Jesse,

I'm running a bit behind in responding, but thank you for being patient.
The link that you provided was THE link in question.  I think that you have
seen (1) my initial posting either here or on the ARMA FB page regarding
"financial status and transparency" (at least I believe you have), and my
introduction here to the Executive Director's message cited in the link.

Whether that was "attacking the messenger" or not is likely a matter of
perspective.... I took it that way, although I was not "called out by name"
in the response.  I had several friends point to that link asking if in
fact I was "being thrown under the bus".  I did expect a response, and
perhaps a defensive one..... What has troubled me a bit is that it appeared
that my "challenge" to the way in which our Association has handled its
finances and its overall business appears to be flawed (given the results
over the past 5 years or so), and that the main interest of those with whom
I have spoken and emailed (on the Board now) has been "who leaked?" rather
than focusing on the issues to which I pointed.

I'm not surprised that what I declared to be a software "loss" in that
project of $ 1.2 million was "corrected", though that early number did come
from the previous Executive Director and was heard at Region Leadership
Conferences during his term.  I'm also well aware that the losses, or
reductions to the reserves that ARMA has can be attributed in part to
declining membership (that's a whole other problem) and to depreciation.
However, a reduction in reserves from $ 2.8 million to $ .8 million over
the years clearly was an area on which I was focusing.

If the Board has changed its meeting formats, great..... but I would
continue to contend that the Association's members are not yet being fully
informed about key ARMA initiatives (current or past), nor are they being
informed in a timely manner about the associations finances.  The fact that
you got no meaningful information from the video speaks volumes.  What
meaningful volume do ARMA members receive?

As for ARMA turning the comments off on the youtube video, it doesn't
surprise me, but is yet another small disappointment.

Thanks for your note!!

Doug Allen, CRM, CDIA+
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On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 7:20 AM, Jesse Wilkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
>
> Full disclosure: I still work at AIIM, but I also still maintain my
> professional membership in ARMA. This response is in my capacity as a
> personal professional member and does not reflect the views of AIIM or
> anyone affiliated with AIIM.
>
> This video? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.
> youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DEKODnThId1c&d=DwIBaQ&c=
> pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_
> r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=uD8mG4p0Fy6SZKb255OO2_
> jQjby2fOPkJjTsAjg6NjM&s=xvKpdtmjJD-jrwvK7gWnCMZ7C6Co6dnsFxi31t1WnZ8&e=
>
> If so, a couple of thoughts:
> - I don't think I saw any announcement about this. I certainly may have
> missed it, but I try to keep on top of these sorts of things and I just
> don't recall it. Then again, apparently I missed your initial response as
> well.
> - Who turns comments off? Honestly?
> - I don't know that I really caught too much "attacking the messenger" -
> there were a couple of oblique references but they really were oblique.
> - I listened to the entire video twice. Other than the graphic at the end,
> I'm not sure I really got any meaningful information out of it.
>
> If this is not the one you're referring to, can you post that link?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jesse Wilkins, CIP, CIPP/US, CEDS, CRM, IGP, edp
> Denver, CO
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