I think that we're a little astray from the intent of this list, don't you?
Maybe there's  ExecutiveMalfeasance-L where this discussion can be
continued.

Thanks, Sam

On 2/26/07, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Red Cross has been pretty thoroughly discredited. First, they
> misrepresented their fund-collecting
> post-9/11 and then they botched completely their response to Katrina. So
> whatever their executives
> are paid, it's too much. After the way they lied about what they were
> doing with post-9/11
> contributions, they shall never see another dime from my pocket. For
> disaster relief, I happily
> contribute to the Salvation Army (see the MANY mainstream media articles
> about how much better they
> responded to Katrina).
>
> United Way is another bloated gravey train that has been thoroughly
> discredited.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andes, Donald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 4:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] well, this might explain why so many sonic
> treasures languish in government
> warehouses
>
>
> >>I guess it comes down to the notion of whether or not you trust the
> trustees and their motivations...and perhaps their >>priorities.
>
> >>Karl
>
>
> Karl, you hit the nail on the head. We cannot blindly allow things to
> happen, but if the level of TRUST is diminished to a point of widespread
> concern, then I'm sure the public (or the board) can and will take
> action. And as a result the "offending" person(s) will have to re-act.
>
> At this point, a writer raised a flag by writing a story. Someone hired
> by the Smithsonian, spent a lot of money (relative to the writers
> opinion), perhaps selfishly, and perhaps foolishly. But as someone else
> pointed out, this is not a gross Enron like scandal. It seems as this is
> a small percentage of his overall salary. A salary which the Smithsonian
> agrees to pay.
>
> If a larger issue arises, then perhaps I'll give it more thought. But if
> anyone thinks that a major non-profit would be run "properly" by a guy
> willing to do it for peanuts, I'd have to strongly disagree. At that
> level of the hierarchy, there's a lot more politics and a lot less depth
> of knowledge about products or services.
>
> What do guess the Director of the Red Cross makes? And what do you think
> his expenses look like?
>
> Non-profit is a company filing status regardless of whether it has a
> utopian conceptual idea attached.
>
>
> Don Andes
> Director of Archives
> EMI Music North America
>
>
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