[nfbmi-talk] why this is on target
joe harcz Comcast
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Mon Nov 15 18:09:17 UTC 2010
All, the overlap between Ms. Rand with handling books and other
administrative programs for both the Council of State Agencies Vocational
Rehabilitiation (CSAVR) and the National Council of State Agencies for the
Blind (NCAB) are documented in the Treasurer's report from the Spring NCASB
report here:
NCSAB Spring Meeting Minutes April 22, 2005
NCSAB Spring Meeting Minutes April 22, 2005
3. Treasurer's Report: Bill Palmer
NCSAB 2004 YEAR-END TREASURER'S REPORT
Submitted by NCSAB Treasurer - January 25, 2005
2004 - January 1 beginning balance: $26,529.28
Balance effective December 31, 2004: $78,716.94
Forty-six of the member agencies paid dues for 2004 and ten (four
territories and six states) of the member agencies did not pay.
Year 2004 Expenditures
Spring 2004 Conference Costs (Bethesda) $10,067.40
Fall 2004 Conference Costs (Nashville) $12,481.58
University of Arkansas (website development) $ 1,500.00
Annual 501(C) 6 Corporate filing fee $ 25.00
Contract for admin services from CSAVR $8,000.00
Phones
$110.68
Charges at Officers meeting in December $407.09
YTD 2004 expenditures: $32,591.75
2004 Revenue
Dues
$53,130.00
Spring Conference Registration Fees $19,420.00
Fall Conference Registration Fees as of 12/31 $12,170.00
Interest Earned in 2004
$59.41
Total revenue for 2004:
84,779.41
Gain for the year 2004:
$52,187.66
Note:
Fall Conference Fees paid in January 2005 as of Jan 25th .
$4,145
Fall Conference Fees not yet paid as of Jan 25, 2005.
$13,150
NOTE: Balance on January 25, 2005 was $82,861.94
NCSAB 2005 (estimated) BUDGET PLAN
Submitted by NCSAB Treasurer - March 29, 2005
2005 - January 1 beginning balance: $78,716.94
Balance effective March 29, 2005: $106,181.89
Year 2005 estimated Expenditures
Fees and expenses for contractors
$60,000.00
Spring 2004 Conference Costs (Bethesda) $10,067.40
Fall 2004 Conference Costs (Nashville) $12,481.58
University of Arkansas (website development) $ 1,500.00
Annual 501(C)6 Corporate filing fee
$ 25.00
Contract for admin services from CSAVR $8,000.00*
Phones
$110.68
Charges at Officers meeting in December $407.09
Audit of NCSAB books
$4,000.00
2005 estimated expenditure total: $96,591.75
2005 Revenue Projections
Dues
$53,000.00
Conference Registration Fees
$35,000.00
Interest Earned in 2005
$60.00
Total revenue projection for 2005: $88,060.00
Projected loss for the year 2005: $8,531.75
Projected balance on December 31, 2005: $70,185.19
Notes:
List of 1 items
1. Fall 2004 Conference Fees not yet paid as of March 29, 2005 equal
approximately $9,000
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List of 1 items
2. 19 states and 4 territories had not paid dues as of March 29, 2005.
list end
List of 1 items
3. $35,850 received as of March 29, 2005 for 2005 NCSAB dues. If every
state and territory paid, NCSAB would receive $73,940.
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List of 4 items (contains 1 nested list)
List of 4 items nesting level 1
. Chuk Hamilton for Minnesota will become the interim treasurer.
. Palmer suggested the states take their bill to their fiscal officer for
payment.
. Be aware that CSAVR and NCSAB have the same mailing address; this may
serve as a source of confusion, especially when payments are mailed. Make
sure your
NCSAB correspondence is addressed to NCSAB.
. NCSAB pays CSAVR $8,000.00 per year to provide all the myriad of logistic
details involved in conference planning and billing. Kimberli Rand was
commended
for doing an excellent job.
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list end
*Addendum: NCSAB is now paying CSAVR $10,000 for Ms. Rand's services.
