Filing a lawsuit does take place all the time. Spending over 500k to defend one by a non profit motorcycle club to keep it out of trial and make it go away does not. Can someone please enlighten us on how much Cmra insurance lawyers actually spent to keep any of these from going to trial? Steven
Spending in excess of $500K to keep the financial book private just screams that there's some "there" there. These threads have certainly delivered on the amusement factor when it comes to the pretzels the apologists are willing to contort into to protect those who refuse to open the books as is required of them.
I hope it burns to the ground. It’s pretty clear to anyone with any level of objectivity just how the BOD and a certain secretary defrauded the club. It’s also clear that they ignored the clubs own by laws and IRS not for profit requirements. They had an opportunity to make things right but instead decided to drag the club through a legal fight............... not to save the club, not to keep good faith with the membership but to protect themselves. They would rather put the entire club at risk then to be honest. Effectively giving every member a collective FU. Now we have another result of their decisions. The BOD is solely responsible for the current situation. I can also attest to the fact of CMRA members sending me multiple PMs etc as a result of some of my previous observations on the other threads. You also have a BOD member actively posting and trying to provide cover and even creating multiple user ids in the process. All for the sake of protecting the BOD while they continue to put the club into turmoil. Burn to the ground CMRA. No need for any organization to exist with shady “leadership”. The void created will be filled with an improved organization. RIP
Let me see if I have this straight. Someone in the club asked to see the financials, The club balked, Someone sued somebody, Not sure where that lawsuit went, Club claims bankruptcy.
No but the lawyer who was trying to do the right thing went broke and the lawyers who where leading the head hunting got rich at clubs expense. But soon enough the BOD and people responsible for this will have to explain their actions. Steven
Wait- I thought there were two lawsuits? The original one, (Peyton) was dismissed after they kicked him out of the club, thus removing his standing to sue? Then they were sued again by another member they could not kick out, and now they are in bankruptcy as a result?
Oddly one thing Evelyne has never done and we still don't do even though she's the sole owner. Hell, we don't put most of our food on the company when travelling.
Nope never. They have always been their own club, they were just at one point an affiliate which meant we handled licensing, writing rules, contingency and the like and got 50% of the license fee in return.
More accurate: 1. Someone in the club asked to see the financials 2. The club balked and kicked him out 3. He sued 4. Lawsuit was thrown out because he wasn't a member 5. Another member stepped up and sued 6. The BOD bankrupted the club trying to keep from having to show it's complete financials The big question is WHY for number 6. What the hell is in there that's so damning to this small handful of people and why/how did they think they'd ever be able to continue to keep it a secret? I know lawyers are snakes, but for real, surely somebody at some point said to the BOD, "look, we'll fight this as long as you want, but it's very clear that you HAVE to release this information".
Then why isn't there a criminal angle to this? Why isn't some DA somewhere subpoenaing these records?
They also had something similar with CCS at one time. When I was a member my license was issued by CCS.