[Blindtlk] a great article

[Constance Canode]

Chris did a good thing.  The article was fine.  I am not critical of 
the person who posted the article, but I am critical of Brian.  If 
you find our organization to be such a bitter taste, why not go elsewhere.
Oh my, and I said I was keeping my mouth shut...well, that is it for now.
At 07:27 AM 9/2/2011, you wrote:
>Hello folks.  Perhaps I can help put an end to this thread.  I do not think
>the person being criticized was Chris for posting the article.  I think, in
>fact, that several people congratulated him on finding something that was of
>value in any organization.  I think the criticism comes from the continual
>suggestion by Bryan Schulz that he has been martyred as a result of asking
>the tough questions which NFB is not willing to entertain.  Let me provide
>you with the sad facts and you make your own decision.
>
>Bryan is alluding to, and has many times on this list, an incident in 2010.
>Our convention registration was handled by an older member in the beginning
>stages of Alzheimer's disease. When we got to the convention we found that
>some who paid didn't have needed tickets. Door prize tickets ended up
>missing on Sunday that were present on Saturday. In all, after accounting
>for convention registrations we think we had, it looks like we are short
>about $500 to $700 for the 2010 convention. Bryan asked a question about
>registration income during the reading of our treasurer's report, we
>appointed several folks to look into the shortfall, and concluded that there
>is nothing that can be done. The member who has lost our money has been with
>us more than 35 years. He is a longtime chapter officer and state board
>member. He has been present during some of these discussions and often is
>unaware we are talking about him and his handling of registrations. We, the
>board, decided there was nothing to be done to recover the missing money. We
>can make the member feel like the south end of a north bound pig, but the
>money isn't coming back. What we did was to remove from chapter
>responsibility the taking of registration money and have it come directly to
>the affiliate treasurer. This is something that is consistent with what
>we've been doing for some time--centralizing convention activities which
>once were predominantly the responsibility of the host chapter and bringing
>them under the control of the affiliate.
>
>Bryan's question earned him no ill will in the affiliate and prompted some
>needed change in our procedures, but he prefers to believe it is the reason
>for people's anger towards him. Often anger comes from the gruffness and
>cynicism that is displayed in his messages, though he is genuinely a good
>and caring fellow. He sees many things as black and white and seems to
>believe we should have taken action to retrieve money we simply believe is
>irretrievable both because we believe the person who lost it hasn't a clue
>where it is and because he has little enough to live on as it is. We believe
>it is true that you can't get blood out of a turnip. We also believe love
>and loyalty are worth something and that forgiveness is part of what family
>members do for one another.
>
>Now you don't have to guess when Bryan makes ambiguous remarks suggesting
>there is something evil and sinister and that he has been martyred for
>daring to find the truth.
>
>
>
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