It's confusing!

So, I have been thinking about the court ruling for a couple weeks now. And I am still not sure what it means in practise, considering everything that has happened.

The court ruled:

Neither party recover from the other

Um....what? What does that mean, exactly? I don't think anyone truly knows, but evidently Heather Fair and crew feel that they are the legitimate club. Thus, Rayna Fritcher is now President, based upon the election results that the rest of the members and public never witnessed nor participated in.

I suppose I could spend the money and get the transcripts, or buy a copy of any explanation the judge included. But in truth, the issue is very muddy. If it is accepted as written-neither side gets any money from the other. Remember that this was a small claims suit-not civil court.

If the majority keeps the money, then it forces Heather Fair and crew to sue everyone individually for recovery. Very expensive proposition for a tiny club, suing over a dozen people. Otherwise they basically have to file suit on itself-which would obviously mean that the majority are all members.........

I am not in control of any funds and I am only one voice. But in my opinion there are a number of ways to handle this:

1. The Alaska Mini Goat Cache (minority) could welcome all the new members into the club. Yes, even including the non-members they expelled so judiciously on Dec. 27th of last year. Heck, they could even have a public notice of a meeting-woohoo!

2. The minority club could sue to get their money back. Big stinky problem with that is that there are more people involved than just the folks who were elected into office of the majority club. Lots of bucks at 40 bucks a pop!

3. The majority club could offer to return everything, no doubt under specific conditions.

4. The majority club could move forward, perhaps by voting to rename itself-allowing the minority club to die out on its own.

5. The individuals who don't want anything to do with this mess, could sue the minority club to get their money back. After all, they did perpetrate a fraud on the public by accepting membership dues under false pretences.

6. The majority club could return all fund minus the membership dues that the minority club has kept for almost seven months.

Or.......well who knows? I am sure there are other possible outcomes I have not mentioned here-I just listed the obvious ones.

Whatever happens, the Alaska Mini Goat Cache will never be the same. If the minority continue on as I expect, they have forever besmirched their club's reputation. The manipulation and misdeeds of the board and officers are now out in public-not hidden behind "secret meetings" that did not take place and voting that did not happen at publicly noticed meetings. If the minority club is not willing to allow public scrutiny, then they should accept the condemnation they deserve.