I am so disillusioned by these so “organizations ” who used Barbados and Bajans for their own personal goal. My question again….Why were the financial documents not available for public scrutiny? After all if everyone involved is so innocent and have done nothing wrong then make the reports public, clear your names, this is not about egos and/or arrogance this is about allegations of misappropiations of funds…..in other words Fraud…..let it be known what has happened to the money. get another accountant who can be objective, and start the process so there can be some closure. With so much mud being slung get someone who can do and not put it off because of a sick relative or any other reason. GET IT DONE BOYS. CLEAR THE MESS UP. GIVE YOURSELVES BACK SOME MEASURE OF INTEGRITY!!!!!

We asked the question previously: Who paid the way for the government officials travel/accomodation to Carolina?

@Observer

If you are Bajan you are NOT representing the yellow blue. See if somehow your consience can be pricked on this matter if not carry on smartly. We know some Bajans in these Bajan orgs place friendship over ALL.

@ Observer
You full of what you discard in the toilet. I am the self proclaimed enemy because I refused to be part of your impropieties. I miss nothing. What I would have love to be able to come away with was an audited financial report. The NABO’s financial report following the general accepted accounting standards for not for profit organizations as was pointed out by the few insurgents. That should include all of the following: balance sheet, income statement, retained earning statement and notes to the financial statements. That is what the PM should have been calling into the “closed meeting” and asking you guys to produce. He doesn’t have all the facts. I hope that info is given to govt agencies that request it by 8/15. Then we will see what that phone call meant. He also needs to direct his agencies to do some due diligence before they put the tax payers money in the hands of a bunch of criminals pretending to be doing things in the best interest of the bajan community. Please bring it on who you really are, what is taking so long. I have to prepare my self for nothing. I was asked to prepare my self to get all the information in SC. I walked away with nothing, why would I believe you have any integrity? Show me the money!!

@ Observer
The only words you know is later, that is what have gotten NABO into the mess, everthing with them is later and later never come.

Richard Phipps is not a new unbias objective observer serving the bajans’ interest. He has been with these organisations and the principle players from as long as I can remember. He has been around back in the day of BCCB, serving with John Licorish and the like of them. I am talking 20 years plus. He should not be the ONE. They need an objection person who has no motives and will be fair and able to stand up to the pressure that will be generated from all ends.

@Bajan 2
You do not have to believe in my integrity. I was hired to sniff out your kind and it was easy because of not only your character, but also your physical. They both stink… the huffing and puffing and sweating etc. You talk too much and know nothing. No wonder your mind is as off balance as your body. Step aside and let the real information come forth. Also, the folks that finance your trip to SC, thank them very much because at least you got to see a new place at their expenses, and return to them with bogus stuff.

The PM never called. More lies, moe lies. Why didn’t he call to the open meeting? This is more BS plus. The reason they are reaching out is to try to fool us into thinking they are on the up and up. More of the same tricks like they played in Orlando when Cummins announced that he was part of the past corruption and would never do such again. He almost cried in front of the meeting and tricked them into voting him in as chair. Another reason they are trying to fake a new NABO is the SPONSORSHIP money in excess of $60,000 that was given in the past from the government agencies and the loss of Air Travel (no Air Jamica free tickets). Maybe now they will have to use Jet Blue $99.00 fares for the Canada and Barbados get togethers. Sandra will now have to pay her own way. And yes, you too MS. Big Black Sheep.

Everyone here who has come and wasted their lives by slandering people who only want whats best for everone involved should at the very least have the guts to post their names as I have. There is nothing gained by hidden insults if you believe so strongly in what you are saying then have pride in your words and stand behind them. It seems to me that if you are truely interested in change you’d stop cowering behind the keyboard and step up to the plate in a leadership position to change things. Although I will say that anyone who is willing to stoop so low as grade school behind someones back banter then they are probaly not leadership material anyway.

