Re: [lpa_officers] Matt, , and the truth.

[Guest guest]

M,

----Your destructive vendetta of lies and untrue innuendos has gone far enough

and I am forced to publicly reveal what has been occurring behind the scenes to

set the record straight.----

As always this is your " spin " on the story. I have admired your tenacity and

skill as a spin doctors. It is a god given gift.

----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue information

about me and everyone else you do not agree completely with.----

Basically my issues have been with you and your lack of respect. I understand

that some others live vicariously through you, since they cannot accomplish an

agenda on their own. LPA does have a long history and many are willing to tell

it. I'm amazed (not sure why) to hear this has all played itself out in the past

and now resurfaces.

----I know I have been sometimes hard on you, particularly when I told you your

recent issue of LPA Today did not meet our quality expectations and I and other

people had to revise much of it.-----

This is priceless Matt, you hard on me? Those words NEVER left your lips to me,

but behind my back (and others did tell me). I would laugh every time I hung up

the phone after listening to your false compliments during the newsletter

process, and I worried at some point that you might even believe them, thereby

making your judgment questionable.

I told you upfront that I was not a writer, nor an editor and you said " others "

would do the writing and what you were seeking was my graphics background.

Then I meet your " writers " ; let's begin with a piece submitted by a long time

LPA participant which was truly written from the heart. Did you not have a heart

attack when you read what she had submitted and screamed that it couldn't go in

at all, that it was garbage? I had to defend it's content value and was

grateful when Leslye volunteered to edit it. The submissions by many of the

others (including mine) had to be edited, luckily Leslye had come on board by

then because Barbara Spiegel didn't consider this part of her duties. And I took

it for granted that Barb was right and that I had been thrown into this deep

pool and was expected to swim or sink.

For her unending support I will always be grateful to Leslye, since you yourself

Matt cannot edit or rewrite either.

And to top it off I am working with a printer who has a dial up connection? What

professional has a connection incapable of handling the traffic necessary to

work electronically with such large files? His connection failed over and over,

thus files were continuously lost. No matter how I labeled items, he couldn't

keep track, as if he'd never did a layout before in his life. He continuously

ghosted previous articles and didn't remove them later. He even gave me the

wrong address to send him the files on a burned disk, a trip to the post office

for an overnight package that earned me a reprimand at work for a late arrival

at an important meeting. This could go on and on but evidently I was right and

you got rid of him.

None of this would have been an issue if you had kept Bill Bradford as the

editor, a man with real skills and had this revolving door of victims work with

him. But I guess being a Bradford made him unusable in your book. I know my

market value and it is not based on my writing skills. Believe me that issue of

LPA Today is hidden at the bottom of the pile, to this day I have not been able

to open it and revisit the nightmare it was. But I should take your false

" congratulations " for the hollow compliments they were.

----I am sorry if I hurt your feelings at that time and possibly other

times.-----

That apology rings hollow all the way cross country, it would require some

degree of feelings and sentiments. And I became very immune to you and your

lack of respect for me from early on. Since you are a mere acquaintance, this

isn't a relationship based on 'feelings', it would have been preferable if it

had been based on respect, but you have none for me, a mere females.

----As you and many others know, I am a driven person who values results,

especially in the interests of LPA and sometimes I am intolerant when my

expectations are not met; this has led to damaged and even destroyed

relationships with some people.----

And if you were running a real corporation (as you fantasized that you are,

didn't you compare yourself to some corporate leaders recently and not to your

" peers " in the non-profit sector?). You forget that this is an organization of

volunteers and supposedly 1 employee, not officials and a troupe of employees

handpicked by you, thus it has to operate under a different set of rules.

Unfortunately, you didn't get what you expected in this " Interim " appointment,

you got a strong woman who questions your lack of respect, values, and mode of

operation. And I cannot flaunt my lack of employment and a self-sustaining

business, I as all the other poor fools need my paycheck, thus cannot

live/eat/breathe LPA as you can. Thus not meeting your expectations for a 90

hour LPA week.

----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue information

about me ----You have even accused me of sexual harassment to the Board of

Directors in my relationship with Leslye Sneider.----

I won't even go into what Leslye has said, I will allow her to speak for herself

as she is fully capable of doing. I expressed a concern to the BOD about your

lack of respect for many and in particular your sexist remarks (brought up in a

then recent letter) that in the wrong situation can lead to a hostile work

environment and accusations of " sexual harassment " . Interestingly that night

some agreed and repeated the concern as well as brought forth some solutions.

