Shame on these people; Maia C Carpenter Nathaniel Dorsky Denah Johnson Dayna Plays Mark Toscano
Owen On Aug 10, 2012, at 3:07 AM, DOMINIC ANGERAME <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank all you that have shown support for and it has been a pleasure and > sometimes a challenge working with all of you during the 33 years, Canyon's > Board members emails are listed on the Canyon website and it is best to > communicate with them directly since > i have heard that emails sent to facebook, twitter and info@canyon cinema > have been tampered with from friends of mine who have written letters of > support. Marilyn Brakhage is seeking a fair retirement compensation package > for. I fear that it will not happen. > To me it seems to me that a take over has happened to the company. I quote > from the Canyon bylaws below and may be seeking legal action, No five day > notice was given and noshareholder, including myself was notified of this > meeting and minutes of this July meeting have been sent to members nor > recorded. > > Executive Director and Administrative Director > > The board of directors shall have the authority to hire an Executive Director > and > Administrative Director. Their duties shall be to manage the activities of, > conduct the > affairs of, and be responsible for the day to day operations of the > corporation. > Three of the directors shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. > The board of > directors may hold its meetings at such place or places as it may from time > to time > determine. All directors must be notified of the meetings five days in > advance. Any > shareholder shall be allowed to attend a meeting of the board of directors. > Such a request > for attending meetings must be received by Canyon > Cinema, Inc. prior to a designated meeting. The minutes of each meeting shall > be > recorded and made available to the membership. > Decisions at board meetings shall be made by a majority of votes. All votes > at any such > meeting shall be taken by ballot if so demanded by any board member present, > but if > no demand is made, the vote shall be taken by verbal assent or dissent. The > President's > duties may be performed by the Vice President, Secretary, or Chief Financial > Officer in > the absence of the > > > From: DOMINIC ANGERAME <[email protected]> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, August 5, 2012 4:09:09 PM > Subject: [Frameworks] Retirement > > > >> > Hi all I did not realize that a press release was published on Frameworks , > nor did I approve nor authorize such a statement which was untrue published > on the Canyon website. I was basically forced to resign and the press release > came with the statement of termination immediately. In reality I was > terminated without advance notice compensation, severance, etc. I am now in > a position to seek retirement benefits from Social Security, which will not > even be enough to pay my rent. I will be seeking unemployment and perhaps > legal services. The press release on the Canyon Cinema website was published > without my approval. I will have a position paper written soon once I can > overcome my anger and disgust. I was dismissed without notice, compensation, > nor reasons. This is to clarify the situation. Please do not email me at this > address, please use my personal email [email protected] I only check > framework postings twice a year. The Canyon Board had not even approached me > on this termination before I was notified on July 30th. There was a secret > unnnounced Executive Meeting without my presence nor advance notice to our > shareholders to terminate me after 33 years of service. However the Bd forced > a former Bd member and employee to contact my ex wife who is fragile and > sensitive about their concerns and accusations. A very unprofessional and > inappropriate way of dealing with an employee and member for more than 30 > years. > > Again do not contact me at this email address for I will be withdrawing from > Frameworks shortly. > > The letter hand deivered to me stated > > ; > > "Notice of termination of the employment to Dominic Angerame > > Effective immediately your employment at will as Executive Director at Canyon > Cinema is terminated. > > You must immediately turn in your keys, passcodes, equipment, bank cheques > and any other corporation related items to the Board of Directors > > Sincerely, > > The Board of Directors: > > Maia C Carpenter > Nathaniel Dorsky > Denah Johnson > Dayna Plays > Mark Toscano" > > I was then notified that I could not return to the office to pick up my > personal items or films and they would be mailed back to me. > > > Thanks for understanding and great working with all these years. > > Dominic Angerame > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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