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" <Donald.Andes@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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