Source title in the reading translation: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Morten Kjær Hansen <MKH@eegholm.dk> Date: Wed. 16. Jun. 2021 at 17.34 Subject: RE: Minutes of gener
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- Allan Schøne — Mentioned in the current archived text
- Claus Ewers — Mentioned in the current archived text
- Erik Damsgaard — Mentioned in the current archived text
- Morten Kjær Hansen — Mentioned in the current archived text
- Peter Hansen — Mentioned in the current archived text
- Torben Lindvang — Mentioned in the current archived text
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Text version dated 4 Oct 2021
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Morten Kjær Hansen <MKH@eegholm.dk> Date: Wed. 16. Jun. 2021 at 17.34 Subject: RE: Minutes of the general meeting on 31. May 2021 To: Sønderborg Erhvervsklub members.
Dear owner, Thank you very much for your enquiry, which the board has discussed. We can briefly report that the general meeting was conducted as in other years, including the format of the minutes. Should the board receive a request to expel a member, we will invite the parties to a hearing and then act in accordance with the statutes.
On behalf of the board of Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg, Morten Kjær Hansen Morten Kjær Hansen CEO Tel +45 20 41 98 13 • MKH@EEGHOLM.DK • Teams From: the owner Sent: 11. June 2021 15:00 To: Allan Schøne <allan.schoene@dk.ey.com> Cc: Sønderborg Erhvervsklub members. Subject: Re: Minutes of the general meeting on 31.
May 2021 My experience of Sønderborg Erhvervsklub’s general meeting on 31. May 2021. As the event mentioned above developed far more dramatically than the official minutes reflect, I feel a need to give a more nuanced description, mainly for those of you who did not attend the general meeting.
Naturally, the drama centred on the controversial proposed amendment/addition to §5 of the statutes, new item 4. The proposal was submitted by an initiative group consisting of Torben Lindvang, Claus Ewers and Erik Damsgaard. The accusations are kept secret.
The proposal turned out to have been submitted with the aim of giving the initiative group the powers needed to have me expelled from Sønderborg Erhvervsklub. This became clear when Torben Lindvang gave a well-prepared, written and quite emotional monologue lasting 10 - 15 minutes, making a series of allegations against me. In essence, I had poisoned the atmosphere and solidarity in Erhvervsklubben and tried to assassinate Venstre politician Peter Hansen’s character.
The initiative group therefore considered it important to have me thrown out. The minutes described the long monologue as: “Torben Lindvang presented the reasons for the proposal on behalf of the initiative group.” It does not surprise me that Lindvang and his friends did not want their accusation document printed in the minutes, but it is astonishing that the board participated in this game. I therefore call for Lindvang’s allegations to be brought into the open so everyone absent can judge what he accuses me of.
I stand by my statements. Do Torben Lindvang, Claus Ewers and Erik Damsgaard stand by theirs? Who cast the first stone?
I am accused of daring to respond to a politician who had launched an assault on Skansegården and me personally, backed by a media giant employing around 1000 people. Does that make me someone unwanted in Sønderborg Erhvervsklub? It is appropriate to remind Lindvang, Ewers, Damsgaard and anyone else who may have forgotten that Peter Hansen ran his campaign against Skansegården and me personally for a whole year before I responded.
Nevertheless, a clique of Peter Hansen’s close allies has used every means to restrict my freedom of expression. Some measures balance right on the edge of ethical and legal rules. All these attacks take place in secret, probably because those involved know very well that they are behaving unworthily and harming their reputations.
In this latest example, Sønderborg Erhvervsklub was used in the game. From a professional community to a political club. Is this the new way forward for a club that has previously offered a broad professional community?
We represent many large businesses and public institutions, presumably all of which have a clear position on freedom of expression, ethics and morality. The fact that a large proportion of the club’s members did not attend the event probably also suggests that some expected in advance that the meeting might develop in a direction they did not wish to put their name to. Best wishes, the owner
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Source title: ---------- Forwarded message --------- Fra: Morten Kjær Hansen <MKH@eegholm.dk> Date: ons. 16. jun. 2021 kl. 17.34 Subject: RE: Referat fra gener
Text version dated 4 Oct 2021
---------- Forwarded message --------- Fra: Morten Kjær Hansen <MKH@eegholm.dk> Date: ons. 16. jun. 2021 kl. 17.34 Subject: RE: Referat fra generalforsamlingen den 31. maj 2021 To: Sønderborg Erhvervsklub medlemmer. Kære ejeren Mange tak for din henvendelse som bestyrelsen har drøftet. Vi kan kort melde tilbage at generalforsamlingen er gennemført i lighed med andre år og herunder også referatformen.