We.., it’s unfortunate that Phipps is from Boston, but as long as he does not let any personal relationships with Cummings, Bispham, and Ashby influence him he could probably work to help get NABO back on track.

We will wait and see how it goes. He should get in touch with the organizations that did not attend the conference, find out why they didn’t, and try to get them back on board.

However, Janice Bispham should not be on his committee. She is one of the bad guys and will influence on the result (negatively).

@ Observer
Trying to be insulting to someone you don’t know is a cowardice act.

I said I’ll be back. Have some questions. Why none of the 3 guys that used the tax payors funds to attend the conference in SC were recommended by the PM when he allegedly called in to the closed meeting to be the persons trying to quell the relationships between the 2 factions? After presenting the document on behalf of the gov’t has David Bulbulia subsequently reached out to the insurgents and sent them a copy of the document or is Bulbulia siding with the dissidents? Have the consuls in NY and MIA reached out to their constituents that are considered the so called trouble makers like Ava, Cheryl and Dale? Is this Richard Phipps guy going to be able to make any head way, will the so called trouble makers cooperate? When the elections roll around in January in the Big Black Sheep city, who will be up of the challenge of moving NABO forward. Are there anyone out there among the members that were in SC capable? Interesting to see if Earl, Mike, Janice or Martin will go up against Dale as Chairman, Cheryl as Vice Chair and Ava as Treasurer. Can NABO be saved or as the former chairman said it is dead? I am the enemy just trying to get some answers after what I saw in SC.

@ Sapidillo
There is a honorary consul John Licorish. My sources tell me he has a reputation for being (is/was) part of the Boston NABO possee. He might be a good candidate to mend fences but not to quell anything to do with NABO. He was in SC; one would think because of his status as honorary consul that there is some impartially to the Bajan Diaspora and he would have stepped in from the beginning; he is very Earl, and Mike driven and also has a few skeletons in his closet with those Boston organizations.

Crazy update!

Orlando can still show up at elections and vote! According to the NABO constitution, “Any organization may resign from the National Association of Barbados Organisations upon a resolution of resignation being approved by a majority vote of the Board of Directors…” “Such resignation shall become effective when accepted by the Board of Directors.”

Since the Board of Directors did not have a valid quorum in South Carolina, and since there was no vote to accept their resignation by a valid Board, the proposed resignation is still inactive!

That means that Orlando still has every right to receive all emails and other communication from NABO until their resignation becomes effective.

I have been told that member organizations like BACA NY, Houston, Orlando, S. Florida, and others are being blackballed and have been left out of all communications.

Who of you doing the talking is willing to step up to the plate and take the lead

@ unbias party
Don’t rush the brush; nothing can happen before the time; the time is after October when an election committee is put in place; nomination forms are distributed to ALL financial members to include those organizations that the so-called trouble makers are affiliated. Word around SC was that those organizations are being shut out of the process because there is some fear of the executive that are currently in office. Extreme measures were attempted in SC to have the so called trouble makers removed from being part of NABO because they have brought embrassment to NABO and they tried to boycott the conference in SC; even though the current By Laws don’t have a provision for such action. At least some of the more sensible folks that were present in SC (including me by the way) were against it. I am sure that further attempts would be made by Mike Cummins as he tried doing with the organization in West Palm when Jeffrey Craigg asked questions last year regarding (what else) the finances.

@ unbias party

Let’s not stifle our conscience.

Was it not mentioned in several of previous comments that Cheryl Thompson was declared the Interim leader and was ready to step up to the plate BUT the current leader(s) REFUSED to step aside?

Being fair minded is dealing with the facts and not clouding the waters to suit our preconceived notions.

@ Sapidillo
Thanks.

Talk about being ashamed to be Barbadian!