As a 'leader' this is behavior that needs to be tempered. Look around you and

justify the revolving door of women who have had to walk away from participating

in LPA during your administration. Is this " normal " for LPA? Seems not from

what these women tell me.

----The hard facts patently refute this and even Leslye, after her resignation,

immediately publicly stated that this was untrue.-----

She had to refute the misinformation that others had passed on. All this done

while they violated every term of that meeting held in executive session. As

I've said before, I was horrified at the lack of professionalism exhibited in

some individuals involved in this leadership, evidently it is a learned process

from example. I myself refused to divulge particular details of the meeting to

another Executive officer who was forced by unexpected circumstances to miss

participating.

-----All the negative actions this year can be traced back to your vendettas,

including the handling of Lubbock relocation.-----

Now you are going to blame me for the way you and handled and her

separation? While I was supportive of the change in office locations for a

variety of reasons that made sense, the Executive Board was informed of the

outcome of your negotiations with after the situation was unsalvageable.

By then all I could do was support the efforts to cut the ties and agree that a

severance pay was justified. And then participate in the " selling " of the

position to the Board as a united front (no matter how ill it made me). As much

as Neil and (as well as the members of LPA) lost in these futile

negotiations, she at least did not have to suffer the pain of working right next

to you in a day-by-day situation. She like others who are decent human beings

would have suffered.

----I will never understand entirely your motives, but regardless of whatever

drives you, you have single-handedly divided and paralyzed LPA with your

vindictive campaign.-----

Your lack of respect for the opinion of others has driven us to this point. And

your need to " CONTROL " everything so the outcome is that you are the sole heir

of the Organization. I have attempted over and over to explain that the

integrity of the Organization needs to be above your need to present yourself as

a 'hardass' driven CEO of a National Corporation, which is not what LPA is. And

that this Organization could grow to be what it needs to be and serve the many

but it didn't need to have a trail of dead bodies left in it's path. But my

point of view wouldn't drive your agenda so I had to be marginalized. Have you

not said the dead bodies are not a concern?

----In particular, even though I take much of the blame myself..----

This would be a first, you taking blame for anything.

---I will always blame you for revealing confidential information and destroying

my valued professional relationship and friendship with Leslye with your

embellished stories and lies.----

If I am not mistake YOU yourself destroyed that professional relationship a long

time ago, I knew this was going to become an issue when you yourself called me

months ago to spin some damage control as to rumors that were flying around that

could be very harmful to our female employee. I hung up after that call with a

lump in my stomach and a desire to run in the opposite direction.

And as we can see in yesterday's election agenda, you gave her no credit for her

tenure and it's successes as well as future plans. You are right, there is no

" us " or " we " in " me " or in " I " .

---My most serious mistake was reaching out to you and appointing you to your

role of vice-president---

Here you are right (and take note that you say " you " as if the others who voted

for my appointment had nothing to do with it, typical behavior). You expected

someone who was blind, deaf and would allow you to stomp all over them, as

others do and didn't get the bargain you expected. I, Mr. Roloff do not require

your hollow compliments in order to stroke my ego. Maybe it's because I know

what you've been saying behind my back for a very long time. This experience is

not about 'my ego', it is about making a commitment to the Organization (not you

personally) and honoring it.

-----remember, you were appointed, not elected.-----

I have always stated I was " Interim " never hid behind a false facade. Half of

LPA's Executive Board is " Appointed " not elected and we even have an absentee

district director who has to be represented by a 'proxy' not voted in by the

district membership or until recently formally approved.

-----Seven members of the board of directors have written to me specifically

asking for your resignation and you know this: why do you continue to resist and

force an ungraceful exit?-----

As is my understanding tonight the Board will vote to remove me from my

" appointed by Matt " position. As I explained to the BOD a few weeks ago, I was

staying on board to assure that first Bradford's grievance was heard and

after that to assure that Leslye had a platform to bring her issues to. From

her semi-private resignation letter it was evident she needed one. I will say

one thing and I will feel guilty for having done this, I knew Leslye's pot was

beginning to boil months ago and I had chosen to cut off unnecessary contact in

an effort not get caught in the middle when it did go off. Unfortunately I found

myself right where I didn't want to be whilst investigating the situation with

Bradford.