Modtager bestyrelsen en anmodning om eksklusion af et medlem vil vi indkalde til partshøring og herefter agere i henhold til vedtægterne. På vegne af bestyrelsen for Erhvervsklubben Sønderborg Morten Kjær Hansen Morten Kjær Hansen CEO Tel +45 20 41 98 13 • MKH@EEGHOLM.DK • Teams From: ejeren Sent: 11. juni 2021 15:00 To: Allan Schøne <allan.schoene@dk.ey.com> Cc: Sønderborg Erhvervsklub medlemmer. Subject: Re: Referat fra generalforsamlingen den 31. maj 2021 Min oplevelse af generalforsamlingen i Sønderborg Erhvervsklub d. 31. maj 2021 Da ovennævnte begivenhed udviklede langt mere dramatisk, end det officielle referat afspejler - føler jeg et behov for at nuancere beskrivelsen, mest for de af jer, som ikke deltog i generalforsamlingen.
Dramatikken koncentrerede sig naturligvis om det kontroversielle forslag til ændring/tilføjelse af vedtægternes §5, nyt punkt 4. Forslaget var fremsat af en initiativgruppe bestående af Torben Lindvang, Claus Ewers og Erik Damsgaard. Anklagerne hemmeligholdes Forslaget viste sig at være fremsat med det formål, at skaffe initiativgruppen de nødvendige magtbeføjelser til at få mig ekskluderet af Sønderborg Erhvervsklub.
Det blev klart, da Torben Lindvang holdt en velforberedt, nedskrevet og ret følelsesladet 10 - 15 minutter lang enetale, hvor han fremførte en stribe anklager mod mig. Essensen var, at jeg havde forpestet stemningen og sammenholdet i Erhvervsklubben og forsøgte at begå karaktermord på Venstrepolitikeren Peter Hansen. Derfor mente initiativgruppen, at det var vigtigt at få mig smidt ud af klubben.
Den lange enetale var beskrevet således i referatet: ”Det fremsatte forslag blev motiveret af Torben Lindvang på vegne af initiativgruppen.” Det undrer mig ikke, at Lindvang og hans venner ikke ønskede at deres anklageskrift kom ud på tryk i referatet - men det er forbavsende, at klubbens bestyrelse har deltaget i det spil. Derfor opfordrer jeg til, at Lindvangs anklager bør komme frem i lyset, så alle, der ikke var til stede, selv kan vurdere, hvad han anklager mig for. Jeg står ved mine udtalelser - gør Torben Lindvang, Claus Ewers og Erik Damsgaard også det?
Hvem kastede den første sten? Jeg er anklaget for at have vovet at tage til genmæle over for en politiker, der havde indledt et stormløb mod Skansegården og min person - i øvrigt med en mediegigant, der beskæftiger omkring 1000 medarbejdere, i ryggen. Gør det mig til en person, som ikke er ønsket i Sønderborg Erhvervsklub?
Det er vel på sin plads at minde Lindvang, Ewers, Damsgaard (og alle andre, der må have glemt det) om, at Peter Hansen kørte sin kampagne mod Skansegården og mig personligt i et helt år, før jeg tog til genmæle. Trods det har en klike af Peter Hansens nære allierede brugt alle midler for at begrænse min ytringsfrihed. Nogle af midlerne balancerer lige på kanten af både etiske og juridiske spilleregler.
Alle disse angreb foregår i det skjulte. Sikkert fordi de implicerede udmærket ved, at de opfører sig uværdigt, og at det ikke gavner deres omdømme. I dette seneste eksempel blev Sønderborg Erhvervsklub brugt i det spil.
Fra fagligt fællesskab til politisk klub Er det den nye vej frem for en klub, der hidtil har tilbudt et bredt fagligt fællesskab. Vi repræsenterer mange store erhvervsvirksomheder og offentlige institutioner, der formodentlig alle har en afklaret holdning til ytringsfrihed, etik og moral. Det faktum, at en stor del af klubbens medlemmer ikke deltog i arrangementet, fortæller vel også, at nogle på forhånd havde en forventning om, at mødet kunne udvikle sig i en retning, som de ikke havde lyst til at lægge navn til.
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