Dan, I fully agree on Lana being way, way above the norm of
all the messengers I met when in the SO but then again the
ones I dealt with who were REAL and up the tone scale are
now indies, which makes a lot of sense.

Lana,
Just reading your story made me think that if I were on a meter my needle would be floating. Thank you for sharing your own truths with us. I am so happy for you 🙂

Wow, that’s a lot of church bs they spread around. He is in LA. I am not sure what he calls himself these days. There were no embezzled funds. There was “out 2D”. She was not Treasury Sec, she was in the Finance Office.

Speaking of Ivan who blew from AOLA, does anyone know where he is and what he is doing now? Is he an Indie or did he leave Scn completely? I heard he blew with embezzled funds from the org and with the Treas Sec, an out 2D as both were married to others at the time. Is this true? Or is it the COS black PR on him since he blew?

Yes, I agree! More “latent success stories”, please!

I am just over 60 too (but most say I don’t look a day over 59…). My career in the SO was over when I was 52 but I was already morphing into a curmudgeon! So, I know how it feels, I think, to be in shoes like yours. I’d like to hear from you too and wonder if we might be old friends.

Well OK. My story was harrowing enough — I’ve heard others that would rip your heart out — as I am sure you have as well. I need your contact data — not sure how that is done unless you can get my email address (needed to sign on to this blog) from Mike.

This will help many, many folks looking and a-wondering.

Greenonwhite

She was at PAC in the early 90’s, at least ’91 & ’92. She was there when Ivan blew AOLA.