...Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 02:23:39 -0700 From: T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Re: Meeting place?
People involved now and before (with efn as well) insist that there's no reason to point fingers, but I knew this was a likely outcome a year and a half ago when I served on the board. I knew then about book keeping that may even be criminal, but the proof was covered up by certain board members until efn's former general manager stepped down. What followed has been a downward spiral for both organizations, each reducing the chance for recovery.
I find above paragraph revealing and disturbing:
a) [everybody involved] "knew" / Really? --Except the EFN members and supporters!
Quiet frankly, I felt tricked and mislead after I had donated at the fundraiser earlier this year, and then just a few weeks later the bombshell exploded.
b) Turning a blind eye, and keeping quiet is the attitude that fostered the large corporate scandals we have been seeing. I am not suggesting to put the EFN/OPN collapse into the same category -- it's the attitude of 'knowing and remaining silent' what I am talking about.
c) I don't see how this can be all blamed on the former manager as the "downward spiral" continued at accelerated pace after he had left.
d) The former supporters and members of EFN/OPN deserve an honest statement from EFN/OPN officials about what was really going on. By just glossing it over they will not regain the trust they have lost in our community.
- Horst
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