tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post5848456741512854500..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: S.N.A.F.U.Gracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-73154750784485099472017-04-19T07:49:55.219-05:002017-04-19T07:49:55.219-05:00The "normal" for JFNA today is the lowes...The "normal" for JFNA today is the lowest point for any organization with which I or my peers have ever been associated. Many of us are exhausted from trying to do what you don't, quietly and privately discussing the"situation" with Sandler. He just does not want to be confused with the facts of JFNA dysfunction and of Silverman being the wrong person at the wrong time to be the face of the organization. He won't hear of it and, from 3,000 miles away and the most absentee of any Board Chair (although Siegal was a close second ) he has chosen to believe that all is well. It's a mess.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-23326433211629335082017-04-18T09:16:27.863-05:002017-04-18T09:16:27.863-05:00Change will come when federations look at their li...Change will come when federations look at their limited financial resources and tell JFNA that going forward, they will only pay, let's say for example, 75% of their current dues; using the 25% for their local and Israel & Overseas needs.<br />That is the federations' new-normal' in 2017; why should JFNA get a pass and be allowed to have a budget of $30 million?<br />Imaging a JFNA with a $20 million budget: What critical services would the federations really lose if $10 million disappeared from the budget (I'm using $10 million as an example....personally I'd look at $15 million)? <br />Someone needs to start that ball rolling, and once started, it will gather the momentum that will force the change that is needed.<br />It will not come from a Board Chair or the CEO, whether it is Silverman or someone else when his current contract expires.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-84235388050860286192017-04-17T17:48:27.931-05:002017-04-17T17:48:27.931-05:00Richard, JFNA has become nothing more than an iceb...Richard, JFNA has become nothing more than an iceberg-seeking ship. It can't figure out what it is and it can't figure out what it should be. In fact its leaders don't care that it is afloat merely as a vehicle for wasting tens of millions of hard-raised dollars. I can't believe that respected leaders like Eric Goldstein, Steve Nasatir, Jacob Solomon and Steve Hoffman are and have been complicit bystanders. This failure and waste will be their legacy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com