Once you demanded that we unjustifiably remove from the Portland office

and knowing you were " ordering " it as if you could, I chose to investigate it

and not jump on your bandwagon as others have.

As you found out that weekend, no one was willing to just " jump " when you

ordered it, then the entire scheme backfired on you, to the loss of the

Organization for a simple solution to the situation. All I wanted to know

(unlike Bush) was; " where were these weapons of mass destruction that needed to

be removed with such urgency? " .

It might serve these " leaders " to do some investigation for themselves and

question the victims. Go ahead, question all who have left, especially Leslye

and , listen to their side of the story. How many of you have done this and

heard what I have heard?

It is very obvious that I have nothing to hide, all I was seeking was that WE do

the right thing as an Organization, based on its Mission and By-laws (and some

old outdated Policy Manual). I have gained nothing from this position, in fact

I need to forward to Craig some receipts for expenses incurred so that I can

collect monies put out upfront and roll them back into a deserving scholarship

for one of our members.

While I have not been anywhere near as successful as I would have liked to be, I

won't apologize for being the one who pointed out that the King was naked.

I would have left if I had trusted that so many would not have brought the

'smoke and lights' show being exhibited under the auspices that it is better for

LPA to lift that lumpy rug and sweep these issues under it too. I'm not used to

hiding a dead bodies. I am proud to see that some of the Directors have

joined the few who ask questions, although we all know this will not buy them

your favors.

And if there are the numbers to vote me out tonight, then I will leave in peace,

knowing that this is what the majority wants. I do believe in democracy, having

come from a Communist country, one learns to treasure it's value. From

experience in loss it weighs heavy on my mind when I see a dictatorship, they

have never proven to be the best for all concerned.

In service to LPA,

MP

INTERIM National Senior Vice President

(for a few more hours)

PS. Would you confirm that tonight's meeting is going to proceed, it's been

canceled or postponed so many times quite a few are not sure it is finally going

to take place and have been asking. All I have been able to answer is that as

far as I know it is on.

[Guest guest]

Can we go back to Constipation?

lol

>

> M,

>

> ----Your destructive vendetta of lies and untrue innuendos has gone

far enough and I am forced to publicly reveal what has been occurring

behind the scenes to set the record straight.----

>

>

>

> As always this is your " spin " on the story. I have admired your

tenacity and skill as a spin doctors. It is a god given gift.

>

>

>

> ----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue

information about me and everyone else you do not agree completely

with.----

>

>

>

> Basically my issues have been with you and your lack of respect. I

understand that some others live vicariously through you, since they

cannot accomplish an agenda on their own. LPA does have a long

history and many are willing to tell it. I'm amazed (not sure why) to

hear this has all played itself out in the past and now resurfaces.

>

>

>

> ----I know I have been sometimes hard on you, particularly when I

told you your recent issue of LPA Today did not meet our quality

expectations and I and other people had to revise much of it.-----

>

>

>

> This is priceless Matt, you hard on me? Those words NEVER left

your lips to me, but behind my back (and others did tell me). I

would laugh every time I hung up the phone after listening to your

false compliments during the newsletter process, and I worried at

some point that you might even believe them, thereby making your

judgment questionable.

>

> I told you upfront that I was not a writer, nor an editor and you

said " others " would do the writing and what you were seeking was my

graphics background.

>

> Then I meet your " writers " ; let's begin with a piece submitted by a

long time LPA participant which was truly written from the heart. Did

you not have a heart attack when you read what she had submitted and

screamed that it couldn't go in at all, that it was garbage? I had

to defend it's content value and was grateful when Leslye

volunteered to edit it. The submissions by many of the others

(including mine) had to be edited, luckily Leslye had come on board

by then because Barbara Spiegel didn't consider this part of her

duties. And I took it for granted that Barb was right and that I had

been thrown into this deep pool and was expected to swim or sink.

>

>

>

> For her unending support I will always be grateful to Leslye, since

you yourself Matt cannot edit or rewrite either.

>

>

>

> And to top it off I am working with a printer who has a dial up

connection? What professional has a connection incapable of handling

the traffic necessary to work electronically with such large files?

His connection failed over and over, thus files were continuously

lost. No matter how I labeled items, he couldn't keep track, as if

he'd never did a layout before in his life. He continuously ghosted

previous articles and didn't remove them later. He even gave me the

wrong address to send him the files on a burned disk, a trip to the

post office for an overnight package that earned me a reprimand at

work for a late arrival at an important meeting. This could go on and

on but evidently I was right and you got rid of him.

