Re: Question about Anthony Towns rebutting Branden Robinson

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 03:25:17PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
> Anthony Towns's rebuttal to Branden Robinson looks partly
> false. It mentions "Branden's demotion to deputy-treasurer
> under Jimmy Kaplowitz" about SPI.
> 
> It looks from
> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-2004-01-06.jrk.1.br.1
> and http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/minutes/20040907 that there
> was 8 months between Branden quitting as treasurer and being
> named as deputy. It even looks like SPI acting on the suggestion

Speaking solely for myself here: your analysis is correct.  Branden was
not forced out, but resigned, and volunteered to help Jimmy later.

You may also find these minutes of interest:

http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/minutes/20040106

Basically, what happened was:

 1. Branden expressed a desire to resign in January 2004
 2. A call for candidates for being elected to Treasurer was put forth
 3. Jimmy was the only one to stand for election to Treasurer
    (some might find this interesting)
 4. So, Jimmy was appointed without needing to run an election
    in February, 2004
 5. Branden was selected as deputy treasurer in August, 2004
    http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-announce/2004/000096.html

-- John