STATEMENT
FROM: John L. Aaron,
Executive Secretary
United States of America Cricket Association (USACA)
John Aaron. Photo Shiek Mohamed
Re: Unconstitutional Suspension of USACA’s Executive Secretary
On September 25, 2011 at 2:11am, I received an unsigned letter via e-mail from USACA’s President Gladstone A. Dainty informing me that after “consultation with many of the USACA board members,” he was, “suspending you (me) immediately and indefinitely as secretary of USACA.”
His reason; I had “been identified as the author of an article published on September 14th 2011 which contains comments damaging to the good standing and well-being of the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA).”
Mr. Dainty’s “so-called” suspension of me is without basis, merit, and is unconstitutional, and without the consent of a two-thirds majority of the Regional Directors of USACA.
It is worth noting the following excerpt from the USACA Constitution.
Article XV Section 3. Removal
i. The Board may remove any member of the Board for malfeasance, incompetence, tardiness, and any other reason, which the Board deems to be contrary to the goals and objectives of USACA.
ii. Members may also be removed from the Board if they fail to attend in person more than one-half (1/2) of the regular meetings of the Board during any twelve (12) month period, unless they are able to demonstrate to the other members of the Board that the presence of exigent circumstances caused and excused the absences.
iii. Any motion to remove a member of the Board must be approved by a 2/3 majority of the members of the Regional Administrations.
Mr. Dainty clearly does not have the authority to suspend and/or remove me from the nationally elected post of Executive Secretary of USACA, therefore, I am anxious to learn under which Article of the USACA Constitution, if not the one above, that President Dainty is seeking to suspend and/or remove me from the USACA Board of Directors?
Further, I request that President Dainty provide the “comments damaging to the good standing and well-being” of USACA, and attributed to me. I am also requesting that he disclose the names of the “many” of the USACA Board members, with whom he consulted.
Why the secrecy, and not the transparency owed the members of USACA and all cricket enthusiasts and supporters, across the United States of America?