@ABS
You obviously don’t know a damn thing about what you dah tak bout when it comes to dah girl Ava. She come to dis country soon after high school. She played nuff netball in Barbados and was real good. Was involved in the USA netball for some time I know that well, involved in a Jamaican organization for many years. The first time I know dah girl having any thing to do with Bajan organizations is wid BACA and the records speak for itself. Maybe, there is some jealousy or is it that she skin up NABO to the public for the impropieties and now wunna trying to take the Bajan people off track from the real issues that exist in NABO? Ava girl continue to do yah thing yah right like shite to skin them up!!! They can’t have 3 cents wid yah. Yah bright!

Look at the three associations the Ava, Dale and Cheryl head and see what good they have done for Barbados and continue to do. Then take a look at what the current NABO leaders have done and judge for yourself. Also look at South Florida and Craig’s group. Great people just can’r and won’t deal with crooks anymore.

@ ABS

The same three you mention is the ones that expose the problems that NABO have.
So it appears that you must be one of NABO higher up that like to hide behind false names and try to pull the people down that can do the best for NABO. The grave train for the wicked is about to stop.

@Jamaican/Bajan
You are absolutely right because that’s all you know, and she need someone like you for her defence. When you have a sordid past, you find it easy to accuse, pry and skin up because that’s all you know. Go figure.
You see when you want to look good you destroy the competition even when you are a member of the competition. You join them, take a position, abused them verbally, steal documents, fabricate lies and finally blast them. When prompt as to what position they would like in NABO, quoted “perhaps Treasurer” , but cannot decide now because her focus is on BACA (NY). Please……

@ ABS
It is so obvious that you really don’t have any basis for being on the blog other than to divert attention from the real facts. From what I know of the woman she doesn’t need me for anything, she can fight her battles and can fight them well. What little that you and I know she probably doesn’t even want to be bothered with NABO. But you have to applaud the person who suggest her for treasurer. If she said “perhaps Treasurer” some time ago, she wanted to assist and step up to the plate; unlike the assholes that ran NABO into the ground, she knows where her contribution is need and by all accounts would make a ‘First Class’ Treasurer. Is that why in her organization the person who handle the financial records is called a Finance Officer and she was the first. More than just a bookkeeper. As I said before the girl bright.
Ava don’t worry bout them can’t have pin or needles with you keep on doing what you doing an EXCELLENT JOB for BACA a real transparent organization. I have attended several events put on by the organization and they were top class. In June I attended the “White Affair” held in NJ and for weeks people have been talking what a beautiful affair it was. Again under Ava’s leadership. The one thing that stands out though is that she is NEVER close to the money she delegates; again unlike NABO. I got your back if ever you need it.

Like some one said my name has never been tarnished by any scandals so I can continue to walk and hold my head high. That being said I will therefore not allow BACA’s name to be tarnished by being associated with an association that is now laced with controversy.

I would like to thank those of you who recognize my contribution to Barbados and the Barbadian communities in the USA.

I am not about the ignorant UNIFORMED personal remarks. People are entitled to their own opinions I have a low tolerance and am saddened by how many people see stuff and say absolutely nothing, but when facts are presented ignorant people use desperate measures to cover up wrong doings. As humans we really need to stop and think. I am not asking for agreement with other people’s views but rather the facts.

It is also a fact that my focus is on BACA and it is also true if I had to step up to the plate and put my money behind my mouth and try to save NABO it would be as Treasurer.

This whole NABO fiasco will soon come to an end. God’s willing I will be at the next BOD to face the critics, get the REAL deal about why I am a trouble maker for asking questions about the financial report, getting answers that prove that ALL my questions were indeed legitimate; corrections made as a result of the questions asked and I can go on. I am a trouble maker for suggesting to the Prime Minister of Barbados that he should have a say in how the tax payors money is being spent. If these are the constructive things that trouble makers do in the best interest of country I am guilty as charge and deserve to be serving some jail time; but not in the same jail as the criminals that refuse to be accountable.

Very well put Ms Foster. NABO do have a place but not under the current leadership.
As you know the nominations for an officer has to be in by September in order to run in Jan 2010. However I do not think that any of the Chapters who do not agree with the current leadership will get any material on this subject.