Santa Clara Vanguard 2024

[Jeff Ream]

1 hour ago, Hirsbrunner said:

Today SCV announced a partnership with DeMoulin.

 

Guess that means they won’t be using Stanbury anymore. How long was their run with Stanbury uniforms?

as long as it's a good move for the corps, good for them. tho splitting from Stanbury means less Varsity impact on the activity

[scheherazadesghost]

14 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:

please. far worse has been said about me by far better. 

Sure, but the forum rules don't classify them by intensity AFAIK.

13 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said:

good news they are at least saying something

Well, that was a bit ago now, but yes overall.

[dcifanforlife]

The issue is Santa Clara Vanguard 2024 not the past.  If some posters on here stopped reading Redit and did some research on Russ Gavin, you would find that he.  1) Marched Drum Corps. 2) Was successful Music Educator at both the high school and university level. 3)  Took over the Stanford Band at a time when it was the laughingstock of the college marching band scene and close to being shut down permantly.     He faced membership health and safety issues within the band that were compounded by the fact that he was dealing with adults. He solved all the problems that came up and the Stanford Band is a respect member of the college marching community today. 4) Was a Corps Director for eight years and the corps made DCI finals seven of those eight years.  5)  Was the first corps director to have a Trans member in the corps. The policies and procedures that he implemented to protect that member on tour are still used by many corps today.  Protecting Gay, Lesbian and Trans members is an important part of drum corps and marching bands.

Let's give Russ a chance to solve the problems at SCV.

[MarimbaManiac]

11 minutes ago, dcifanforlife said:

The issue is Santa Clara Vanguard 2024 not the past.  If some posters on here stopped reading Redit and did some research on Russ Gavin, you would find that he.  1) Marched Drum Corps. 2) Was successful Music Educator at both the high school and university level. 3)  Took over the Stanford Band at a time when it was the laughingstock of the college marching band scene and close to being shut down permantly.     He faced membership health and safety issues within the band that were compounded by the fact that he was dealing with adults. He solved all the problems that came up and the Stanford Band is a respect member of the college marching community today. 4) Was a Corps Director for eight years and the corps made DCI finals seven of those eight years.  5)  Was the first corps director to have a Trans member in the corps. The policies and procedures that he implemented to protect that member on tour are still used by many corps today.  Protecting Gay, Lesbian and Trans members is an important part of drum corps and marching bands.

Let's give Russ a chance to solve the problems at SCV.

Rus serves at the pleasure of the board., who he is and what he did is inconsequential. Unless the board changes their tune (they haven't), it doesn't matter. 

Sorry, I have no more optimism to waste on them. 

 

[Richard Lesher]

5 hours ago, olddrummer34 said:

And go back and read Jeff Ream's  posts. You will see deeply unhappy people that just want to make us all see how miserable they can be. 

Apparently I've gotten soft lately. 

[Richard Lesher]

4 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said:

Getting ready for the close of the thread.

I'm itching for that to happen, seriously, then I'd get to start fresh when the next shoe drops. 

[Richard Lesher]

4 hours ago, scheherazadesghost said:

The latest CEO update indicated that they plan to have the 2022 audit submitted by the end of this year. I think that means the audited financials will be available to the public in January.

That's highly unlikely. Some jerk submitted all the DOJ documents to SCV's own CPA auditors, and laid a trail of breadcrumbs toward violations of 5 city bingo ordinances and 3 state laws. Anyone that' throws there CPA reputation on SCV's financials is going to be exposing their professional integrity. 

It doesn't mean they can't be audited, it just means they are going to probably going to get a CPA audit with a warning statements. 

FY2022 is the smoking gun of those violations I said where happening, and FY2023 is the dead body of those violations. 2021 still needs auding and then 2022 still needs auditing, and by time all that happens then 2023 will still be late and they will still be delinquent that entire time. 

I really don't see a pathway towards getting to compliance before the time period given by the DOJ and the State Tax Board on the 16-NOV-2023 warning memo. 

 

 

[Richard Lesher]

43 minutes ago, dcifanforlife said:

Let's give Russ a chance to solve the problems at SCV.

He doesn't have a chance. The entire core of leadership problems are still pulling the strings. 

It's too bad, Russ is being played and his credibility and professional status is being taken advantage of. 

Russ was the third person offered the job in August because the prior two required the CFO be terminated as a condition of their taking the position. 

[JimF-LowBari]

2 hours ago, dcifanforlife said:

The issue is Santa Clara Vanguard 2024 not the past.  If some posters on here stopped reading Redit and did some research on Russ Gavin, you would find that he.  1) Marched Drum Corps. 2) Was successful Music Educator at both the high school and university level. 3)  Took over the Stanford Band at a time when it was the laughingstock of the college marching band scene and close to being shut down permantly.     He faced membership health and safety issues within the band that were compounded by the fact that he was dealing with adults. He solved all the problems that came up and the Stanford Band is a respect member of the college marching community today. 4) Was a Corps Director for eight years and the corps made DCI finals seven of those eight years.  5)  Was the first corps director to have a Trans member in the corps. The policies and procedures that he implemented to protect that member on tour are still used by many corps today.  Protecting Gay, Lesbian and Trans members is an important part of drum corps and marching bands.

Let's give Russ a chance to solve the problems at SCV.

And all of that will be for nothing if the BoD doesn’t get its crap together and resolve the CA paperwork fiasco. If the state closes the Bingo operation that will be it for the funds needed to operate 

[HockeyDad]

4 hours ago, dcifanforlife said:

The issue is Santa Clara Vanguard 2024 not the past.  If some posters on here stopped reading Redit and did some research on Russ Gavin, you would find that he.  1) Marched Drum Corps. 2) Was successful Music Educator at both the high school and university level. 3)  Took over the Stanford Band at a time when it was the laughingstock of the college marching band scene and close to being shut down permantly.     He faced membership health and safety issues within the band that were compounded by the fact that he was dealing with adults. He solved all the problems that came up and the Stanford Band is a respect member of the college marching community today. 4) Was a Corps Director for eight years and the corps made DCI finals seven of those eight years.  5)  Was the first corps director to have a Trans member in the corps. The policies and procedures that he implemented to protect that member on tour are still used by many corps today.  Protecting Gay, Lesbian and Trans members is an important part of drum corps and marching bands.

Let's give Russ a chance to solve the problems at SCV.

The Stanford band a respected member of the college marching community today?

Thanks for the belly laugh.