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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 > > > > > - -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Music from EMI > > This e-mail including any attachments is confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have > received it in error please advise the sender immediately by return email > and then delete it from > your system. The unauthorised use, distribution, copying or alteration of > this email is strictly > forbidden. If you need assistance please contact us on +44 20 7795 7000. > > This email is from a unit or subsidiary of EMI Group plc. > > Registered Office: 27 Wrights Lane, London W8 5SW > > Registered in England No 229231. > > > - -------------------------------------------------------------------- >