proposal91503

Justification 1) 9/15/03

Organizational integrity is of the utmost importance to NYFTTA's credibility. Adhering to a set of rules (bylaws), formal protocols and professional conduct at meetings and events, are the corner stones of building relationships with legislators, regulators and the business community.
NYFTTA Officers are held to a higher standard than members, however all
members are subject to review on an incident reporting basis.
Not withstanding, this criterion also applies to honorary members:

NYFTTA bylaws:
Article III, Section 4
A determination of removal may occur if the member, associate member, Director, Officer or Executive Director of the NYFTTA have been convicted of a severe New York State, county or Federal crime.

Proposal: 1) 9/15/03
Presented to the NYFTTA Board on behalf of the NYFTTA membership:
Presented to the NYFTTA Board on behalf of the Membership/Judiciary
Committee:

A) Effective Immediately:
NYFTTA will Remove "Honorary Member Status", bestowed upon former Suffolk County Legislator Fred Towle, Jr., for crimes against the people of the
county of Suffolk, for guilty pleas on corruption and bribery charges and for betrayal of confidence that NYFTTA had entrusted in Fred Towle, Jr.

B) Effective Immediately
NYFTTA will remove, from the official NYFTTA membership rolls, "Honorary
Member Status" for former Suffolk County Legislator Fred Towle, Jr.

C) Effective Immediately
NYFTTA will rescind Proposal 3) 4.11.03
Section C)
Submitted on behalf of the NYFTTA membership
Submitted on behalf of the NYFTTA Governmental Affairs Representative
C) 4.11.03 ) Allocate 500.00 from PAC, for the 2003 re-election campaign of
Suffolk County Legislator Fred Towle, Jr.

D) Effective Immediately:
NYFTTA will render a resolution to rescind "Honorary Member Status" to former Suffolk County Legislator Fred Towle, Jr. and that Fred Towle, Jr. may not apply for or be granted status within NYFTTA, apply for or be granted a "proclamation of endorsement" or support from NYFTTA, apply for or be granted funding, or cooperation, in any issue or form, at any time, from NYFTTA.

E) Effective Immediately:
NYFTTA will remove any correspondence, publications or items, of any kind,
referencing, supporting or acknowledging, Fred Towle Jr

This proposal is Effective Immediately and granted the term of "ad infinitum."

COUNT EIGHT

SCHEME TO DEFRAUD IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of Section New York State Penal Law, committed as follows: defendant FRED TOWLE, JR., acting in concert with identities are known to the Suffolk County District 190.65 of the others, whose Attorney's office, from on or about and between May 1998 and May 2003, in Suffolk County, New York, engaged in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing course of conduct by soliciting campaign contributions with intent to obtain such contributions from ten or more persons by the false fraudulent pretense that said funds would be used for legitimate
campaign expenses and so obtained funds from one or more persons. The scheme further involved causing the filing of Board of Elections Disclosure Statements for the Friends of Fred Towle, Jr. and Citizens for Fred Towle Committees, which to disclose the expenditure of campaign funds for Fred Jr.'s personal benefit and the personal benefit of others, are known to the Suffolk County District to wit: the defendant, acting in concert with known to the Suffolk County District kept for his personal use cash fund raising events, raffles, and `-50 50/50"-fund raising activities; used __campaign credit and failed Towle, whose identities Attorney's Office, others, whose identities are Attorney's Office, accepted and intended to be used for entry to ATM/debit cards and campaign committee checks for personal
expenses not related to legitimate campaign activities; caused Election Board and Suffolk County Ethics Commission Disclosure Statements to be falsely filed; and caused Suffolk County employees, whose identities are known to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, to perform campaign work while on County time and being paid by Suffolk County.

Proposal 3) 9.15.03

Proposal
Protocol
Clarification of Mission Statement (Objective)

Objective:
....internal problems that may hinder our growth......

Proposal 3) 9.11.11
To adopt the following definition of NYFTTA's "objective", and to enter the
following as a rule of protocol:

Internal problems are defined as conditions that effect the association members on a collective basis, relating to access (beach and boat) issues, fisheries, promoting the sport and/or general legislation that can negatively impact our business climate and condition of operation.
NYFTTA's obligation is effectively a "watch dog" of the industry pertaining to access (beach and boat) issues, fisheries, promoting the sport and/or general legislation that can negatively impact our business climate and conditions of operation.
NYFTTA's obligation regarding actions against a member, pertains to the removal of a member in the event of a conviction of a severe NYS, federal or local crime.

NYFTTA will not engage in any activities geared toward negatively influencing the legal activity or conditions in which a member business operates.
NYFTTA will not engage in any activities geared toward collusion or a conspirator action against a member business.