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1982-01-09 Extracts Eckankar Board of Trustees meeting minutes - HK to President
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1982-01-09 Extracts Eckankar Board of Trustees meeting minutes - HK to President
From Doc:
1982-01-09 Meeting Minutes Board of Trustees Eckankar, Agenda & Attachments
[Comments are bracketed thus - CAPS for emphasis]
Present 5 x Trustees: Sri Darwin Gross (President), Alan H Nichols
(Chairman), Peter Skelskey, Bob Engel, Don Ginn (Secretary).
Plus new Trustees: Sri Harold Klemp (LEM), Chris Morris (the new Office/Business Manager)
[NOTE: Peter Skelskey was the last person to have joined the Board as Trustee.
This was in summer/fall 1981 to replace Harold Ware, who had been a Trustee
for years. Ware had also been the senior Office Manager and President.
However, in Skelskey's sworn deposition of 1984-09-12 he stated he didn't become
Trustee until January 1981. This is in error. His evidence was quite inattentive
to giving thoughtful, complete, accurate or relevant answers to the specific
questions put to him by Counsel.
See: 1984-09-12 Deposition of Peter Skelskey - GROSS v ECKANKAR
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/MoYGeOXkZFI/dsqzPMN7RIUJ ]
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Quoting extracts from:
1982-01-09 Meeting Minutes Board of Trustees Eckankar, Agenda & Attachments
[...]
It was then moved by Skelskey, seconded by Sri Darwin
Gross and unanimously passed that Chris Morris be elected as
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. The individual involved
not voting for himself:
RESOLVED: That Chris Morris is elected as Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer of this corporation.
Chris Morris was present and accepted his election and
DUTIES as provided in the BY-LAWS of this corporation.
After discussion of the RESPONSIBILITIES of the
Living ECK Master and of the OFFICE AS PRESIDENT
of the corporation, it was moved by SKELSKEY,
seconded by Morris and unanimously passed:
RESOLVED: That Section VII of the By-laws be amended
to provide that the Living ECK Master will be the
President of ECKANKAR.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That the number of Board Members
be increased to SEVEN.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That Sri Harold Klemp is elected
Trustee Member of the Board.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That the resignation of Sri Darwin
Gross as President of the corporation be accepted.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That Sri Harold Klemp is elected
PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION.
Sri Harold Klemp was present and accepted his election
and DUTIES as provided in the BY-LAWS of this corporation.
Page 1
[...]
LEAR JET TO BE SOLD
The preliminary report on the Lear 35-A was discussed.
It was moved by Sri Darwin Gross, seconded by Skelskey
and unanimously passed:
RESOLVED: That the staff is directed to cancel the
agreement with Dharma Aircraft, Ltd. upon sale of the
aircraft and to CALL the NOTE of Dharma upon sale by
Dharma of the Lear 35-A aircraft at the best available
price, but at a price not less than to recover
ECKANKAR's cost.
[Note: So much for claims that Gross was insistent
on having his own Lear Jet for personal use.]
Page 2
[...]
DEFERRED INCOME CONSIDERATIONS
Deferred Income was next discussed as RETIREMENT
considerations for the Living ECK Master, current and
predecessor [ie GROSS].
It was recommended this be handled on an individual basis
and be presented to the Board as necessary.
The copyright donation COMPENSATION for works donated
by the ECK Masters was also discussed, and it was
recommended to be handled when it comes up as LEGISLATION
is currently pending on the matter.
Respectfully submitted,
DON GINN, SECRETARY
Page 3
Examples of other matters
CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD
ECKANKAR Financial Report
Approval of payments in excess of $3,000
Resolution for:
a. Operations Checking Account
b. Approval of Payments in Excess of $l,000
Video Department Expense & Income Report
Status of Charters
To: ECKANKAR Board of Trustees
From: Gary Hardiman [Lawyer @ TNLC]
Date: December 18, 1981
Subj: Back-up Details re Status of Domestic Charters
Quoting: "I did not plan to burden the Board with all the details,
but after seeing this felt the Board should fully understand
the situation: this further research has revealed that only 3 of
the 17 chartered areas [LOCAL SATSANGS] are current with required
fees and filings -- Connecticut, New Mexico, and North Carolina.
Serious Board consideration should be given to DISSOLVING
Washington D.C., Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and Missouri, at least."
