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Meeting Minutes of Council of League Presidents Meeting (Apr. 16, 2005)
Dear
League Presidents & Cricket lovers:
Attached you would find the minutes from this past weekend with regards to
CLP & USACA Board meeting
minutes.
I want to thank all the League President's that were present and by proxy in making this meeting a success for their valuable support.
It was a historic meeting as 19 League Presidents convened for the first ever League President's meeting, held in Dallas on Saturday April 156th, 2005.
Mr. Chai Gadde USACA 2nd Vice President chaired the board meeting in the absence of the president.
Please circulate the attachments among your member clubs.
PS: I had asked Mr. Bobby Refaie to send out the Resolutions earlier as I did not have access to my computer until late last night. I apologize for the inconvenience that might have caused you.
With Regards
Polam Veman Reddy
CCLP - USACA
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Meeting Minutes of Council of League Presidents Meeting
Subject to the meeting dated 04-16-05 held at the Best Western Hotel, East Division Road Arlington, TX the following items detail the Resolutions of Council of League Presidents (CLP) representing majority of the clubs from19 leagues, all of which are officially affiliated with the United States of America Cricket Association
(USACA).
LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES
Venkatraman CK NCCA, Adrian Jordan MSCL, Barnie Jones CFCL, Sam Belnavis NYMDCA, Prashanta Upadrushta MCL, Nanda Kishore WCL, John Boaden NTCA, Arun Vittala CCL, Khalid Nabi HCL, Tariq Ahmad Midwest Cricket League, Syed Shahanawaz CTCL, Mehul Patel AGCL, Jefroy Morrishaw NYCL, Mark Sood SCCA, Deb Das NWCL, Sheik M Mohamed,
FSCL.
Proxies: Krish Persaud EACA, Richard Todd BCL, Lesley Lowe Commonwealth CL
Upon careful consideration the CLP has found that the present Executive Council of USACA has been dysfunctional and has not acted in the best interests of the organization. It is also our concern that no AGM has been scheduled or held for the past year and the position of 1st Vice President has remained vacant for more than one year. Moreover, it is the findings of the CLP that the suspension of Bobby Refaie is unconstitutional and furthermore, the President has refused to accept the total results of the recent elections declared by the auditor in March. Additionally, the Executive Committee has habitually and systematically disregarded their own deadlines and communication as to the requirements for the background check was not conveyed to the prospective election candidates nor published in a timely fashion.
We the CLP find that there is a complete absence of leadership and a sense of direction within USACA. The CLP also found that the Treasurer has not provided an annual financial report or a proposed budget plan to the members in any of the past two years, nor is it known by the members whether the Treasurer has filed proper, adequate and complete federal and state tax returns (Art. 8: 15,16,18)
Most importantly, the lack of governance and unconstitutional actions by the administration have contributed to the termination of “Project USA”
THEREFORE, WE, THE LEAGUE PRESIDENTS OF THIS ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTATIVES OF 19 PROPERLY AFFILIATED LEAGUES CONSISTING OF A MAJORITY OF MEMBER CLUBS, DO HEREBY APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS OUTLINED BELOW.
- Resolved that a vote of no confidence is entered against the President of USACA, Mr. Gladstone Dainty, for deliberate misuse and abuse of authority, misconduct, tampering with the election process, failure to execute his duties, failure to comply with the constitution of USACA, cancellation of Project USA and consequently jeopardizing the future of Cricket in America.
- Resolved that a vote of no confidence is entered against the members of the Executive Committee for poor execution of their duties.
- Resolved that the President and Executive Committee members resign immediately.
- Resolved that an attorney be appointed immediately to protect the interests of the presidents, their leagues and member clubs and also to provide legal counsel and any other legal help to carry out the resolutions arising from the meeting of the league president’s council
- Resolved that the results of the recent elections to the Board is accepted, recognizing Polam Veman Reddy as Chairman of the Council of League Presidents and Nafis Ahmad as Regional Director Northeast region.
- Resolved that the CLP does not recognize Hubert Miller as a Regional Director, New York region and that the CLP acknowledge that there are inconsistencies in the New York region election process which need to be immediately resolved.
- Resolved that the suspension of the secretary, Mr. Bobby Refaie is condemned and treated as being unlawful and unconstitutional.
- Resolved that the threats by the President against Mr. Polam Veman Reddy is condemned as behavior not befitting the position of President.
- Resolved that the treasurer should immediately make available for inspection, USACA books of account including any and all receipts and invoices, and that a three member committee be appointed to carry out such inspection and that failure by the treasurer to comply with the request to be construed as constitutional negligence and an investigation to follow 8:13, 8:14
- Resolved that the USACA meeting held on April 9, 2005 in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida was unconstitutional due to a lack of quorum.
- Resolved that a letter be sent to ICC requesting the following:
i) that the USACA league president’s council has passed a no confidence motion against the current executive of USACA
ii) that the ICC should stop, with immediate effect, the release of any funds to the current Executive of USACA until further notice
iii) that, in the interest of Cricket development in the USA, ICC should reconsider the implementation of Project USA once a new administration is appointed and in place.
- Resolved that a letter be sent to the Board of Directors
With regard to the information and details set out above, the CLP respectfully request the Board of Directors to recognize the resolution passed herein and consider the same in their next meeting:
a) shall pass a vote of no confidence against the current President and the executive committee of USACA and demand their immediate resignation.
b) shall set a date for the appointment of new officers of USACA to be held within 21 days
c) shall demand that the current USACA treasurer, Mr. Selwyn Caesar, shall send copies of any and all complete and itemized statement of accounts including bank accounts (income and expenditure) for the past three years, including copies of any receipts and invoices, paid or unpaid, as of April 15, 2005. Further, the Board may inform the treasurer that failure to comply may result in further investigation.
d) that the ICC should immediately stop the release of any funds to the current Executive of USACA until further notice
e) that the Board is in the process of appointing a new Executive body for USACA
f) that, in the interest of Cricket development in the USA, ICC should reconsider the implementation of Project USA once the new administration is appointed and is in place
Subject to the resolutions of the Board of Directors meeting on April 16, 2005 in Arlington, Texas, the Council of League Presidents hereby request an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the association under the article 10.3 of the USACA constitution and bylaws on June 4th, 2005 to resolve the points and issues raised previously in this letter.
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