tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post8077977828292394819..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: RANDOM THOUGHTS AND A FEW QUESTIONsGracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-84841555223017417182016-07-10T14:18:38.073-05:002016-07-10T14:18:38.073-05:00In most organizations whether for-profit or no-for...In most organizations whether for-profit or no-for-profit, the Chief Professional Officer must answer to the Senior Volunteer Leader. As I read Richard Sandler's attitude, Silverman answers to no one. At JFNA, for years now, it's as if the sole purpose of the Biard Chair is to protect the CEO from all criticism; a major source of the failure of JFNA in every area. It's pitiful.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-89174727910556185802016-07-10T08:54:51.822-05:002016-07-10T08:54:51.822-05:00To anonymous at 7:34 - absolutely no-one at JFNA -...To anonymous at 7:34 - absolutely no-one at JFNA - professional staff or lay leadership - appears to be accountable for what they do! Ever!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-35192738870094347932016-07-10T07:34:25.984-05:002016-07-10T07:34:25.984-05:00What consultant would work for an amount of money ...What consultant would work for an amount of money that doesn't factor in the additional costs. While it is off the books it still costs the Jewish people the same or even more since they are not accountable for what they are supposed to do. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-87009826689624374242016-07-09T21:40:28.591-05:002016-07-09T21:40:28.591-05:00JFNA has used consultants quite a bit for some tim...JFNA has used consultants quite a bit for some time. From an organizational standpoint, not having them as employees but consultants means that they're off the hook for paying any benefits, Social Security/Medicare/Unemployment taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-62500753788661450232016-07-09T12:37:19.259-05:002016-07-09T12:37:19.259-05:00Why can't JFNA work with and through our partn...Why can't JFNA work with and through our partner agencies (JDC,JAFI and others) rather than attempting to "invent the wheel" under the JFNA flag?<br />The JFNA Israel office doesn't even come close to the professional abilities of others and it never will. But I guess the "illusion" that JFNA has its own real JFNA presence in Israel and Overseas is important for marketing and PR - of JFNA of course.<br />Is this expense (waste) listed under "JFNA Marketing and PR" in the budget? Thats where it should appear because that is all it really is - lots of hipe. Is that what our federations and donors really want JFNA to be spending their money for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-12553179729857029322016-07-09T07:54:31.805-05:002016-07-09T07:54:31.805-05:00To the last Anonymous (7:34), great rhetorical que...To the last Anonymous (7:34), great rhetorical question. It appears that the simple answer is -- no one is managing the Israel Office -- its bloated staff seems to do whatever it wants and that's just fine for Silverman and Sandler. The latter just sent out a memo from the CEO of the Israel Office (one that summarized a number of actions impacting negatively on the ability of non-Orthodox and women's access to prayer at the Kotel) with compliments as if what was reported was revelatory when all the information therein could have been gathered in New York from media reports and the websites of the affected organizations. <br /><br />Sandler's public compliments to Becky Caspi for sending a Memo explains a great deal of why the system continues to waste millions on JFNA Global Operations with nothing to show for it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-58523648346739146392016-07-09T07:34:22.234-05:002016-07-09T07:34:22.234-05:00Who is responsible for the JNFA Israel and Oversea...Who is responsible for the JNFA Israel and Overseas Office in Jerusalem? Who supervises it - or does it just supervise itself? Does anybody have a clue as to what work is being done over there? Does anybody have a clue as to what is being accomplished? Does anybody have a clue about how much it costs? Does anybody care? Just askin'.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-82291541555069388762016-07-09T06:46:32.225-05:002016-07-09T06:46:32.225-05:00In item 7 unless things have changed from when I w...In item 7 unless things have changed from when I was a federation exec not all 155 federations are represented at the board level. At that time there was a formula by which every large city had two board members, every large intermediate had one representative, all intermediate size cities select 4 representatives to represent all intermediate size communities and the small cities had one representative collectively. I may be wrong about the formula but if this is correct or close to correct the maximum number of cities to be represented on the board is more like about 18 large cities = 36 board members, 20 large intermediates = 20 board members,4 intermediate representatives = 4 board members, and 1 small cities board member equals about 43 actual cities and 61 actual board members. Perhaps what JFNA did is to count those present by the number of cities they represent - sort of like they count delegates at the GA. Example - if the 4 intermediate city representatives were present they represent something like about 25-30 cities. Oh well, it doesn't really matter what the count. If 62 cities were represented shame on them for not doing anything but to sit on their hands (except when applauding themselves), smile, and do exactly as they were instructed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com