IllianaLancerContra Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 minute ago, Slingerland said: I assume professionalism, yes. Orgs and individuals who can't embrace that should go do something else rather than be in management. Assumption is the mother of all foul-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 7 minutes ago, Slingerland said: I assume professionalism, yes. Orgs and individuals who can't embrace that should go do something else rather than be in management. In Galvin's case, he has to recognize where the stink comes from, and make the case to the Board that some of them are going to need to step away. He has all the leverage he needs in having the power to step away himself, which would stick a stake through the org's heart once and for all. The situation out there has gone on long enough, and someone's going to have to be the sheriff. Good management sees where the problems are and addresses them, even if "the problem" is their direct reports one direction or the other. however this board has shown they're very flawed. and him calling them out on it doesn't speak well for his long term prospects. they can do their best to sing their own praises, how covid did this to them...and their enablers will back them up. then you have those who don't buy their ######## speaking up. the kind of change needed here top to bottom- he doesn't have the power alone to make. and those that created the mess clearly chase off anyone who wants to help have the power to keep their seat at the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lesher Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 (edited) 4 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said: Next question (to be answered later) is will they be starting games on nights where other more established games are already operating? They will probably open up on nights they operate in Santa Clara too (thus cannibalizing their own revenues at the cost of added occupancy expenses). Edited January 23 by Richard Lesher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheherazadesghost Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) 6 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: however this board has shown they're very flawed. and him calling them out on it doesn't speak well for his long term prospects. My faith in him stems from the fact that he's likely navigated more complicated bureaucracies in his previous work. Holding your place in academia alone should provide some modicum of literacy in this stuff. But he definitely has an uphill battle. 6 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: they can do their best to sing their own praises, how covid did this to them...and their enablers will back them up. then you have those who don't buy their ######## speaking up. the kind of change needed here top to bottom- he doesn't have the power alone to make. and those that created the mess clearly chase off anyone who wants to help have the power to keep their seat at the table. Reminder that I was encouraged to apply for the board several years back. After interacting with one director and discovering the other that heads up onboarding, I noped out of that so fast. For my own wellbeing. Little has changed, except to add that they seem to struggle with maintaining diversity at the board level. I can't bear being a token in that place again. Edit to add: Apparently, my engaging anywhere online on any platform gives some of my fellow alum the right to continue with personal attacks while continuing to hide behind anonymity. Another reminder: stalking isn't legal. "Cyberstalking behaviors may include tracking down someone’s personal and private information and using it to make them afraid ... or posting about them incessantly and without their permission." https://cyberbullying.org/cyberstalking Edited January 24 by scheherazadesghost 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 15 hours ago, Richard Lesher said: They will probably open up on nights they operate in Santa Clara too (thus cannibalizing their own revenues at the cost of added occupancy expenses). Did they say where the new location will be? IOW how close to current location. And does SCV own the current location or rent for bingo? Guessing new location will be rental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jimmyjames said: People always start with the attacks when they have nothing of merit to contribute to a conversation. Maybe you are the one that needs to move on. I’m finding a lot of behind the scenes info interesting given my background. Rode with BoD members when I started and corps was reforming. (Make that wa$$$$$$ reforming.) Also worked corps bingo as an alumni. Under certain conditions not the golden goose people think. Edited January 24 by JimF-LowBari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheherazadesghost Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Sorry to all others reading here, feel free to ignore. Apparently my alum stalker reads everything I post here and responds menacingly under the old SVVoice article, referring to me by actual name. They are obviously afraid to respond here or other platforms because they know others will come to my defense. I have a strong sense of who they are and haven't yet gone to the authorities. Both the CEO and alum officers were made aware of this days ago though. They continue to do nothing, likely because they don't know what to do and this person is still hiding behind anonymity. I'm asking you now to stop and leave me alone or I will go to the authorities. I'm trying to pull away from my activity here and elsewhere and failing to do so, in part, because I'm still being attacked. They are actively victim blaming and gaslighting. Still. Just as they did when they were on this platform months ago. Leave me alone. