[Blindtlk] a great article

[T. Joseph Carter]

If this gentleman has not been relieved of any financial handling 
responsibilities, and under the circumstances likely any duties as an 
officer, then I can understand Bryan's beef to an extent (though not 
his methodology.)  First thing's first, you have to protect the 
organization from future harm.

If the guy no longer has full awareness of his surroundings, 
including an inquiry that pertains to him, then recovery of the funds 
isn't going to happen, as you say.  And legal proceedings would 
likely be wasted efforts.  That leaves only intent.  If none believe 
he intended to take money from the organization, tossing him out of 
it does no good either.

Sometimes there are no good answers.  The affiliate is still out the 
money, and a good man (taking you at your word on that) has a hard 
road ahead of him.

Joseph


On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 07:27:33AM -0500, Gary Wunder 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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