Doug PollardALSO - Dead Man Walking
The ALSO Foundation has won a temporary reprieve from it's troubles but still has no way out of it's terminal decline, with no government funding forthcoming, and a vacuous business plan with no substance, it is just stavin off death rather than cheating it. Although . . . . .
Geoff Richards writes:
17TH JUNE 2011
GENERAL MEDIA RELEASE VIA EMAIL & WEBSITE POSTINGS
The recent Also Foundation and Also Care June E-zines contain misrepresentations of fact. This is usual in most of their messages, particularly financial. Their June 10th & 16th messages are far from correct in analysis of the Resolution voting results
To say that the Committee of Management Resolution was accepted by a ‘substantial majority of voters’ when it was only 14% from just 119 eligible voters is really stretching the definition of ‘significant’ . What is ‘significant’ is that only 119 votes of a possible 380 came in! Where is the interest in Also now, & are members voting with their feet? Who would blame them.
‘Significantly’, the Committee received little support from Group, Group-Reciprocal, Commercial & ‘Advertising’ voters. Perhaps the latter two preferred not to be compromised, or were not pleased with the promised Directory ‘marketing’ results?
Probably, the coupling of all the Committee actions into one resolution that included the ‘emotional blackmail’ plea to ‘Save Also Foundation’, is all that got the Committee over the line.
On top of these damming figures we find that 45.4% of voters voted ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ IN THE COMMITTEE thus the Reform Group resolution fell short by LESS than ONE handful of votes. Some of the Committee’s own supporters even voted against them in this Resolution!
Overall the result shows that the community is just as divided as ever over how Also should be managed & that will never change while the same ‘tarnished, CEO, Treasurer & Directors/Committee members remain. In fact the Committee only survived their own dismissal, & the recall of the ‘supposed ‘loan’ by LESS than 10 votes. Surely all that IS ‘significant’?
Also CEO Crusader Hillis says that the Also Foundation Directors and Care Committee members – they are the same - will continue to run both organizations . We can read this as meaning until the last cent left in Also Care - as no other significant actual source of funding is apparent.
So, expect more ‘un-realistic Strategic Plans, more unbelievable budgets with never achieved income projections, coupled with continuing rampant expenses - regardless of income.
It is fact that most of the expenditure never leaves the Also office, it goes in salary mostly to the CEO, then selected cohorts, ‘consultants’ & staff. There is little left for the ‘good cause’ works claimed by Treasurer Brody & Directors – unless of course salaries are a ‘good cause’.
There will never be confidence in Also by the Business & our Community & importantly Project, Fund & Bequest donors while the current CEO, Treasurer and Directors remain. If they are, as their E-zine says, sharing with us their serious concerns for the community, they should get out now.
To expect qualified, experienced, fully informed, thinking & ethical persons to step up to sit on a Board or Committee alongside the 'current collection' is unrealistic. Then again, these probably are not the type they would be seeking. Who would want to risk their own reputation by being tarnished by association?
Geoffrey R Richards: Also Reform Group member
Geoff Richards writes:
17TH JUNE 2011
GENERAL MEDIA RELEASE VIA EMAIL & WEBSITE POSTINGS
The recent Also Foundation and Also Care June E-zines contain misrepresentations of fact. This is usual in most of their messages, particularly financial. Their June 10th & 16th messages are far from correct in analysis of the Resolution voting results
To say that the Committee of Management Resolution was accepted by a ‘substantial majority of voters’ when it was only 14% from just 119 eligible voters is really stretching the definition of ‘significant’ . What is ‘significant’ is that only 119 votes of a possible 380 came in! Where is the interest in Also now, & are members voting with their feet? Who would blame them.
‘Significantly’, the Committee received little support from Group, Group-Reciprocal, Commercial & ‘Advertising’ voters. Perhaps the latter two preferred not to be compromised, or were not pleased with the promised Directory ‘marketing’ results?
Probably, the coupling of all the Committee actions into one resolution that included the ‘emotional blackmail’ plea to ‘Save Also Foundation’, is all that got the Committee over the line.
On top of these damming figures we find that 45.4% of voters voted ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ IN THE COMMITTEE thus the Reform Group resolution fell short by LESS than ONE handful of votes. Some of the Committee’s own supporters even voted against them in this Resolution!
Overall the result shows that the community is just as divided as ever over how Also should be managed & that will never change while the same ‘tarnished, CEO, Treasurer & Directors/Committee members remain. In fact the Committee only survived their own dismissal, & the recall of the ‘supposed ‘loan’ by LESS than 10 votes. Surely all that IS ‘significant’?
Also CEO Crusader Hillis says that the Also Foundation Directors and Care Committee members – they are the same - will continue to run both organizations . We can read this as meaning until the last cent left in Also Care - as no other significant actual source of funding is apparent.
So, expect more ‘un-realistic Strategic Plans, more unbelievable budgets with never achieved income projections, coupled with continuing rampant expenses - regardless of income.
It is fact that most of the expenditure never leaves the Also office, it goes in salary mostly to the CEO, then selected cohorts, ‘consultants’ & staff. There is little left for the ‘good cause’ works claimed by Treasurer Brody & Directors – unless of course salaries are a ‘good cause’.
There will never be confidence in Also by the Business & our Community & importantly Project, Fund & Bequest donors while the current CEO, Treasurer and Directors remain. If they are, as their E-zine says, sharing with us their serious concerns for the community, they should get out now.
To expect qualified, experienced, fully informed, thinking & ethical persons to step up to sit on a Board or Committee alongside the 'current collection' is unrealistic. Then again, these probably are not the type they would be seeking. Who would want to risk their own reputation by being tarnished by association?
Geoffrey R Richards: Also Reform Group member
