[16181] in APO-L
Re: treasurers in cahoots with presidents in cahoots with....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (S. Dawn Heyse)
Wed Feb 5 19:05:21 1997
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 19:00:24 -0500
Reply-To: "S. Dawn Heyse" <heyses@WINNIE.FIT.EDU>
From: "S. Dawn Heyse" <heyses@WINNIE.FIT.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199702052136.QAA13510@winnie.fit.edu>
On Wed, 5 Feb 1997 lewisac@MIT.EDU wrote:
> i think that it is ridiculous that so many people have responded to this
> post and not yet has someone said "WHAT!? that would never happen!"
Well, I wouldn't say that, 'cause I've heard of it happening before--last
Regionals, one Brother was telling me about a charismatic president at
some-odd chapter that just up and absconded with the contents of the
chapter bank account one day.
> we are all brothers and if we don't trust each other enough to (a) uphold
> the moral standards to which we pledge ourselves at least once each year
> and (b) honor the term "brother" with enough courtesy not to steal chapter
> funds (and hopefully quite a bit more courtesy than that!) than we're
not
> doing a very good job of fulfilling our oaths, nor are we "imbued with the
> spirit," as it were.
Unfortunately, some people, no matter how sincere and honest they appear
to be, are neither, and you can't know whether someone is or not until
they are put to the test. You can't do a whole lot about that unless
you're a mind reader. The best and easiest thing to do is to avoid
tempting those of weak character and light pocketbook.
> i assume that this particular person was an exception to the rule, and not
> vice versa. of course two signatures are necessary on chapter accounts, but
> that is usually to prevent overspending of budgeted funds, not extortion!
> or at least that's the way i thought it was.
I'm sure they were an exception, but wasn't that an expensive lesson to
learn? (BTW, it's embezzling, not extortion)
Anyway..... Luck to Tommy and his chapter at solving this predicament.
Bug
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