AMHA keeps telling members to ask
their regional director any questions they may have.
Here are some pointed questions for members to ask:
Pay attention to this notice posted
in your Membership Directory at the top of the AMHA bylaws:
“It is the policy of the
AMHA Board of Directors that each year in which they serve, all Directors, Directors Emeriti and all members of committees
sign as requested, and adhere to the “Policy on Business, Ethics, and Conduct,” Ethics Statement, and Directors
Handbook.”
Then
ask yourself: What part of this “statement” do the directors NOT understand? ETHICS?
"Why didn't
the AMHA post the proposal on the AMHA website word for word as submitted?" "Why did they leave it up with known
errors for so long?"
"If they hate litigation so much, why did they force plaintiffs to go back to court to
get their proposal on the ballot, after they had agreed to put it on the ballot in the settlement agreement? Why didn't they
try to work it out amicably? Wouldn't that have been much cheaper?"
"Why didn't they post the list
of conflicted transactions with the Notice of the November meeting if they wanted people to participate, instead of giving
stealth notice by global email to only those members with computer access? What are they trying to hide?"
"How much did Cindy Mugnier's videos cost the AMHA?"
"How are
they paying for the town hall meeting teleconferences? Will those costs come out of our dues?
"How, exactly,
will the breed be harmed by adopting the plaintiffs’ proposal?" (as Cindy asserts)
How, exactly,
will the Association be harmed?" (as Cindy also asserts)
"Is it really that the Association
or the breed will be harmed, or that the current directors might lose their monopoly? Or are they just fearful of change?"
"What software changes would have to be made and exactly what would they cost? Has the board looked into these
costs specifically?"
"Has the board considered the savings from not having to run separate regional elections?"
"Have they considered the savings in travel reimbursements from having a smaller board?"
"How did they arrive at the $569,336.69 'total revenues' they claim Tony Lee brought in? What exact time period
does this cover and what was it comprised of?
"What 'show coverage expenses' were paid to Tony
Lee? What kinds of expenses were they? Were any of them paid for shows he would be traveling to anyway on his own behalf?
Did our dues underwrite his personal travel expenses?"
"What is the 'standard fee' for
articles in TMH?"
"Why did the board have to ratify the transactions? Wasn't it because they were never
disclosed to the full board before they happened? Shouldn't there have been full disclosure to all the board members at the
time?"
If we divide Tony Lee’s
conflict of interest transactions of $75,411.85 by annual membership dues of $70 this equals 1,077 members whose ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP
DUES went to pay Tony Lee’s “conflicted transactions”.