ed4copies
Local Chapter Manager
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f18/owning-up-120138/
This thread exposes the true identity of TheoOMichael.
The first time this "member" bid, there was a concern expressed by Smitty. I was also concerned. Could this indeed be a new member or is it some kind of ruse.
I contacted Jeff Brown, who took the matter VERY seriously. As it happens, simultaneously, there was an irregularity with the crossword puzzle that Curtis had already detected and was compiling evidence. Many hours were spent in conversation by email and by phone among the three of us and MikeBroberg, the activities chair.
I am telling you this because the "takeaway" for me was: There could not be a group of men who spent more time trying to find a way to believe an incredible story rather than accepting the fact a young man had lied to us.
The over-riding factor in the deliberations was ALWAYS how to be fair to a member, while still protecting the interests of the IAP community. AND the primary concern about the auctions was never "how much will we raise", it was "how can we repair any damage done to our members".
Since there IS NO TheoOMichael, we have decided to delete him and the ramifications of his bidding from our auctions. Jeff allowed me to make the decision on how this should be handled and then agreed with my proposed solution which is this:
We will close the remaining auctions in which Theo bid. We will restart those auctions in a couple days--after the others are complete.
Thank you for following and, in some cases, bidding on these IAP auctions. Let me assure you the IAP management makes every effort to sniff out crime and corruption and keep our BASH clean fun!!!!
Thanks for reading,
Ed
This thread exposes the true identity of TheoOMichael.
The first time this "member" bid, there was a concern expressed by Smitty. I was also concerned. Could this indeed be a new member or is it some kind of ruse.
I contacted Jeff Brown, who took the matter VERY seriously. As it happens, simultaneously, there was an irregularity with the crossword puzzle that Curtis had already detected and was compiling evidence. Many hours were spent in conversation by email and by phone among the three of us and MikeBroberg, the activities chair.
I am telling you this because the "takeaway" for me was: There could not be a group of men who spent more time trying to find a way to believe an incredible story rather than accepting the fact a young man had lied to us.
The over-riding factor in the deliberations was ALWAYS how to be fair to a member, while still protecting the interests of the IAP community. AND the primary concern about the auctions was never "how much will we raise", it was "how can we repair any damage done to our members".
Since there IS NO TheoOMichael, we have decided to delete him and the ramifications of his bidding from our auctions. Jeff allowed me to make the decision on how this should be handled and then agreed with my proposed solution which is this:
We will close the remaining auctions in which Theo bid. We will restart those auctions in a couple days--after the others are complete.
Thank you for following and, in some cases, bidding on these IAP auctions. Let me assure you the IAP management makes every effort to sniff out crime and corruption and keep our BASH clean fun!!!!
Thanks for reading,
Ed
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