FROM Mayor: Notice of Special Meeting of MGAB ... Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:51:32 +0000

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From: Mayor <Mayor@launceston.tas.gov.au>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:51:32 +0000
To: Ray Norman <raynorman@eftel.net.au>
Subject: Re: Notice of Special Meeting of the Museum Governance Advisory
Board

Hi Ray,

I will follow up with Richard and Neil.

Regards
Albert

On 1 Jul 2014, at 5:08 pm, "Ray Norman"
<raynorman@eftel.net.au<mailto:raynorman@eftel.net.au>> wrote:

CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Albert,

In relation to Mr Mulvaney's Board Motion and Notice of 1 July 2014, no
evidence whatsover is presented to support the allegations made against me
and reportedly made by Mr McKinnon. Furthermore, it appears as if I am being
denied due process and natural justice.

As it stands, it appears that I am effectively being defamed (in writing)
on the basis of allegations claimed by Mr McKinnon to have been made to him
by the General Manager.

The defamation of my good name to the members of the Board has been carried
out by Mr Mulvaney and distributed to various people (e.g. the MGAB) without
being marked as confidential by the QVMAG¹s Director Mr Mulvaney who has
sent out the notice.

In brief, I have been accused it appears, by the General Manager (apparently
according to Mr McKinnon), of 'quoting privileged information' and therefore
of being untrustworthy as an MGAB board member. No evidence of any type has
been supplied to me to support this damaging allegation. For my part, I am
confident that any 'privileged information' has only been circulated by me
to existing Council staff or Aldermen, and marked 'confidential' when
appropriate.

The time to raise such a concern would have been at the time it occurred so
that I could adjust my behaviour accordingly. No such interaction occurred,
neither has any evidence been presented to support the supposed 'quoting'.

In effect, Mr McKinnon¹s response as the MGAB chairman to various critical
questions about board policy and practices, museum governance and management
has been to defame me, in writing, and to circulate defamatory concerns
about me in an open letter that is not marked 'confidential' in any way
(although that flaw may have been created by Mr Mulvaney). Whether the
General manager of Council participated in, or precipitated these defamatory
statements is not known as all materials and charges have been made through
Mr Mulvaney and apparently by Mr McKinnon.

Such defamation is illegal in Australia and can carry onerous penalties.

I therefore request that you consider this matter very carefully and seek
firm assurances from Mr McKinnon and Mr Mulvaney that they will:

1) Retract in writing the unsupported allegations and defamations against me
and copy that retraction to all who have received a copy of Mr Mulvaney's
defamatory correspondence on behalf of Mr McKinnon or who may have been
exposed to these claims

OR

2) Present incontrovertible evidence of the charges being made against me
for my consideration and action

I look forward to your early action on this matter.

Regards,

Ray Norman

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