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41 minutes ago, N.E. Brigand said:
Some observers noted a while ago that the loss of the organization's leader with decades of experience (no matter how necessary it was given his immense personal failings), not to mention the replacement of the entire board, combined with the need to develop and implement a response to DCI's probation, would impact this year's logistics. I'm not sure anyone envisioned this particular step, though it's probably a wise move.
I figure it's a prudent move. I will admit to wondering how they were going to fund it before all of this even happened.
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11 hours ago, Liahona said:
https://cavaliers.org/news-blog/letterfromtheexecutivedirector-04262018
I'm not sure if this was mentioned previously...if so..my apologies...
Wow, that is comprehensive and well thought out.
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2 minutes ago, chris7997 said:
I am reading all sorts of posts about how this is such a "sad time for the Cadets," oh what a "painful moment" for all those who care about the Cadets and YEA...."Cadet fans are going through such a tough time." Woah is me. Pity pity.
What about the painful moments these victims went through? What about the sad time for these young women? What kind of "tough time" do you think they've endured? We actually think that as fans of the Cadets our pain as outsiders looking in matches the level of pain of the victims of sexual assault?! Baloney.
The YEA statement is pathetic. "George has resigned. Though he denies the allegations, he believes stepping aside is in the best interest of the organization. We agree." WHY? If he did NOTHING wrong, then why resign? And why would YEA agree of his resignation. If he's falsely accused he shouldn't resign. This is YEA wiping their hands of any guilt or shame.
That was an unfortunate statement by the now ex-Board of Directors, and was tone deaf and astoundingly inept. The more recent communication by the new BOD, in conjunction with a hired PR firm, is much better.
I do not think that anyone here thinks that their pain matches the pain of the victims. It cannot. However, there can be many stages of grief over many aspects of this - each victim, the sheer number of victims, and then how it affects the organization as a whole, the marching members, then the community at large. It's normal and it's natural. And I think in a very vast majority, those who have posted here are aware of this.
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11 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said:
Yeah what personal information that could be on that laptop would worry the crap out of me if I was connected to any part of YEA. If GH “did everything” chances are the laptop in his possession would have “everything”. Ok just took an hours online security course so tuned in that way right now.
I was definitely thinking of what was on the HD that wasn't on a backup or cloud sync. (Does YEA! even have that?) Barring that, how quick were they in disabling access to accounts or what accounts does he have full control over that no one else had passwords. Physically, were locks changed or keycode access changed?
(We had one remote employee, where the IT team didn't terminate properly, and the employee deleted all local replica mail, which in turn deleted the server replica. That was messy)
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Yes, I would let my son march The Cadets, if he were of age (same with a hypothetical daughter). Right now, it would be the safest place to be, quite honestly with all of the attention and process improvement going on. Cadets are cleaning house ...but, who knows what else is out there.
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7 minutes ago, DeanInChicago said:
On GH's Facebook page, the ABOUT section has been updated. Previous work references to YEA!, The Cadets, and USBands have been removed.
I assume that GH made these changes.
I wouldn't necessarily presume that. In some cases, I believe one can appeal to FB to have these things removed.
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6 minutes ago, BigW said:
Your seemingly delightful wringing of the hands over possible financial malfeasance. To me, yes, that's something that's not right and very reprehensible if that's found to be true. But the real issue here is the abuse and rape charges. They outweigh anything to do with the misuse money by a long, long shot. Money can be raised, found, whatever. The damage done to the victims lives' is worth far more than any sum of money or misuse of it. Just my very serious thoughts and concerns about where you seemed to be going.
I think, in parsing things, that - yes - the assault allegations are absolutely paramount in all of this. However, due to limitations, ability to build a case, etc, these _may_ not go to court. If there are some financial shenanigans at play (and I'm not saying there are), then that is easier to build a case and at least get some consequence out of it that involves prison.
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6 minutes ago, Tim K said:
I agree that any videos with the former director need to be removed and he needs to be edited out, at least for the time being. It will be next to impossible to eradicate all GH traces from Cadets, but at least for now, Cadets needs to be as GH free as possible when it comes to Public relations, and YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc., are major public relations tools. There may come a time when GH can be put in perspective, emphasis on may rather than will, but that time is not now.
I also think we need to be clear when using the words “staff” as to who we mean, especially regarding the videos. If you mean instructional staff has more pressing matters than removing videos, you are correct. Their job is getting the corps on the field. If you mean the board, you are correct. They need to be steering the ship. However, there are folks employed by YEA for the day to day. They could be about the task of editing videos on YouTube. In a crisis situation, “all hands on deck” does not mean everyone gives up their job to focus on the crisis. If you want a competing corps this summer, there have to be people still doing the day to day and editing YouTube videos would be one of those tasks. If you don’t have the people still focusing on the day to day, the crisis wins.
Yes, but the back office staff isn't huge. And they are probably trying to keep tour going, keep USBANDS moving forward, and whatever other day to day objectives they have. Additionally, I'm sure that some are involved in the "righting the ship" that needs to happen. And while those people are doing that, someone would need to cover the "day jobs" of those people. So, while yes, there is staff, and the show much go on, I think right now, they have better things to do with their time than cleanup YouTube. It's probably on the long list of to-dos somewhere.
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It's all been discussed on the larger GH thread, so if you want thoughts, head there. =)
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Report of a new victim speaking out.
