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<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Joan, Scott, Tom, Dan, et al,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Joan has made two very important points in
her posts today.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>1. In an earlier post,
she mentioned double entry accounting software. Had the chamber been using
even one of the most inexpensive of these programs, their books would not
be out of balance. Accounting software is designed (when properly
working) so that an unbalanced entry cannot be made. But being in
balance is only one step in having accurate books; other problems can occur if
all entries are not accurately entered in a timely manner.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>2. Joan give the
short list of documented, undeniable, business-wise and sensitivity-wise
unforgivable, sometimes asinine problems that have occurred because of Kimmell's
ineptitude. Given the current brouhaha, is it possible now for Kimmell to
ever regain the confidence of the community? Will it ever be possible for
him to lead a respected and well-liked chamber? How will this current mess
affect the mission and future of the chamber and the community?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>Many think that the answers to the above
questions portend that Kimmell, whatever his strengths (affability is
certainly one of them), will never be able to be an effective, unifying leader
for the chamber.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>An honorable person in his position would
have the grace to resign and gain at least some measure of community respect
back. If not, a conscientious chamber board who is aware of all of its
responsibilities and duties would take the obvious step for the health and
future of the chamber, and for the health and future of the community which in
the past it has served so well regardless of the initial pain
incurred.</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref" size=4>
<DIV><BR>Wayne</DIV>
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<DIV>Art Deco (Wayne Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
href="mailto:auntiestablishment@hotmail.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sdredge@yahoo.com
href="mailto:sdredge@yahoo.com">Scott Dredge</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020
Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 26, 2004 1:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Chamber
President and FirstBank</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Scott writes:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>>I can also look up my bank and brokerage accounts<BR>>online -
and even my Alaska Airlines Visa account -<BR>>and get my balances to the
penny. However, if I were<BR>>talking to a reporter and for some
reason I felt the<BR>>need to quote balances for any of these accounts
I<BR>>would likely be off by a fair percentage.
We're<BR>>ratholing on this issue.<BR><BR>>I'm not overly concerned
about ballpark numbers that<BR>>come up in the course of a conversation
with a<BR>>reporter. My question is this...is the Chamber
in<BR>>financial dire straits and, if so, why?<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Can I get an amen from the choir? Why make up a number and thus
look uniformed? Why not simply refuse to answer the question? Hem,
haw, shuffle some papers, and say, "I'll have to get back to you on
that." Works for John Kerry and George Bush. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Scott is right. Is the Chamber or is it not in dire financial
straits? If the Chamber board chooses the path of inaction
regarding Paul Kimmell's management problems, bookkeeping problems,
hiring problems, and (the seven-minute icing on this doorstop of a
fruitcake) the decision to orchestrate a Robert E. Lee leadership
retreat, then what will the fallout be among Chamber members? How
many will resign, taking their thousands of dollars in membership
dues with them? Good questions, all, and all unanswered.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>PS: I'd like to propose an alternative for those businesses who no
longer feel comfortable with the Chamber of Commerce. You are
welcome instead to join Auntie Establishment's Chamber
of Horrors. I can't guarantee you a year-round sales boost,
but come Halloween, you'll be swamped with customers. Opyr is the
Ukrainian word for vampire, you know. Oh wait, you didn't know?
Oops! What a giveaway!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Listen to the children of the night . . . what beautiful music they
make. </DIV><BR clear=all>
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