>

>

>

> None of this would have been an issue if you had kept Bill Bradford

as the editor, a man with real skills and had this revolving door of

victims work with him. But I guess being a Bradford made him

unusable in your book. I know my market value and it is not based on

my writing skills. Believe me that issue of LPA Today is hidden at

the bottom of the pile, to this day I have not been able to open it

and revisit the nightmare it was. But I should take your

false " congratulations " for the hollow compliments they were.

>

>

>

> ----I am sorry if I hurt your feelings at that time and possibly

other times.-----

>

>

>

> That apology rings hollow all the way cross country, it would

require some degree of feelings and sentiments. And I became very

immune to you and your lack of respect for me from early on. Since

you are a mere acquaintance, this isn't a relationship based

on 'feelings', it would have been preferable if it had been based on

respect, but you have none for me, a mere females.

>

>

>

> ----As you and many others know, I am a driven person who values

results, especially in the interests of LPA and sometimes I am

intolerant when my expectations are not met; this has led to damaged

and even destroyed relationships with some people.----

>

>

>

> And if you were running a real corporation (as you fantasized that

you are, didn't you compare yourself to some corporate leaders

recently and not to your " peers " in the non-profit sector?). You

forget that this is an organization of volunteers and supposedly 1

employee, not officials and a troupe of employees handpicked by you,

thus it has to operate under a different set of rules.

Unfortunately, you didn't get what you expected in this " Interim "

appointment, you got a strong woman who questions your lack of

respect, values, and mode of operation. And I cannot flaunt my lack

of employment and a self-sustaining business, I as all the other poor

fools need my paycheck, thus cannot live/eat/breathe LPA as you can.

Thus not meeting your expectations for a 90 hour LPA week.

>

>

>

> ----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue

information about me ----You have even accused me of sexual

harassment to the Board of Directors in my relationship with Leslye

Sneider.----

>

>

>

> I won't even go into what Leslye has said, I will allow her to

speak for herself as she is fully capable of doing. I expressed a

concern to the BOD about your lack of respect for many and in

particular your sexist remarks (brought up in a then recent letter)

that in the wrong situation can lead to a hostile work environment

and accusations of " sexual harassment " . Interestingly that night some

agreed and repeated the concern as well as brought forth some

solutions. As a 'leader' this is behavior that needs to be

tempered. Look around you and justify the revolving door of women

who have had to walk away from participating in LPA during your

administration. Is this " normal " for LPA? Seems not from what these

women tell me.

>

>

>

> ----The hard facts patently refute this and even Leslye, after her

resignation, immediately publicly stated that this was untrue.-----

>

>

>

> She had to refute the misinformation that others had passed on. All

this done while they violated every term of that meeting held in

executive session. As I've said before, I was horrified at the lack

of professionalism exhibited in some individuals involved in this

leadership, evidently it is a learned process from example. I myself

refused to divulge particular details of the meeting to another

Executive officer who was forced by unexpected circumstances to miss

participating.

>

>

>

> -----All the negative actions this year can be traced back to your

vendettas, including the handling of Lubbock relocation.-----

>

>

>

> Now you are going to blame me for the way you and handled

and her separation? While I was supportive of the change in

office locations for a variety of reasons that made sense, the

Executive Board was informed of the outcome of your negotiations with

after the situation was unsalvageable. By then all I could do

was support the efforts to cut the ties and agree that a severance

pay was justified. And then participate in the " selling " of the

position to the Board as a united front (no matter how ill it made

me). As much as Neil and (as well as the members of LPA) lost

in these futile negotiations, she at least did not have to suffer the

pain of working right next to you in a day-by-day situation. She

like others who are decent human beings would have suffered.

>

>

>

> ----I will never understand entirely your motives, but regardless

of whatever drives you, you have single-handedly divided and

paralyzed LPA with your vindictive campaign.-----

>

>

>

> Your lack of respect for the opinion of others has driven us to

this point. And your need to " CONTROL " everything so the outcome is

that you are the sole heir of the Organization. I have attempted over

and over to explain that the integrity of the Organization needs to

be above your need to present yourself as a 'hardass' driven CEO of a

National Corporation, which is not what LPA is. And that this

Organization could grow to be what it needs to be and serve the many

but it didn't need to have a trail of dead bodies left in it's path.

