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Is there any information about what criteria was applied and by whom to select these people? Maybe the community volunteers who do the heavy volunteer lifting to keep our community alive would like to know why their expertise and volunteer contributions aren’t worthy of whoever selected this board?
It's wonderful that Estonians who may have been estranged from our community are reengaged and that people who have a connection to the Estonian community through family have found a place. We are grateful for the contribution of older leaders. May they continue doing the work that they are good at. New project, new people, new ideas.
Simple answer to the above question: The members of the new Board step up and take pragmatic action on behalf of our community instead of living in fantasy or endlessly criticizing from the sidelines.
It’s rather arrogant to marginalize the volunteer work of those who give their time to our youth in scouting and guides (not the Johnny-come-latelies), camps and schools. Comparing most (not all) of these new board members against real community volunteers is not just tone deaf, but insulting to those who keep our community alive.
Spin it anyway you like but, something is amiss with the International
Estonian Centre. It started with a huge PROBLEM. The IEC needed and
applied for OFFICIAL CHARITY STATUS in order to be able to provide
charitable tax receipts to potential donors. Despite their endless
updates touting everything being so wonderful, the IEC conveniently
failed to notify the shareholders/community that the government denied
their charitable application. Thus, the IEC steering committee began the
hunt for an esto organization with charity status that they could easily
take over. They targeted the Estonian Arts Centre, pushing aside
protocol at a hastily called EAC meeting and manipulated a hostile
takeover of the Estonian Arts Centre. They eliminated all memberships
and made the Estonian House the sole member of EAC. Now they've
APPOINTED all new board members for the EAC. Unethical and dishonest but
TRUE.
Estonian Centre. It started with a huge PROBLEM. The IEC needed and
applied for OFFICIAL CHARITY STATUS in order to be able to provide
charitable tax receipts to potential donors. Despite their endless
updates touting everything being so wonderful, the IEC conveniently
failed to notify the shareholders/community that the government denied
their charitable application. Thus, the IEC steering committee began the
hunt for an esto organization with charity status that they could easily
take over. They targeted the Estonian Arts Centre, pushing aside
protocol at a hastily called EAC meeting and manipulated a hostile
takeover of the Estonian Arts Centre. They eliminated all memberships
and made the Estonian House the sole member of EAC. Now they've
APPOINTED all new board members for the EAC. Unethical and dishonest but
TRUE.
Factually, the Estonian Arts Centre was an inactive charity. There had been no activity for the past number of years. You could count the dues paying members on the fingers of one hand, and perhaps add a few fingers of the second hand. It's good that it has a new useful life. Estonians are a practical people, and the "take over" is a manifestation of this.
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