It’s good to see the forthcoming AKSA Annual General Meeting producing so much interest – a sign of a healthy democracy no doubt.
One disturbing point that has arisen is that it is understood a long serving AKSA Board Member is contacting via PM’s those people who have indicated on Seabreeze support for my position. Remember all I am wanting is access to AKSA books and or to be allowed to fulfill my AKSA Treasurer’s role.
The nature of the PM’s I understand cover a number of points. They included past issues related to KBV and the involvement of NSW Office of Fair Trading and AKSA.
Taking each in turn – what KBV has to do with my request of looking at AKSA’s books is unclear. In fact the KBV issue being raised was addressed fully and openly on Seabreeze by the then KBV President in his own name and by KBV as a Committee. See here
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44026&whichpage=2&replies=70&PageSize=30&mxPages=3 This is unlike AKSA who do not wish to disclose anything and are unwilling to allow members access to their books which is their right under the law.
After extensive direct requests to AKSA to allow me to fulfill my elected Treasurer’s role and have access to AKSA records, in November 2008 [some five months after being voted in as AKSA Treasurer] I have raised my concerns with the NSW OFT. OFT wrote back advising of their views and indicating they have reminded AKSA of their obligation to members. For a fuller outline of OFT please see an earlier entry in this thread.
As for due democratic process of spreading misinformation, this was the same long serving AKSA Board Member that wrote to State Kiting Associations wanting them to agree to allow the sitting AKSA Board members to manipulate any access to the AKSA Board by them making the selection of who the State Representative should be – see an extract from his email dated 22 July 2009 to the various State Kiting Associations.
“it is pretty self evident that if the board is to work we must be able to maninpulate [sic] it sufficiently so that it can always be a set of like minded people working together for everyones benefit.”Needless to say it rejected by KBV but we do not know what other State’s agreed to as it would appear KBV were the only State who are calling for AKSA to be accountable. KBV were not going to allow the AKSA Board to be "manipulated" as the AKSA Board Member had stated.
As for this matter going away, no matter who takes on the ongoing administration of AKSA, this year next year whatever, they will need to be held accountable for what AKSA has done. By the current Board continuing to hold out for so long against proper and legal requests from members, only makes the question become raised even louder by a greater number of people
"what does AKSA have to hide?"And once again thank you for your PM’s and emails of support.