But my point of view wouldn't drive your agenda so I had to be

marginalized. Have you not said the dead bodies are not a concern?

>

>

>

> ----In particular, even though I take much of the blame myself..----

>

>

>

> This would be a first, you taking blame for anything.

>

>

>

> ---I will always blame you for revealing confidential information

and destroying my valued professional relationship and friendship

with Leslye with your embellished stories and lies.----

>

>

>

> If I am not mistake YOU yourself destroyed that professional

relationship a long time ago, I knew this was going to become an

issue when you yourself called me months ago to spin some damage

control as to rumors that were flying around that could be very

harmful to our female employee. I hung up after that call with a

lump in my stomach and a desire to run in the opposite direction.

>

>

>

> And as we can see in yesterday's election agenda, you gave her no

credit for her tenure and it's successes as well as future plans.

You are right, there is no " us " or " we " in " me " or in " I " .

>

>

>

> ---My most serious mistake was reaching out to you and appointing

you to your role of vice-president---

>

>

>

> Here you are right (and take note that you say " you " as if the

others who voted for my appointment had nothing to do with it,

typical behavior). You expected someone who was blind, deaf and

would allow you to stomp all over them, as others do and didn't get

the bargain you expected. I, Mr. Roloff do not require your hollow

compliments in order to stroke my ego. Maybe it's because I know

what you've been saying behind my back for a very long time. This

experience is not about 'my ego', it is about making a commitment to

the Organization (not you personally) and honoring it.

>

>

>

> -----remember, you were appointed, not elected.-----

>

>

>

> I have always stated I was " Interim " never hid behind a false

facade. Half of LPA's Executive Board is " Appointed " not elected and

we even have an absentee district director who has to be represented

by a 'proxy' not voted in by the district membership or until

recently formally approved.

>

>

>

> -----Seven members of the board of directors have written to me

specifically asking for your resignation and you know this: why do

you continue to resist and force an ungraceful exit?-----

>

>

>

> As is my understanding tonight the Board will vote to remove me

from my " appointed by Matt " position. As I explained to the BOD a

few weeks ago, I was staying on board to assure that first

Bradford's grievance was heard and after that to assure that Leslye

had a platform to bring her issues to. From her semi-private

resignation letter it was evident she needed one. I will say one

thing and I will feel guilty for having done this, I knew Leslye's

pot was beginning to boil months ago and I had chosen to cut off

unnecessary contact in an effort not get caught in the middle when it

did go off. Unfortunately I found myself right where I didn't want to

be whilst investigating the situation with Bradford.

>

>

>

> Once you demanded that we unjustifiably remove from the

Portland office and knowing you were " ordering " it as if you could, I

chose to investigate it and not jump on your bandwagon as others

have.

>

> As you found out that weekend, no one was willing to just " jump "

when you ordered it, then the entire scheme backfired on you, to the

loss of the Organization for a simple solution to the situation. All

I wanted to know (unlike Bush) was; " where were these weapons of mass

destruction that needed to be removed with such urgency? " .

>

>

>

> It might serve these " leaders " to do some investigation for

themselves and question the victims. Go ahead, question all who have

left, especially Leslye and , listen to their side of the story.

How many of you have done this and heard what I have heard?

>

>

>

> It is very obvious that I have nothing to hide, all I was seeking

was that WE do the right thing as an Organization, based on its

Mission and By-laws (and some old outdated Policy Manual). I have

gained nothing from this position, in fact I need to forward to Craig

some receipts for expenses incurred so that I can collect monies put

out upfront and roll them back into a deserving scholarship for one

of our members.

>

>

>

> While I have not been anywhere near as successful as I would have

liked to be, I won't apologize for being the one who pointed out that

the King was naked.

>

>

>

> I would have left if I had trusted that so many would not have

brought the 'smoke and lights' show being exhibited under the

auspices that it is better for LPA to lift that lumpy rug and sweep

these issues under it too. I'm not used to hiding a dead bodies. I

am proud to see that some of the Directors have joined the few who

ask questions, although we all know this will not buy them your

favors.

>

>

>

> And if there are the numbers to vote me out tonight, then I will

leave in peace, knowing that this is what the majority wants. I do

believe in democracy, having come from a Communist country, one

learns to treasure it's value. From experience in loss it weighs

heavy on my mind when I see a dictatorship, they have never proven to

be the best for all concerned.

