Marc: I note your endorsement of the NCEO
group CEEO. While The ESOP
Association feels strongly about its leadership role, and is proud of its
leadership role in educating its members of the importance of employee
participation, and employee empowerment, and while most members of our 10 person
Board have very close, and strong ties to the NCEO, and have high regard for
Corey
Rosen’s work, I must report
that my Board had a very negative reaction to the mission of CEEO, and we
expressed it clearly to Corey over the past several months. The reasons are varied, but would mainly
fall into the category that drafters of the CEEO’s document endorsed the idea
that some kind of standards, even private standards, would further the employee
ownership movement whereas our Board feels standards would stymie the creation
of more employee owned companies as business men and women do not wish to have
their management styles conform to ideas of others.
We find that an
approach of diversity and proper leading by example by groups such as the
Association, our Foundation, the NCEO, and other groups interested in
enlightened management versus standards suggesting that “one shoe size fits all”
will result in the expansion of employee ownership, and the honoring of
individuals who are owners of the companies where they
work.
I send this note, not
as a full expression of the views The ESOP Association’s Board had about the
CEEO, but as just a short notice that in any discussion of the CEEO, I on behalf
of the Board of The ESOP Association, would express a view contra to the one you
express in your most recent communication.
I recognize that views
of The ESOP Association are not to be determination of the EFES’s position, but
as members through our Foundation, we do ask to be heard in any discussion of
the CEEO.
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Marc
Mathieu
[mailto:marcmathieu@marcmathieu.be]
Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 2:24
PM
To:
Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Subject: EFES Meeting of March 25 / Réunion
de la FEAS
Please find in attachment the report
of the meeting of EFES board members on March 25 in Brussels.
Vous trouvez en attaché le rapport
de la réunion des membres du conseil de la FEAS à Bruxelles ce 25
mars.
Marc Mathieu
Secretary
General
EFES - EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP
FEAS -
FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DE L'ACTIONNARIAT SALARIE
Avenue Voltaire 135, B-1030
Brussels
Tel/fax: +32 (0)2 242 64 30
E-mail: marcmathieu@marcmathieu.be
Web
site: www.efesonline.org
EFES'
objective is to act as the umbrella organization of employee owners and all
persons, companies, trade unions, experts, researchers, institutions looking to
promote employee ownership and participation in
Europe.