Cadevilina Crown Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 minute ago, MotoSurfBass said: They'll never admit it, but it almost feels like George wrote that press release. Especially those last two paragraphs. Yeesh. His parting shot, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, MotoSurfBass said: They'll never admit it, but it almost feels like George wrote that press release. Especially those last two paragraphs. Yeesh. The grammar was far too solid for that. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffmolnar Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Eleran said: not enough ... ellipsis ... for George Hopkins. That’s why it took so long to come out. They had a crack team of lawyers and linguists working around the clock to de-Hoppify the statement. Edited April 6, 2018 by jeffmolnar 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri Schehr Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1 minute ago, jeffmolnar said:Wow. Replace them all. Yeah, that puppet board needs to go. Like Jim said, the chairman we sat by in LaCrosse was one clueless dude. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just now, MikeD said: No need to suspend him...as it says...."George has resigned. Though he denies the allegations, he believes stepping aside is in the best interest of the organization. We agree. His resignation is effective immediately." Sorry, I wasn’t clear ... George should have been suspended when the issue was brought to the board’s attention in January ... maybe with pay (or not) while the investigation was in process. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 5 hours ago, garfield said: DCI has good prose-writers. Or is this marketing? Yes. In situations like this, categories blend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daave Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 How does one deny allegations that were "professionally and vigorously investigated" despite there being "no cooperation at all from those making those accusations" Not sure how vigorous or thorough that type of investigation could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 28 minutes ago, MikeD said: Supposed to be an announcement tomorrow from YEA! The name being mentioned is Tom Aungst as the next director, but that is just rumor, though from some pretty "in the know" people. He's capable enough, imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeusExGreenMachina Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 "Unfortunately, there was no cooperation at all from anyone making those accusations. Despite our pleas for cooperation, we were told so long as George remained in his role, no one would allow herself to be interviewed or reveal any facts that might confirm the allegations. No responsible board of directors can take action based solely on anonymous allegations. One of the many disappointments in this regrettable situation is third parties who claimed specific knowledge of these allegations failed to assist in bringing this to a proper resolution, offering instead to bury those same allegations if the board took preemptive action. The investigation proceeded anyway." I call ########. This so called investigation was clearly not independent. They tried to cooperate given the following requirements: if the nonprofit hired an independent investigator; and, Hopkins was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation I really hope Kevin Hahn and the alleged victims file police reports. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 hours ago, MikeM said: Actually, and this probably won’t win the day - but I’ll toss it out there: YEA needs to pull The Cadets and Cadets2 from all competition for the 2018 season. Why? There will only be this distraction for this year. Heck, parents may pull their kids out and leave them barely able to field a corps. Take 2018 to revamp and restructure the organization. Comeback after finals with everything in place to start the 2019 preparations even stronger. Show everyone that hey, yes this happened. But we’ve taken steps to make sure it won’t happen again. You can’t run a tour and try and recover from this. Thoughts? no. the new administration must be clear and forthright with the procedures in place going forward to make sure there is never an issue, or if one does happen, it is dealt with swiftly. The Cadets were around long before Hop or YEA. Taking a year off will do far more damage. and IMO, the Board needs to go 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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