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1 hour ago, Liahona said:

my interpretation is they are fast to react to certain things and slow to others...

People here complained that DCI is too entangled with the corps, and a third party was required for whistleblowing.

Now that we have that, people here complain that DCI is slow to respond.

We can not have it both ways.

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50 minutes ago, garfield said:

But it didn't take long for them to realize they needed a real "Tony S (Soprano)" and hired Don Pesceone.

What goes around, comes around.  And we are around.

It's time.

 It as time went on the Don wielded less power

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if i had any influence...the 1st step in ensuring performer safety is hire a 3rd party set of people, not anyone with any affiliation with any corps, board member..."untouchable" if you will. That will serve as on site, on tour compliance officers. Persons who can make an unbiased report of whats going on financially, moreale, heath wise of the corps as a whole...then report to a compliance committee on a weekly basis. Someone who is also open for performers to report to if there are any safety issues with staff, other members, mitigating any issues before they become a full blown scandal. THis is something that can be installed very quickly, after the structure of the policies and procedures are altered in the right way. 

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31 minutes ago, Tony Flores said:

That will serve as on site, on tour compliance officers ... THis is something that can be installed very quickly

Do you mean they have to go on tour with a corps?  Good luck finding someone looking for a job that only lasts three months, and involves sleeping on a bus or a hard floor, other than people who are already drum corps fans or alumni, in which case they will more than likely be too attached to the people and activity already to be truly objective.

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1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said:

but Dan is a scapegoat. It wasn't his job to be Mark Emmertt from the NCAA. that was not how DCI was set up and in fact, Dan answers to the board. Why? When DCI was founded, they didnt want an all powerful overlord like Tony S from the VFW.

This is all true BUT... he's also  very clearly a member of the" good 'ole boys club".   Lots of very uncomfortable questions he doesn't want to answer.

What did he know?  

When did he know it?   

What did he do or fail to do about that knowledge?  

Before you say "well he had no powers" that's not quite true.  He could have been the prime whistle blower.  He could have resigned in a very public protest of the corps director's unwillingness to confront all these issues.  He was not powerless.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing

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48 minutes ago, Eleran said:

Do you mean they have to go on tour with a corps?  Good luck finding someone looking for a job that only lasts three months, and involves sleeping on a bus or a hard floor, other than people who are already drum corps fans or alumni, in which case they will more than likely be too attached to the people and activity already to be truly objective.

i know several people who could do this as an intern or a post grad student who could do this job as long as its a paid gig. 

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11 minutes ago, cixelsyd said:

He suspended Pioneer.  Hard to characterize that as "do nothing".

And...also hard to characterize him as having no power to do anything. He needs to act, and dare the offending parties to push back. 

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19 minutes ago, cixelsyd said:

He suspended Pioneer.  Hard to characterize that as "do nothing".

Did he act before the scrutiny in the press?  How long have those issues at Pioneer existed?  How long did he know they existed?  Seems like it was pretty common knowledge.

Yeah lots of tough questions to answer.

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13 minutes ago, karuna said:

Did he act before the scrutiny in the press?  How long have those issues at Pioneer existed?  How long did he know they existed?  Seems like it was pretty common knowledge.

 

Yes, Acheson did. DCI suspended them a week ago.

The reporter contacted Roman Blenski earlier this week according to her Tweets, then believed him when he told her that DCI hadn't communicated with Pioneer their suspension, which was a lie.  

DCI's response followed their own internal investigation in the last weeks of the season, and the decision was made to allow the members to play out the year, with Pioneer knowing full well they were under a microscope, before handing down the suspension. 

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