The Man who would be King

TT-Inc 8th June, 2003

http://www.zetatalk.com/nonproft/jul2703j.htm

Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 12:36:55 +0200
From: Jan
To: TT Inc <TT-Inc@YahooGroups.com>
Subject: [tt-inc] TT Inc. Options (long)

As the future of the Troubled Times Inc. is up for discussion in the next board meeting, it is vital that all board members have thought this through, so that there may be a serious discussion where all options are considered carefully. TT Inc. members are also invited to voice their opinion on this matter, so that the board may know their viewpoints before the upcoming board meeting.

As Troubled Times Inc. now stands, there are 3 possible options:
1, Continue as before, keeping the close ties to ZetaTalk;
2, Continue operation autonomous from ZetaTalk, refocusing and restate our
charter, mission and objectives; or
3, Terminate the Inc.

With respect to both alternative 1 and 2, the main question will be how such an operation may be secured financially and operationally.

For the last year, the only active projects have been booklet distribution and the acreage / seed project, with some minor activity on short-wave. The server project never succeeded in establishing a fail-over solution, and after the main server broke down, the Inc. has no operational server. Donations have been steadily decreasing, and available funds likewise.

The bylaws state that the Inc. is independent of the so called volunteer group, yet that group is supposed to screen the candidates for Inc member-ship through their list contributions, the Inc. has funded web wrapping activities etc. I refer to my previous posting concerning the relationship and ownership issues between the two.

[Now this is clever. Jan is using the membership enrolment from the the tt-groups as a means to break the INC by-laws preventing their interference on the groups. Is this an attempt to take control of the whole organisation, independent of Nancy?]

All contributions to the Inc. as well as any solutions discussions on the TT Forum have ceased. The Troubled Times "What's New" page, covering February 16 to May 19, has only been updated with the highly questionable sightings and rotation slowing information. (All the February 16 "What's New" seem to be missing from the server, though.) The decisions on what to publish or not on the TT web pages are done exclusively and solely by the ZetaTalk owner.
[A dig at Nancy if I'm not mistaken.]
Some aspects that needs to be considered before deciding on which option to
go for:

Alternative 1, Continue as before:
Pros:
* Easiest way out;
* No legal problems and/or fees (unless challenged);
* All assets kept by current users.

Cons:
* Low on cash, no or little new funding;
* No activity on TT lists except TT Watch, still discussing Planet X;
* Seen as a ZetaTalk affiliate, with the same low credibility.

[There's no activity because of credibility which is the same as the last, but if he can separate from Nancy it looks as if he's hoping to continue along on his own agenda.]

Challenges:
* Fund raising, donations;
* Re-establish credibility;
* Re-initiate activity.
[Re establish credibility? Could this mean more deception and lies as Nancy and her Zetas have zero credibility? So rule out Alternative 1.]
TT Inc. vs. s.c. volunteer group:
* Troubled Times web content will still be without any defined ownership and probably continue as an integral part of ZetaTalk.

Alternative 2, Refocus and continue, autonomous from ZetaTalk:
Pros:
* Can build on current established base, including web content and lists;
* No or small legal challenges and/or fees (unless challenged);
* All assets can be kept by the Inc., potentially moved to new users;
* May be able to rebuild credibility.

Cons:
* Low on cash, no or little new funding;
* No activity on TT lists except TT Watch, still discussing Planet X.
[Wrong tt-Welcome is still active and recently distanced itself from the TT-INC and Zetatalk. Although activity can be restarted if distanced from Nancy under a higher level of moderation to remove any free speaking elements.]
Challenges:
* Fund raising, donations;
* Gain control over so called volunteer group, web content and groups;

[More attempted takeovers coming.]
* Repair down TT server, establish technical team and ownership;

[Clipper owns tt-Welcome, Brent owns tt-Watch, not sure about tt-Social and tt-Forum is dead as stated by Jan previously. Although I'll bet they're TT-INC affiliated members.]
* Separate TT web content from ZetaTalk content, clean & update the web content;
* Establish Internet presence;
* Initiate new, refocused activity.

TT Inc. vs. s.c. volunteer group:
* Ownership and control over Troubled Times web content and lists must be established, and all TT web content must be removed from the ZetaTalk web site.
[Illegal move as stated in the bylaws, TT-INC has no control over volunteer group, but it hasn't stopped them so far. Alternative 2 is a definite possibility if the hierarchy wish to stay in control, which we all know they don't want to relinquish.]

Alternative 3, Terminate the Inc.
Pros:
* May be seen as the right thing to do after the failed predictions.

Cons:
* Some legal fees may be expected;
* All assets will have to be donated to another non-profit organization.

Challenges:
* Termination not defined in the Bylaws.

TT Inc. vs. s.c. volunteer group:
* Ownership and control over Troubled Times web content and lists must still be considered by the Board.
- If ownership and control is established, the web content should be deleted from the ZetaTalk site and the lists terminated.

[Jan is already considering that the TT-INC takeover the tt-groups. Why else put it into consideration because as it stands they are still separate entities. But then he has presented Alternative 2 as the best option so already including it for any future problems.]
- If ownership and control is not established, ZetaTalk will probably continue to use the web content as today.
[Alternative 3 means giving up everything they've worked for. So would be the very last resort, besides everything is almost in place to continue under Alternative 2.]
I kindly request this mail (or a later, revised version, depending on any input received) linked off of the Agenda for the next board meeting.

Regards,
Jan

[You'll note, I hope, these are all Jan's own suggestions, proposed solely by him, with automatic solutions, mainly focusing on the main problem, Nancy and her Zetas. By shedding her he presents a new TT-INC possibly salvageable, with some financial backing, that will also have full control over the tt-groups. All it would need is a new leader. I wonder who, but regardless of that what is Jan's position? He's already Internal Auditor, and head moderator of the tt-groups. Need I say more? I'm predicting Jan will not disappear at the end of July, despite his own words, especially if the INC vote to continue without Nancy. (He's a devious SOB.)]

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