Nonprofits In Denial

Excerpted from an article on Philanthropy.com: Nonprofits, like other organizations, often follow a commonly held view about the best way to handle an attack: If you ignore it, the public will forget and move on. The media thrive on controversy, so don’t discuss it and don’t highlight it in any way and journalists will move...

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #2 Retraction

This is a follow-up to Update #2 where I discussed the implications of the convention delegates being separated by clergy and lay status. I wrote that article on the basis of what I believed was a report by an convention attendee. I have since gotten confirmation that the separate seating did not happen and the...

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #4

(insert drum roll here....) And the West Regional Pastor is.... https://www.facebook.com/lutheranchurch.canada/photos/a.448431991922194/1771854376246609/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD5uWlljFMZ_MRr79z8dnxT6jMRqTJ1HkjabISbyVAEu1newGBc031UNWDDwGc4lWfTPiwx1OYLA3G3elI_2o-aFMY_8W9uC11CVjWzU0mwODiLPq-q3ROXRXdVCNJPNjSIJjGhRS-sO3ZGbA0o8HfLt0DRoM550Al-N0AW5MpZU79KPbzVP_Sm1FuE3XANuloyUSEmFsgYKAneocxQ9Dd81VQ&__tn__=-R

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #3

It has also been reported that convention allowed the Board to not get its books audited with the purported reason being "the Monitor won't allow it" due to the CCAA proceeding. First - I would want to hear that directly from the Monitor and preferably in writing so I would have someone to sue if the gov't...

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #2

Update 2018-10-21: I wrote this article on the basis of what I believed was a report by an convention attendee. I have since gotten confirmation that what I alleged happened - namely the separation of delegates by clergy and lay status during the convention - did not happen. That means that I accused President Schaeffer...

ABC District 2018 Convention Update #1

The information I'm getting about the convention is a mixed bag. First - there's still no audited financials for the last term and no apparent consequence for this failure of execution. Second - the new bylaws still want to give the BOD the right to amend the bylaws w/out a confirmation vote by the membership....

The 2018 ABC District Convention Is Under Way

LCC has posted a few pictures to the Lutheran Church Canada FB group. If you want to follow developments I expect this is the place to be. Wishing the delegates all the Lord's wisdom and guidance! https://www.facebook.com/lutheranchurch.canada/photos/a.448431991922194/1769648839800496/?type=3&theater ANO

A Message to all ABC District Convention Delegates

From Pr Micheal Schutz : There has been much concern expressed over the potential implications of the new bylaws that have been proposed in Part II of the workbook (link: www.lccabc.ca/district-convention.html) by the ABC District Board of Directors to be adopted at this weekend's District convention. I've been encouraging all delegates to go through things, seek answers,...

2018 ABC District Convention Workbook II Raises Concerns

In writing this blog my intent is to be factual as possible and provide important information for the membership that they may not have the time or inclination to track on their own. Part and parcel keeping things factual is that I only use publicly sourced information or information from sources which I believe have...

East District BOD Posts Draft Policy and Procedures Manual for ED 2.0

The East District Board has been diligently working away at forming it's 2.0 structure and to that end they've posted a draft policies and procedures document to their website.  This document is excruciatingly detailed in it's guidelines - which is great if you want to standardize the major aspects of how an organization is run,...