tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post8396780241825701351..comments2023-07-27T04:33:11.719-05:00Comments on UJ Thee and Me: THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL PLANNING TABLEGracklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14315763008609379449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-2952485351007359092015-09-13T06:07:42.268-05:002015-09-13T06:07:42.268-05:00Richard, thanks for the summary on the GPT. Howev...Richard, thanks for the summary on the GPT. However any post-mortem must include mention of Jerry selling Joanne Moore, a phenomenal lay leader, a bill of goods that was the GPT; convincing her to join JFNA as the Lead Staff (and I believe for the GA, also). And then her subsequent voluntary departure (for reasons that were never disclosed) after around 6 months. One can only imagine what she witnessed first-hand of the inner-workings of JFNA under Silverman.<br />Then, and in retrospect, this should have sounded alarms to JFNA leadership that something was amiss.<br />At the very least, someone on the JFNA Board should stand up at the meeting at the GA, and ask the simple question: "Now that the GPT is behind us, how much did it actually cost the Federations?" Kathy Manning and Jerry Silverman have gotten away with this fiasco for too long.<br />Richard Sandler deserves to know........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-79493616572578984202015-09-11T14:28:59.323-05:002015-09-11T14:28:59.323-05:00Better late than never!
But please don't try t...Better late than never!<br />But please don't try to develop some new strategic initiative in its place. Enough already!<br />We should be raising money for our partners and the programs that they operate on our behalf and our involvement there should be limited to oversight and people-to-people involvement - not planning for them and acting as if we know better how things should be done over there.<br />We should be assisting and encouragiing the relevant agencies - mainly JDC and JAFI - not trying to find others to replace them - or even worse - trying to compete with them and attempting to replace them ourselves!<br />Enough is enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-46670485570551202752015-09-11T13:30:30.364-05:002015-09-11T13:30:30.364-05:00It's hard to believe that anyone with a positi...It's hard to believe that anyone with a position of responsibility in any Jewish organization would suggest, as you have quoted, that the waste of the GPT be essentially "covered up." That person ought to resign now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-3783755706233591172015-09-11T11:19:12.334-05:002015-09-11T11:19:12.334-05:00Would it not have been wonderful if the money and ...Would it not have been wonderful if the money and human energy and talent available from the federations and wasted on the poorly conceived and even more poorly executed Global Planning Table had been invested instead in enhancing the work of the federations in creative ways -- in financial resource development, in building lay and professional leadership and in empowering our partners. This was a horrible breach of fiduciary responsibilities by so many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8565163061165974643.post-58722291586944873382015-09-11T07:49:29.175-05:002015-09-11T07:49:29.175-05:00No need to worry though. Certainly most of the sta...No need to worry though. Certainly most of the staff is still around, reassigned to new tasks in the Global Empire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com