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13 minutes ago, rpbobcat said:
I don't disagree about America's attention span.
That's why I said it depends on how this story evolves.
If the Inquirer doesn't come out with more articles,or if nothing comes out about other corps, it may fade over time.
But . . .
But, reporters are asking for more stories, which any follow up comments to that should probably be tossed over to the other thread where it's been an active part of the discussion. To save the mods the trouble.
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10 minutes ago, JimF-LowBari said:
That’s why making this a PR problem bugs me
There are two issues, as mentioned. Obviously, the board is handling things terribly and the communications have been terrible. But, quite honestly, overall the communications from YEA/Cadets have been not so great for a long time (even discounting the GH stream of consciousness method). If they have recognized that they're over their heads in dealing with this from a communications front, that's great. It's what people 50 or 60 posts back were hoping for (for this particular aspect - clearer communication). But, as you say - the communications are one thing, and the substance is another. If they're not dealing with the substance, then all of this goes nowhere (or downhill faster).
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1 minute ago, Lead said:
I would argue that nearly every single kid - other that seeing the news that Hop is gone - has no clue what any of this means (all of the drama with the board and such).
I don't think you're giving the kids enough credit for what they know. When I was in HS 25+ years ago, there was a scandal with a teacher and a student. And even then, I could figure out what was "bad" about it. Kids are more savvy these days, access to more media input, and with the push from the #metoo movement, they are woke.
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11 minutes ago, mfrontz said:
Full statement of YEA interim CEO Sean King:
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At this critical time for the future of the organization, we pray for the healing of all of those who have been affected but understand a great deal of work has to be done to rebuild the trust with all of those who have seen The Cadets, Cadets2 and USBands as an embodiment of magnificence.
Our commitment moving forward as an organization will be focused on two important themes: Safety and Stability.
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This is a much better communication in priority, tone and tenor.
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2 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:
Yet another board of directors who could find absolutely no evidence. But the newspaper could. This is such a pattern. Sad. Talk about enablers. Cadets is more than one person and will survive and thrive......assuming the correct actions are taken SOON to remove the director.
Seems like The Cadets needs a new director and a new board.
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Not reading this whole thread, but there are two new hotels at the junction of 309 and 78 (Center Valley)
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31 minutes ago, HockeyDad said:
okay I'm in with this logic. "You know what you're getting yourself into. You don't have to work for him." Right. Good. So, we have all been warned. Do not take a job at YEA or US Bands. As the naturally accelerated attrition occurs at those organizations, resist the temptation to fill an open position. GH is a wizard. He can do this by himself. Carry on!
Pretty much this. I don't doubt that GH has contributed an immense amount to the Cadets and DCI as a whole. However, he can't (and shouldn't) do it all. There are some areas that are not his strengths. He needs to let other people take on those loads. Yes, it is somewhat ridiculous to have (or have to have) these conversations. On the other hand, if one is looking at the long term stability of an organization, there are alarming red flags out there - both fiscally and reputation wise.
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1 hour ago, Slingerland said:
My guess is that they're afraid that if GH was moved out, the whole thing would collapse under its own weight, because no one else would be ready to take charge of the various pieces. Whoever the director of USBands is within the company is the person who should be being groomed as GH's successor, but if they can't keep anyone in the gig, that doesn't bode well for a successful transition. Oh well.
Well, it's collapsing under its own weight currently. If, in the event of a significant structural alignment, one would think there would be more than enough people with skills and expertise willing to step in to fill the gaps. Enough past Cadets wind up in prominent positions elsewhere.
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Just now, Cadevilina Crown said:
What show is this?
I'd guess PR, but ... just a guess, as the comment was completely random.
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20 minutes ago, exitmusic said:
When management has to tell the workers to "trust the process," the process sucks 100% of the time.
It's time for the alumni to actually get off of our ##### and do something.
Board of Directors
Michael Kehoss, Minneapolis, MN | Chairman
David Satterfield, Morgantown, WV | Vice Chairman
Tim Smith, Pittsburgh, PA | Treasurer
Brian Setzer, Nashville, TN | Secretary
Dirk Bernold, Rochester, NY
Michael Chernow, Manalapan, NJDr. Edward DiCarlo, New York, NY
Roger Floreska, Baldwin, NY
Howard Hoffman, Kendall Park, NJ
Dr. Ray King, Augusta, GA
Abbie Lampe, Orlando, FL
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1 hour ago, jonwoody said:
I watch the pit and find the sleeves on the robes to make everything look sloppy. Maybe that is an issue but sort of too late for that now. Maybe skin tight tights with a big cross on them would help lol.
They could at least reduce the amount of fabric around the arms, so the "look" is uniform, but it's not so cluttered.
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5 minutes ago, Fan of the Arts said:
Thank you George for the images. Shame we have to come to DCP to get any type of peek of what the Cadets are doing. What I have heard for the most part seems to be liked. But I'm afraid all this secrecy is not going to bode well for me when I'm on tour because I like to give the parents and volunteers a little bit more through my daily blog and images than what we're getting coming out of Cadetland.
Fan of the Arts
Those are straight off of Facebook ... I'm sure the other social media sites have more (twitter, snapwhatever).
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So, which corps is doing Super Mario?
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Cadets 2018
in DCI World Class Corps Discussions
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Here is the new schedule:
https://www.dci.org/events?corpId=001j000000I6KFgAAN&limit=-1&viewMode=print&sort=startDate