2-24-2004 Email Sandi Thomas on behalf Director Gradwhol

[jamshundred]

Date: 2/24/2004 6:23:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Richard has called and requested I forward this to the Directors, as he is
having difficulty with his computer and phone lines.
I agreed to send it for him.
Sandi
Dear fellow directors.
As a few of you know i do a iot of management consulting for both public
and private organizations. My academic background of MBA and the fact
r=-, that I have opened and operated 16 successful businesses has resulted in
the expertise to do this work. My hourly rate is $250 per hour. I will give
you some thoughts based on my observations and charge you nothing.
About a year ago I was hired by a local board to make recommendations
that would result in a complete turnaround for an organization. The
company had been mismanaged for quite a while and there were
significant problems. After analyzing the financial records and talking to
many people in the company! made my recommendations which were:
1. Replace the President with new a person that has better humane
reiation skiiis.
2. Replace the financial officers immediately and have a complete audit
done.

3. Have someone within your ranks serve as a temporary CEO/President

for six months.
4 Develop a new mission statement that reflects current market trends
5 Focus on marketing as the most important part of you business
operations

6. Make sure that no one person is the only person in charge of an
activity.


The board could not understand number 6 and I explained to them that in
any organization there needs to be checks and balances. It's not a matter
of trust or the late of it's a matter of making sure that communications

take place and that things are done correctly. When only one person has a lot

of power it's a bad thing.

I am new to your organization but I have to tell you that as a management
consultant I would suggest the same six recommendation to this
organization. Sometimes a change in leadership and personnel is a good
thing. It is obvious that the ADCA needs new people with new
perspectives. It can be hard to do but sometimes you need change.
Incidentally ,the company I referred to above has since hired a new
president. He has replaced a few people. The sales and profits last year
were the best ever. They have asked me to be on a monthly retainer to
monitor their ongoing progress. I would love to but just don't have the
time. I am retired I think. Life is fun if you don't take things to seriously
isn't it.
Dick Gradwohl-Region three Director
Professor Emeritus Richard H. Gradwohl, MS, MBA
Founding Director:
International Miniature Cattle Breeders Society
Region 3 Director
American Dexter Cattle Association
25204 -156th Ave. S.E.
Covington, WA 98042
Phone: [phone]
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[jamshundred]

Commentary-opinion

Reading through the time line entries above and the emails. . . . . I wonder if anyone else feels the same way *I* did originally. ( And still do). It was orchestrated behind the scenes and some people involved were playing dirty. There had been a power struggle within this organization for years as told to me by the registrar that proceded Rosemary and that registrar gave me names of two people she said were constantly creating turmoil. There were those who felt Rosemary Fleharty had or took too much power and some of it was based in personality conflicts. There were factors in place at the time that offered a perfect opportunity for what took place, and one major factor was several new Directors that were also very new owners ( who were permitted to be Directors by special exception). The newbies were not aware of people, personalities, or history.

 On 2-22-04 Rosemary Fleharty, the registrar/secretary/treasurer for years received a phone call that she was under investigation by the police/FBI!   As I understood it at the time, ( and currently) Rosemary flipped out! ( I would too - wouldn't you?). She made the comment to the President of ADCA by phone that her job/life was "not worth it" and that she would resign from ADCA.   Rosemary never officially resigned. There are NO extant documents offering a registration.

 There was a police investigation and it encompassed her workplace at the University of Missouri.   Dirty pool folks.   I will also add that *I* did a lot of digging to identify the person who wrote the emails. Mericharmed was a member of, and posted on the NW Dexter yahoo group (as well as the DC2 Yahoo group).   This was a members only group. You had to have a membership to participate. (Posts relating to this incident were deleted). I made copies of all posts and all members and I cross-referenced clues from this board and other sources. I am confident I know the identity of Mericharmed and I am confident when I tell you it was NOT Rosemary Fleharty. The person who used the identity of Mericharmed permitted Rosemary Fleharty to be reported and investigated by the police without coming forward.

It would be interesting to know who was orchestrating what behind the scenes.  The Mericharmed email direct to Richard Gradwhol was dated 2-4-2004( according to the police report), but Director Gradwhol told the officer he received it "two days ago" which would have been 2-23 or 2-24.  If the date given in the police report is correct it was 18 days later that Gradwhol informed the ADCA Officers and BOD that he had received a threat.  Rosemary Fleharty was told by phone on 2-22-2004 that she was being investigated by the FBI and her reaction to this information and threat to resign from ADCA, and yet the police report states the complaint filed with police was on 2-25-2004, two days after the emails from Directors Potter and Gradwhol with involvement of Sandi Thomas to the Officers and Board proposing a restructuring of ADCA.  


Coming up next. . . . . . . the police report which includes the "threatening" email sent by Mericharmed to Director Richard Gradwhol which was turned over to the police, complaint filed.     I believe that various major players in this drama had different agendas with different visions of the end result.    Note the inconsistencies ( if not more accurately defined as untruths) in the police report.