>

>

>

> In service to LPA,

>

> MP

>

> INTERIM National Senior Vice President

>

> (for a few more hours)

>

>

>

> PS. Would you confirm that tonight's meeting is going to proceed,

it's been canceled or postponed so many times quite a few are not

sure it is finally going to take place and have been asking. All I

have been able to answer is that as far as I know it is on.

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Seems to me that LPA's collective bowels are beginning to move!

--

NK

> >

> > M,

> >

> > ----Your destructive vendetta of lies and untrue innuendos has

gone

> far enough and I am forced to publicly reveal what has been

occurring

> behind the scenes to set the record straight.----

> >

> >

> >

> > As always this is your " spin " on the story. I have admired your

> tenacity and skill as a spin doctors. It is a god given gift.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue

> information about me and everyone else you do not agree completely

> with.----

> >

> >

> >

> > Basically my issues have been with you and your lack of respect.

I

> understand that some others live vicariously through you, since

they

> cannot accomplish an agenda on their own. LPA does have a long

> history and many are willing to tell it. I'm amazed (not sure why)

to

> hear this has all played itself out in the past and now

resurfaces.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----I know I have been sometimes hard on you, particularly when I

> told you your recent issue of LPA Today did not meet our quality

> expectations and I and other people had to revise much of it.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > This is priceless Matt, you hard on me? Those words NEVER left

> your lips to me, but behind my back (and others did tell me). I

> would laugh every time I hung up the phone after listening to your

> false compliments during the newsletter process, and I worried at

> some point that you might even believe them, thereby making your

> judgment questionable.

> >

> > I told you upfront that I was not a writer, nor an editor and you

> said " others " would do the writing and what you were seeking was my

> graphics background.

> >

> > Then I meet your " writers " ; let's begin with a piece submitted by

a

> long time LPA participant which was truly written from the heart.

Did

> you not have a heart attack when you read what she had submitted

and

> screamed that it couldn't go in at all, that it was garbage? I had

> to defend it's content value and was grateful when Leslye

> volunteered to edit it. The submissions by many of the others

> (including mine) had to be edited, luckily Leslye had come on board

> by then because Barbara Spiegel didn't consider this part of her

> duties. And I took it for granted that Barb was right and that I

had

> been thrown into this deep pool and was expected to swim or sink.

> >

> >

> >

> > For her unending support I will always be grateful to Leslye,

since

> you yourself Matt cannot edit or rewrite either.

> >

> >

> >

> > And to top it off I am working with a printer who has a dial up

> connection? What professional has a connection incapable of

handling

> the traffic necessary to work electronically with such large

files?

> His connection failed over and over, thus files were continuously

> lost. No matter how I labeled items, he couldn't keep track, as if

> he'd never did a layout before in his life. He continuously ghosted

> previous articles and didn't remove them later. He even gave me the

> wrong address to send him the files on a burned disk, a trip to the

> post office for an overnight package that earned me a reprimand at

> work for a late arrival at an important meeting. This could go on

and

> on but evidently I was right and you got rid of him.

> >

> >

> >

> > None of this would have been an issue if you had kept Bill

Bradford

> as the editor, a man with real skills and had this revolving door

of

> victims work with him. But I guess being a Bradford made him

> unusable in your book. I know my market value and it is not based

on

> my writing skills. Believe me that issue of LPA Today is hidden at

> the bottom of the pile, to this day I have not been able to open it

> and revisit the nightmare it was. But I should take your

> false " congratulations " for the hollow compliments they were.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----I am sorry if I hurt your feelings at that time and possibly

> other times.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > That apology rings hollow all the way cross country, it would

> require some degree of feelings and sentiments. And I became very

> immune to you and your lack of respect for me from early on. Since

> you are a mere acquaintance, this isn't a relationship based

> on 'feelings', it would have been preferable if it had been based

on

> respect, but you have none for me, a mere females.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----As you and many others know, I am a driven person who values

> results, especially in the interests of LPA and sometimes I am

> intolerant when my expectations are not met; this has led to

damaged

> and even destroyed relationships with some people.----

> >

> >

> >

> > And if you were running a real corporation (as you fantasized

that

> you are, didn't you compare yourself to some corporate leaders

> recently and not to your " peers " in the non-profit sector?). You

> forget that this is an organization of volunteers and supposedly 1

> employee, not officials and a troupe of employees handpicked by

you,

> thus it has to operate under a different set of rules.

