit done without the 
cooperation of the outgoing executive committee at anytime during the past year. And 
at the Feb 11 EC meeting Mr. Breeding stated that an outside audit is not 
needed.  

The Minneapolis NAACP branch EC also approved the following 2 motions: 
1) To instruct the branch president to see that all branch and PIC records 
are available for review by EC members at the branch office on March 4, 2005, at 
7:00 PM.  
2) To instruct the branch president to call a special branch membership 
meeting on Saturday, March 12, 2005, at 10:00 AM to address the issue of 
noncompliance with findings of the Management Assistance Program consultant (presented 
to a meeting of EC members on February 8, 2005).

Third Vice-president Zach Montoyer was the only branch officer to attend the 
special EC meeting on Feb. 25, 2005. Five of 8 EC members at-large elected by 
the membership were also present.

Officers missing in action: President Duane Reed, 1st VP Rev. Mary 
Flowers-Spratt, 2nd VP Booker Hodges, Treasurer Jesse Overton, Secretary Petunya 
Cofield-Flowers, and Assistant Secretary Trelisa McCray  

Also see:
"Special Minneapolis NAACP Executive Committee meeting"
http://educationright.com/id433.htm

-Doug Mann, King Field
www.educationright.com