An attorney for a group of concerned YMCA members says documents released by the Y Thursday do not satisfy the group’s request for records, and they have not ruled out a lawsuit.
The Y had turned over IRS 990 tax filings, bylaws and other governance documents for the Janesville-based nonprofit corporation and its foundation. They were part of a larger records request the group sent the Y in a letter last week, threatening to bring a lawsuit against the Y if it failed to provide adequate disclosure of documents.
The Y in its response sent several emails with documents attached, but in a note, YMCA of Northern Rock County Board President Jeff Jensen wrote the Y was withholding three years of board meeting minutes the concerned members had requested. The Y also did not turn over a full list of all current Y members, another record the group had asked for.
The group accuses the YMCA’s former board president of removing board members without a vote and CEO Tom Den Boer of suspending the memberships of Y members who asked questions about financial and governing aspects of the non-profit.