> Unfortunately, you didn't get what you expected in this " Interim "

> appointment, you got a strong woman who questions your lack of

> respect, values, and mode of operation. And I cannot flaunt my

lack

> of employment and a self-sustaining business, I as all the other

poor

> fools need my paycheck, thus cannot live/eat/breathe LPA as you

can.

> Thus not meeting your expectations for a 90 hour LPA week.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----You have repeatedly made false accusations and spread untrue

> information about me ----You have even accused me of sexual

> harassment to the Board of Directors in my relationship with Leslye

> Sneider.----

> >

> >

> >

> > I won't even go into what Leslye has said, I will allow her to

> speak for herself as she is fully capable of doing. I expressed a

> concern to the BOD about your lack of respect for many and in

> particular your sexist remarks (brought up in a then recent letter)

> that in the wrong situation can lead to a hostile work environment

> and accusations of " sexual harassment " . Interestingly that night

some

> agreed and repeated the concern as well as brought forth some

> solutions. As a 'leader' this is behavior that needs to be

> tempered. Look around you and justify the revolving door of women

> who have had to walk away from participating in LPA during your

> administration. Is this " normal " for LPA? Seems not from what

these

> women tell me.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----The hard facts patently refute this and even Leslye, after

her

> resignation, immediately publicly stated that this was untrue.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > She had to refute the misinformation that others had passed on.

All

> this done while they violated every term of that meeting held in

> executive session. As I've said before, I was horrified at the lack

> of professionalism exhibited in some individuals involved in this

> leadership, evidently it is a learned process from example. I

myself

> refused to divulge particular details of the meeting to another

> Executive officer who was forced by unexpected circumstances to

miss

> participating.

> >

> >

> >

> > -----All the negative actions this year can be traced back to

your

> vendettas, including the handling of Lubbock relocation.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > Now you are going to blame me for the way you and handled

> and her separation? While I was supportive of the change in

> office locations for a variety of reasons that made sense, the

> Executive Board was informed of the outcome of your negotiations

with

> after the situation was unsalvageable. By then all I could

do

> was support the efforts to cut the ties and agree that a severance

> pay was justified. And then participate in the " selling " of the

> position to the Board as a united front (no matter how ill it made

> me). As much as Neil and (as well as the members of LPA)

lost

> in these futile negotiations, she at least did not have to suffer

the

> pain of working right next to you in a day-by-day situation. She

> like others who are decent human beings would have suffered.

> >

> >

> >

> > ----I will never understand entirely your motives, but regardless

> of whatever drives you, you have single-handedly divided and

> paralyzed LPA with your vindictive campaign.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > Your lack of respect for the opinion of others has driven us to

> this point. And your need to " CONTROL " everything so the outcome is

> that you are the sole heir of the Organization. I have attempted

over

> and over to explain that the integrity of the Organization needs to

> be above your need to present yourself as a 'hardass' driven CEO of

a

> National Corporation, which is not what LPA is. And that this

> Organization could grow to be what it needs to be and serve the

many

> but it didn't need to have a trail of dead bodies left in it's

path.

> But my point of view wouldn't drive your agenda so I had to be

> marginalized. Have you not said the dead bodies are not a

concern?

> >

> >

> >

> > ----In particular, even though I take much of the blame myself..--

--

> >

> >

> >

> > This would be a first, you taking blame for anything.

> >

> >

> >

> > ---I will always blame you for revealing confidential information

> and destroying my valued professional relationship and friendship

> with Leslye with your embellished stories and lies.----

> >

> >

> >

> > If I am not mistake YOU yourself destroyed that professional

> relationship a long time ago, I knew this was going to become an

> issue when you yourself called me months ago to spin some damage

> control as to rumors that were flying around that could be very

> harmful to our female employee. I hung up after that call with a

> lump in my stomach and a desire to run in the opposite direction.

> >

> >

> >

> > And as we can see in yesterday's election agenda, you gave her no

> credit for her tenure and it's successes as well as future plans.

> You are right, there is no " us " or " we " in " me " or in " I " .