Equipment Proposals
TO: ECKANKAR Board of Trustees
FROM: Steve Fandel
DATE: December 20, 1981
SUBJECT: Justification for a Larger Computer
Operations Manager's Presentations
a. Preliminary Report on Lear 35-A
b. Proposals for Relocation and/or Expansion of EIO Facility
c. EIO Status Report--from Management Team
[EIO - Eckankar International Office]
IWP ROYALTY SPLIT FOR ECK ARTISTS
TO: DARWIN
FROM JOAN [CROSS aka KLEMP]
RE: IWP RECORD/TAPE % POLICY
DATE: Nov. 2, 1981
Quoting: "After reviewing Harold WARE's and Mark's proposals,
I'd go along with a graduated royalty but with the following
modification in percent distribution:
First 1000-1200 sold: To Artist 30% - To IWP 70%
TO: DARWIN (comments you requested)
FROM: MARK
RE: RECORD ALBUM PERCENTAGES FOR IWP
DATE: 11-2-81
Quoting: "HINDU KUSH MOUNTAIN BOYS PLUS ONE
Rec sold = 1195 Royalty paid $5,343
Tapes sold = 1044 Royalty paid $4,676
Release is approximately 22 months old .
Therefore the following proposal:
First 1,000-1,200 sold: To Artist 50% - To IWP 50%
TO: Sri Darwin
FROM: Harold
DATE: 10-15- 81
RE: Proposal for Record Album Percentages
Quoting: "I feel this is a viable proposal which would sustain an
avenue for the ECK culture to reach the ECKist and the world without
creating an underground ECK mailorder business and mailing lists."
[end quotes]
--- ---
NOTE: This has all the appearances of a well run Board of Trustees,
doing a lot of business in a profession manner in 1981. This seemed
to be the case in June 1983 as well. Much water went under the bridge,
and Eckankar was doing fine. It was Solvent and being managed well.
Mr Nichols ran a highly regarded CA Law firm that specialized in
Non-Profit Organizations. TNLC had been Eckankar's Corporate lawyers
since 1977 without any complaints as to their INTEGRITY or work
performance. Until Klemp personally judged otherwise, despite his lack
of knowledge and experience in this area of operating a Corporate Board
effectively.
--- --- ---
From Doc:
1982-01-09 Meeting Minutes Board of Trustees Eckankar, Agenda & Attachments
[Comments are bracketed thus - CAPS for emphasis]
Present 5 x Trustees: Sri Darwin Gross (President), Alan H Nichols
(Chairman), Peter Skelskey, Bob Engel, Don Ginn (Secretary).
Plus new Trustees: Sri Harold Klemp (LEM), Chris Morris (the new Office/Business Manager)
[NOTE: Peter Skelskey was the last person to have joined the Board as Trustee.
This was in summer/fall 1981 to replace Harold Ware, who had been a Trustee
for years. Ware had also been the senior Office Manager and President.
However, in Skelskey's sworn deposition of 1984-09-12 he stated he didn't become
Trustee until January 1981. This is in error. His evidence was quite inattentive
to giving thoughtful, complete, accurate or relevant answers to the specific
questions put to him by Counsel.
See: 1984-09-12 Deposition of Peter Skelskey - GROSS v ECKANKAR
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.religion.eckankar/MoYGeOXkZFI/dsqzPMN7RIUJ ]
--- ---
Quoting extracts from:
1982-01-09 Meeting Minutes Board of Trustees Eckankar, Agenda & Attachments
[...]
It was then moved by Skelskey, seconded by Sri Darwin
Gross and unanimously passed that Chris Morris be elected as
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. The individual involved
not voting for himself:
RESOLVED: That Chris Morris is elected as Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer of this corporation.
Chris Morris was present and accepted his election and
DUTIES as provided in the BY-LAWS of this corporation.
After discussion of the RESPONSIBILITIES of the
Living ECK Master and of the OFFICE AS PRESIDENT
of the corporation, it was moved by SKELSKEY,
seconded by Morris and unanimously passed:
RESOLVED: That Section VII of the By-laws be amended
to provide that the Living ECK Master will be the
President of ECKANKAR.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That the number of Board Members
be increased to SEVEN.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That Sri Harold Klemp is elected
Trustee Member of the Board.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That the resignation of Sri Darwin
Gross as President of the corporation be accepted.
