Boom goes the dynamite. Billy Florence, Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, Fred Harteis, Don Wilson, Tim Marks, Randy Haugen and others resign (get terminated?) from Quixtar and file a lawsuit against the corporation.
Check out this post from the Team Orrin Woodward blog:
Team,
Today, August 9th, 2007, eight current members of the IBOAI board
from North America, representing a combined average experience of
twenty seven years in the business, approached Quixtar/Alticor to
express deep concern with the current condition of the Quixtar
business. For years, we’ve all been concerned that Quixtar’s products
have been hopelessly overpriced and were virtually not retailable.
Quixtar has known this, too, because over the last few years we have
repeatedly informed them of this fact and have literally begged them to
correct the problem. They did nothing, which is not particularly
surprising given the ridiculously high profit margins required by
families who own the businesses.When we realized that our pleas had no hope of succeeding, we
decided the cover-up needed to stop. Consistent with the principles of
promoting fair competition and with commitment to the free enterprise
system, we expressed our opinion that it would be only fair for
Quixtar/Alticor to roll back its non-competition and non-solicitation
rules and give all IBOs a choice to continue their participation in the
business. Our position is simple: People should have a choice about
whether to stay with Quixtar/Amway or leave for another opportunity. In
response to our request, Amway/Quixtar snickered and immediately
rejected our proposal.As a result of this discussion, members of the board immediately
resigned. Having reached an impasse, and being unable to have further
discussions with Quixtar/Alticor management, we have asked the U.S.
District Court in Los Angeles to provide essentially the same relief we
asked Quixtar/Amway to voluntarily accept. Our complaint to the court
can be reviewed in detail by clicking on the PDF included in this
e-mail. This lawsuit does not seek damages or retribution. As Moses
said to Pharaoh, “Let our people go!”Download Complaint.pdf
Robert L. Dickie III
Team
Chief Executive Officer
