Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) President & CEO introduced the choice to postpone the membership election scheduled for Monday, February 13.
The announcement got here by way of a letter issued to GVB members because the President reiterated his dedication to preventing for transparency and integrity in authorities.
The letter addressed a number of issues with the nomination course of for membership elected board members to the GVB Board of Directors that take care of eligibility, conflicts of pursuits, and lack of readability with companies sitting on boards. GVB members have been additionally anticipated to ratify revisions to its bylaws which are in line with its enabling legislation.
Gutierrez said, “these complexities may have been ignored in the past, but it is clear that they pose unacceptable risks to the nominees, the membership and the Bureau which make it necessary to consider postponing until more clarity and predictability is achieved in a fair and transparent process.”
Oversight listening to canceled
Gutierrez additionally addressed the scheduled oversight listening to at the moment on the Guam Legislature. The listening to was known as by Acting Tourism Chairman Senator Jesse Lujan resulting from Senator Amanda Shelton being off island. However, Sen. Shelton returned from her journey early and abruptly canceled the listening to 6 minutes earlier than it was to start out by a memo.
Gutierrez famous that Shelton “had the microphones in the public hearing room turned off, prohibited the broadcast from the legislative channel, and kicked 5 senators and the public out of the public hearing room—for a hearing that was duly noticed and would have gone a long way to bringing transparency and resolution to GVB’s issues.”
He dedicated to members that he’ll work carefully with the brand new board and holdover administrators to resolve GVB’s points and seeks to carry a totally clear, free, and honest membership election within the subsequent 90 days.