> >

> >

> >

> > ---My most serious mistake was reaching out to you and appointing

> you to your role of vice-president---

> >

> >

> >

> > Here you are right (and take note that you say " you " as if the

> others who voted for my appointment had nothing to do with it,

> typical behavior). You expected someone who was blind, deaf and

> would allow you to stomp all over them, as others do and didn't get

> the bargain you expected. I, Mr. Roloff do not require your hollow

> compliments in order to stroke my ego. Maybe it's because I know

> what you've been saying behind my back for a very long time. This

> experience is not about 'my ego', it is about making a commitment

to

> the Organization (not you personally) and honoring it.

> >

> >

> >

> > -----remember, you were appointed, not elected.-----

> >

> >

> >

> > I have always stated I was " Interim " never hid behind a false

> facade. Half of LPA's Executive Board is " Appointed " not elected

and

> we even have an absentee district director who has to be

represented

> by a 'proxy' not voted in by the district membership or until

> recently formally approved.

> >

> >

> >

> > -----Seven members of the board of directors have written to me

> specifically asking for your resignation and you know this: why do

> you continue to resist and force an ungraceful exit?-----

> >

> >

> >

> > As is my understanding tonight the Board will vote to remove me

> from my " appointed by Matt " position. As I explained to the BOD a

> few weeks ago, I was staying on board to assure that first

> Bradford's grievance was heard and after that to assure that Leslye

> had a platform to bring her issues to. From her semi-private

> resignation letter it was evident she needed one. I will say one

> thing and I will feel guilty for having done this, I knew Leslye's

> pot was beginning to boil months ago and I had chosen to cut off

> unnecessary contact in an effort not get caught in the middle when

it

> did go off. Unfortunately I found myself right where I didn't want

to

> be whilst investigating the situation with Bradford.

> >

> >

> >

> > Once you demanded that we unjustifiably remove from the

> Portland office and knowing you were " ordering " it as if you could,

I

> chose to investigate it and not jump on your bandwagon as others

> have.

> >

> > As you found out that weekend, no one was willing to just " jump "

> when you ordered it, then the entire scheme backfired on you, to

the

> loss of the Organization for a simple solution to the situation.

All

> I wanted to know (unlike Bush) was; " where were these weapons of

mass

> destruction that needed to be removed with such urgency? " .

> >

> >

> >

> > It might serve these " leaders " to do some investigation for

> themselves and question the victims. Go ahead, question all who

have

> left, especially Leslye and , listen to their side of the

story.

> How many of you have done this and heard what I have heard?

> >

> >

> >

> > It is very obvious that I have nothing to hide, all I was seeking

> was that WE do the right thing as an Organization, based on its

> Mission and By-laws (and some old outdated Policy Manual). I have

> gained nothing from this position, in fact I need to forward to

Craig

> some receipts for expenses incurred so that I can collect monies

put

> out upfront and roll them back into a deserving scholarship for

one

> of our members.

> >

> >

> >

> > While I have not been anywhere near as successful as I would have

> liked to be, I won't apologize for being the one who pointed out

that

> the King was naked.

> >

> >

> >

> > I would have left if I had trusted that so many would not have

> brought the 'smoke and lights' show being exhibited under the

> auspices that it is better for LPA to lift that lumpy rug and sweep

> these issues under it too. I'm not used to hiding a dead bodies.

I

> am proud to see that some of the Directors have joined the few who

> ask questions, although we all know this will not buy them your

> favors.

> >

> >

> >

> > And if there are the numbers to vote me out tonight, then I will

> leave in peace, knowing that this is what the majority wants. I do

> believe in democracy, having come from a Communist country, one

> learns to treasure it's value. From experience in loss it weighs

> heavy on my mind when I see a dictatorship, they have never proven

to

> be the best for all concerned.

> >

> >

> >

> > In service to LPA,

> >

> > MP

> >

> > INTERIM National Senior Vice President

> >

> > (for a few more hours)

> >

> >

> >

> > PS. Would you confirm that tonight's meeting is going to

proceed,

> it's been canceled or postponed so many times quite a few are not

> sure it is finally going to take place and have been asking. All I

> have been able to answer is that as far as I know it is on.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

....and, oh, what a relief it is!

Karel

From: " Nick " <nick@...>

dwarfism

Subject: Re: [lpa_officers] Matt, , and the truth.

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:11:40 -0000

Seems to me that LPA's collective bowels are beginning to move!

--

NK

Can we go back to Constipation?

lol

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