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 44 minutes ago, scheherazadesghost said: Sorry to all others reading here, feel free to ignore. Apparently my alum stalker reads everything I post here and responds menacingly under the old SVVoice article, referring to me by actual name. They are obviously afraid to respond here or other platforms because they know others will come to my defense. I have a strong sense of who they are and haven't yet gone to the authorities. Both the CEO and alum officers were made aware of this days ago though. They continue to do nothing, likely because they don't know what to do and this person is still hiding behind anonymity. Leave me alone. Yeah I’d contact a lawyer at the least. As for DCP when Spirit took a year off some of their alumni went after the victim on corps FB page. One of them took it to DCP and was banned within a few hours. I don’t go to DCI shows but would be glad to meet you in person also 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said: you don't have to read. This version of DCP still has the ignore user function I believe. Lowered my BP a few times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lesher Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 (edited) Yesterday was a very big day for me. It was a “Feathers Up” kind of day. The results of the Audit Opinion ended up being the foundation of support of my efforts by way of CPA Professional Opinion that doesn’t disagree with me. They got to see the inside deal, and cannot disagree with me. Additionally, I found something else out, and will be reaching out to my own city Police to tie up lose ends with the cyber harassment going against me. It is annoying, but it has been steeling my resolve. I am sadden such actions were effective against other alumni. I thrive on it. I hope my local PD will be able to connect with law enforcement in San Diego. Folks forget (look on linkedin) I’m a former Military Intelligence Analyst before I commissioned as an Army Officer. So my take on this whole thing about the cyber stuff is “OK, let’s go”. *********** Things are always worse than I think they are because I am only making an assessment on limited information. For example, if we compare what was known and communicated by SCV back in September 2022 we didn’t have the audit. We didn’t know they were delinquent since 2020. NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If the 2021 audit was completed on time then that would have been available for public consumption at the time 2023 termination of the corps. So in addition to the narrative being barfed out by the Board and CEO (remember, the President then is the current CFO, and the treasurer then is the now President) about not being able to manage expenses, there would have been an opportunity to point out that 70% of the financial performance is a failure of Bingo, not expenses. In addition to the CPA’s opinion saying that Bingo revenue and expenses cannot be verified (along with the entire balance sheet) That’s what was behind all the words from the Board and SCV leadership during the termination of the Corps. Whatever nonsense financial analysis was being used at the time that pitched SCV into the ground those numbers cannot be verified. *********** The more desperate a situation gets the louder the screams become. They are getting louder on an individual basis, but I think the numbers are dwindling. Among the people that hate me, even some of them can add 2+2. I don’t expect converts, but they seem to be clearing out of the kill zone (relative to the nonsense pushed my way this time last year). ********** I often wondered what was causing leadership to hang on so desperately to power despite overwhelmingly evidence against them. I figured there had to be some sort of personal benefit going on here that the cost of walking away and letting others see behind the curtain was a greater risk than the continuation of the status quo. Now I get it. I found that motivation. I found MILLION$ of them. I’ve now put names behind those motivations, times of those actions, and financial losses of those combinations. The internet is my decompression venue. Law enforcement is my audience. ********** Holy Cow………. I had no expectation a CPA opinion would be given like that. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have expected at the very least SCV to throw all sorts of resources at the issue in order to correct and appease the CPA’s issues. They didn’t. They had since April 2023 when delinquency was made public. The Board President is a CPA, and the CFO is a full time CFO in San Francisco. They would have been better off not doing the audit at all. Certainly, the CPA audit can be applied to a multimillion dollar criminal complaint regarding the unexplained losses in bingo as literally reported on the 990s. Federal COVID grants and loans were also need to cover those Bingo Losses. ********** The actions of all last year of the harassment are evidence now. We can go on and on about groups just don’t like each other and it’s just throwing internet mud at each other. However, I don’t claim that anymore. I claim the MILLION$ as motivation on SCV’s leadership to string a message of disinformation. I got it too as much as Ghost, I just really don’t care. It does end up being useful. See………. I love data, it’s a function of my profession over the decades. One never knows when it will be useful, or which questions asked in the future can be answered by data from the past that doesn’t seem relevant at the time. One group says I want to take over SCV. I say they are responsible for stealing millions, covering it up, or at best simply ignoring the warning signs despite their professional credentials, training, and experience. Like I said, yesterday was a Feathers Up day for me. I put my money where my mouth is. My audience has changed now. ********** I’m in an astronomically stronger position than I was last year. Ironically, there’s actually less for me to do now. There’s no more data I can get (till 2023 data comes out), there are no more claims I can make (for now). The CPA Opinion was merely the GO COMMAND!!!!!!!!!!!! I was able to take off my Tinfoil Aussie, I put it on the CPA Auditors and all they could say is: I like how this fits. ********* There is the possibility that 2023 shows everything was fixed behind closed doors, and SCV kept a lid on it the whole time. However, the audit indicated nothing was being done in regard to 2021 and 2022. So for that logic path to work then SCV would have knowingly let 2021-22 burn at the cost of trying to right 2023. I’m betting they didn’t do either, and 2023 indicates similar losses in Bingo. Edited January 24 by Richard Lesher 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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