Gordon Reprimanded by MCF Board

Mr Gordon was severely reprimanded by Middletown Community Foundation Board for
comments Gordon made about Roger Connor owner of Flowers by Roger at the foundations annual meeting.

Supposedly Gordon made a comment regarding Connors support for him and his family since Gordon's arrival in Middletown. Evidently the Board did not appreciate Gordon's reference to the gay community in Middletown.

What do you think?

The work at the Middletown Community Foundation is overseen by a volunteer Board of Trustees and several volunteer committees. These individuals represent the greater Middletown area and are not compensated for their service. (DO THEY REALLY REPRESENT THE GREATER MIDDLETOWN AREA OR THEIR OWN AGENDAS?)

The officers of the Community Foundation’s Board for 2011-2012 are:
Bob Flagel, President
Cathie Mulligan, Vice-President
John Venturella, Treasurer
Jim Burke, Secretary
Larry Powell, Immediate Past President

Board Members:
Doug Bean
Tim Carlson
Edwina Blackwell Clark
Roger Conner
Kee Edwards
Ron Ely, trustee emeritus
Hon. Rhonda Freeze
Patricia Miller Gage
Richard Isroff
Hon. Larry Mulligan, ex officio
Hon. Noah Powers
G. Michael Pratt, ex officio
Hon. Kathleen Dobrozsi Romans
Mike Sanders, ex officio
Carole Schul
Tom Scott
John Singleton, ex officio
Verlena Stewart
Bill Triick, ex officio
Mike Wallner
Tom Wiley
Mary Deas Wortley

The efforts of individual committees are also vital to the Community Foundation’s success. Our present standing committees are as follow:

Administrative: Bob Flagel, Chair; Jim Burke, Ron Ely, Rhonda Freeze, Cathie Mulligan, Larry Powell, John Venturella
Finance and Investment: John Venturella, Chair; Don Pelfrey, Vice Chair; Jim Burke, Edwina Blackwell Clark, Ken Cohen, Tom Dowden, Rhonda Freeze, Richard Isroff, Jackie Noonan, John Peterson, Larry Powell, Tom Scott, John Singleton, Don Smith

Development and Long-Range Planning: Mike Scorti, Chair; Doug Bean, Roger Conner, Candice DeClark, Tom Dowden, Bob Flagel, Patti Gage, Cathie Mulligan, Noah Powers, Andy Singer, Mike Wallner, Tom Wiley

Distribution: Cathie Mulligan, Chair; Lou Christy, Sarah Cunningham, Tom Dowden, Kee Edwards, Steve Gallagher, Richard Isroff, Anita Scott Jones, Becky Martin, Don Pelfrey, Mike Pratt, Kathy Romans, Carole Schul, Mike Scorti, Tom Scott, Gene Snow, Verlena Stewart, Tom Wiley, Ron Williams, Mary Deas Wortley

Nominating: Larry Powell, Chair; Bob Flagel, Sarah Kaup, Cathie Mulligan, John Peterson, Mike Scorti, Gene Snow

In addition, several special committees exist, such as our Crystal Apple Judges, Past Presidents Council, Mary Jane Palmer Nunlist "I Love Middletown" Award Committee, Mary Maurer Volunteer of the Year Award Committee, Scholarship Readers and Interviewers and Youth Advisory Council. If you would like to be considered for involvement on one of our committees, please call us and let us know!

AN IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF MOVERS AND SHAKERS LISTED HERE......SOME HAVE DONE DAMAGE TO THE TOWN.....SOME, NOT SO MUCH. KINDA SURPRISED MORT ISN'T IN THE MIX. OF COURSE, MULLIGAN HAS HIS NOSE STUCK IN THINGS HERE AS WELL AS SCORTI. OTHER MMF'ERS IN THE CROWD ALSO. SAME OLD SONG....SAME OLD INNER CIRCLE PEOPLE CONTROLLING KEY COMPONENTS OF THE TOWN'S OPERATION. THERE IS NO JUSTICE NOR RETRIBUTION FOR THE GENERAL POPULACE OF THIS CITY.

Some wanted Gordon fired, not because of his sexual orientation, because he once again showed a lack of sensitivity to his role at MCF. This is not his first reprimand but will be his last.

Couldn't agree more Bill!

Thank you for your clarification Duane.  Keep up the good work.

DuaneGordon wrote: <SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-: EN-US; mso-fareast-: EN-US; mso-bidi-: AR-SA">Yes, I made a statement toward the end of the annual meeting when I was sharing fond memories about each of our four retiring trustees, including Roger, and said that I appreciated his “courage to be himself” over the years and how I felt that made it easier for my family to be in Middletown today. I was intentionally vague in my language so as to try not offend anyone, but I understand there were two or three complaints made after the meeting about the statement. Those complaints were shared with me by two members of our Board so that I would be aware of them, but to say I was “severely reprimanded” is quite far from what actually occurred. This was not something that was ever even discussed by our Board. It was just an individual conversation with two of our trustees.</SPAN>

Dwane Gordon, thanks for coming on here to tell your side of the story. I appreciate all you do for the community. Thank you

SupportMiddletown wrote: So typical of MUSA posters spreading lies and non-truths.

Why does SupportMiddletown denigrate Mr. Gordon while MUSA posters support him?

 In my opinion it was an inappropriate comment!