Michelle Rockcliffe
Egregiousness, hubris, and a violation of the AFICS/NY-Bylaws
Today, the Pension Committee of AFICS/NY was scheduled to have a meeting - as it does each month on the first Tuesday.
Having been duly elected to the Governing Board of AFICS/NY in June 2022 to serve until 2025 last week I requested an invitation to the Pension Committee meeting in line with Article VI paragraph 2 of the By-laws which states that while standing committee members (volunteers) are “appointed” by the President, “Governing Board members may be members of any committee.”
The refusal to allow me to attend a meeting was apparently based on a “firstdraft” proposal on rules of procedure the Pension Committee -- and is egregious, and unlawful and undoubtedly discriminatory and while I have not seen this draft, it can obviously never be ratified by the Governing Board.
It is disappointing that there has been no official or open discussion on this issue within AFICS and very little feedback on the emails (or surely I would have been included right?)
It should be noted that while the Governing Board information on the AFICS website was updated in June, the membership of the Pension Committee which was apparently reformed several months ago has not yet been updated. Perhaps due to the blow to the reputation AFICS/NY would take in view of the new members mentioned in the recent article on the UN Pension Blog. https://unpension.blogspot.com/2022/05/un-pension-fund-stacking-decks-11-may.html?fbclid=IwAR0Iz40-r3KOMOjjZ9s7SLHHj6yzUI_KOhVhouptqQQXfIsPT7sB48ym-m0
It’s Deja Vu all over again, same actors, new stage.
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