Although this increase was put into place after the spring meeting, we
thought this
increase prudent to note in the spring 2005 minutes for the record.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at att.net>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] why this is on target
> Hello,
>
> Not to mention that Cannon was NCSAB President during this affair.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of joe harcz Comcast
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:34 PM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] why this is on target
>
> Note the article on fraud at the CSAVR. Note also that from at very least
> the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind directly contracted
> with CSAVR for administrative services and that Kymberli Rand was the
> person
> who also had some control over NCAB books. But, both organizaations use
> federal passthrough funds (i.e. Voc. Rehab. funds for dues). In other
> words
> Kymberli Rand stole money fthat would have gone to programs for both the
> general population of people with disabilities and from the blind.
>
>
> Note because of defrauding NCASB Fred Schroeder lost his contract to be
> the
> legislative representative for VR and Independent Living programs for
> folks
> who are blind leaving us all with issues to be sure in these troubling
> legislative times.
>
> That is only the short story of this sad affair...But it is highly
> relevent
> to this list serve.
>
> Joe
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070106
> 097.html
>
>
>
> Nonprofit group digging its way out of $700,000 hole; bookkeeper faces
> charges
>
>
>
> By
>
> Susan Kinzie
>
> Washington Post Staff Writer
>
> Friday, July 2, 2010
>
>
>
> Carl Suter had just announced his retirement as head of a nonprofit group
> that helps people with disabilities, just as he had been helped after
> being
> stricken
>
> with polio as a child. Then a hotel manager pulled him aside with a
> bombshell.
>
>
>
> The hotel hadn't been paid for the conference where Suter had made his
> speech. And it never was paid for the conference the year before, either.
>
>
>
> It was the first sign that something had gone terribly wrong at the
>
> Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation,
>
> a national nonprofit based in Rockville that has been advocating for job
> training for people with disabilities since 1940.
>
>
>
> That April morning, as the conference the group had convened at the same
> hotel for 20 years went on as usual, Suter began to realize that money was
> missing
>
> -- a lot of money.
>
>
>
> So was the bookkeeper.
>
>
>
> More than $700,000 was gone, according to a criminal complaint filed in
> federal court and first reported in the Washington Examiner.
>
>
>
> Kymberli Rand of Brunswick was accused of wire fraud for allegedly using
> money from the organization's bank account for years to pay off her credit
> card
>
> account, and for using CSAVR's American Express account for thousands of
> dollars' worth of her expenses, such as food and shoes.
>
>
>
> She had worked for CSAVR since 2002, Suter said, one of seven employees in
> a
> close-knit office.
>
>
>
> She had exclusive control of the organization's finances.
>
>
>
> According to court documents, Rand tried to hide the fraud by preparing
> false papers from the organization's long-standing auditor, transferring
> money from
>
> employees' retirement funds to cover operating expenses, and writing
> e-mails
> falsely claiming to be the funds' administrator and assuring employees
> that
>
> there were no irregularities with their accounts.
>
>
>
> It was an enormous shock, Suter said, and it felt deeply personal.
>
>
>
> Rand had been at the conference the day before, he said, but when he went
> to
> ask her questions about the hotel payment, she was nowhere to be found.
> Not
>
> at the conference, and not at home, either. Suter said he hasn't had
> contact
> with her since.
>
>
>
> Rand and her attorney could not be reached to comment Thursday.
>
>
>
> CSAVR brought in a forensic auditor, who very early on told Suter: This is
> going to be bad.
>
>
>
> "I very much felt -- and I think everybody associated with us felt -- a
> real
> sense of betrayal," Suter said. "This is a person we had put a lot of
> trust
>
> into."
>
>
>
> The group had to make immediate changes. Its annual budget is about $1.3
> million, most of it from membership dues.
>
>
>
> The paid staff shrank to two.
>
>
>
> Suter delayed his retirement as chief executive and went off the payroll,
> as
> did his deputy and another employee; all three continued as volunteers.
>
>
>
> They are deeply committed to the work, he said. "I grew up with a
> disability" after getting polio, "so I benefited personally from going
> through the vocational
>
> rehabilitation program," he said. "I had a series of nice career
> opportunities over the years. This was my way of paying back the program."
>
>
>
> The vocational program began after injured soldiers returned home from
> World
> War I and has grown over the decades into a far-reaching federal effort.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, the three volunteers became paid employees again, after 2 1/2
> months.
>
>
>
> Suter has a plan now, a budget for next year that is considerably leaner
> than in the past, a means to pay the bills and get by.
>
>
>
> He said he hopes to retire this fall -- after the organization is back on
> its feet.
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