RESOLVED FURTHER: That Sri Harold Klemp is elected
PRESIDENT OF THE CORPORATION.
Sri Harold Klemp was present and accepted his election
and DUTIES as provided in the BY-LAWS of this corporation.
Page 1
[...]
LEAR JET TO BE SOLD
The preliminary report on the Lear 35-A was discussed.
It was moved by Sri Darwin Gross, seconded by Skelskey
and unanimously passed:
RESOLVED: That the staff is directed to cancel the
agreement with Dharma Aircraft, Ltd. upon sale of the
aircraft and to CALL the NOTE of Dharma upon sale by
Dharma of the Lear 35-A aircraft at the best available
price, but at a price not less than to recover
ECKANKAR's cost.
[Note: So much for claims that Gross was insistent
on having his own Lear Jet for personal use.]
Page 2
[...]
DEFERRED INCOME CONSIDERATIONS
Deferred Income was next discussed as RETIREMENT
considerations for the Living ECK Master, current and
predecessor [ie GROSS].
It was recommended this be handled on an individual basis
and be presented to the Board as necessary.
The copyright donation COMPENSATION for works donated
by the ECK Masters was also discussed, and it was
recommended to be handled when it comes up as LEGISLATION
is currently pending on the matter.
Respectfully submitted,
DON GINN, SECRETARY
Page 3
Examples of other matters
CONSIDERED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD
ECKANKAR Financial Report
Approval of payments in excess of $3,000
Resolution for:
a. Operations Checking Account
b. Approval of Payments in Excess of $l,000
Video Department Expense & Income Report
Status of Charters
To: ECKANKAR Board of Trustees
From: Gary Hardiman [Lawyer @ TNLC]
Date: December 18, 1981
Subj: Back-up Details re Status of Domestic Charters
Quoting: "I did not plan to burden the Board with all the details,
but after seeing this felt the Board should fully understand
the situation: this further research has revealed that only 3 of
the 17 chartered areas [LOCAL SATSANGS] are current with required
fees and filings -- Connecticut, New Mexico, and North Carolina.
Serious Board consideration should be given to DISSOLVING
Washington D.C., Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan and Missouri, at least."
Equipment Proposals
TO: ECKANKAR Board of Trustees
FROM: Steve Fandel
DATE: December 20, 1981
SUBJECT: Justification for a Larger Computer
Operations Manager's Presentations
a. Preliminary Report on Lear 35-A
b. Proposals for Relocation and/or Expansion of EIO Facility
c. EIO Status Report--from Management Team
[EIO - Eckankar International Office]
IWP ROYALTY SPLIT FOR ECK ARTISTS
TO: DARWIN
FROM JOAN [CROSS aka KLEMP]
RE: IWP RECORD/TAPE % POLICY
DATE: Nov. 2, 1981
Quoting: "After reviewing Harold WARE's and Mark's proposals,
I'd go along with a graduated royalty but with the following
modification in percent distribution:
First 1000-1200 sold: To Artist 30% - To IWP 70%
TO: DARWIN (comments you requested)
FROM: MARK
RE: RECORD ALBUM PERCENTAGES FOR IWP
DATE: 11-2-81
Quoting: "HINDU KUSH MOUNTAIN BOYS PLUS ONE
Rec sold = 1195 Royalty paid $5,343
Tapes sold = 1044 Royalty paid $4,676
Release is approximately 22 months old .
Therefore the following proposal:
First 1,000-1,200 sold: To Artist 50% - To IWP 50%
TO: Sri Darwin
FROM: Harold
DATE: 10-15- 81
RE: Proposal for Record Album Percentages
Quoting: "I feel this is a viable proposal which would sustain an
avenue for the ECK culture to reach the ECKist and the world without
creating an underground ECK mailorder business and mailing lists."
[end quotes]
--- ---
NOTE: This has all the appearances of a well run Board of Trustees,
doing a lot of business in a profession manner in 1981. This seemed
to be the case in June 1983 as well. Much water went under the bridge,
and Eckankar was doing fine. It was Solvent and being managed well.
Mr Nichols ran a highly regarded CA Law firm that specialized in
Non-Profit Organizations. TNLC had been Eckankar's Corporate lawyers
since 1977 without any complaints as to their INTEGRITY or work
performance. Until Klemp personally judged otherwise, despite his lack
of knowledge and experience in this area of operating a Corporate Board
effectively.
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