A lot of scientologists remember Guillaume Lesevre, though the COB has done his best to ensure he is forgotten. Guillaume is the "Executive Director International" or ED Int. This is the position L. Ron Hubbard specifically created to "wear my hat" running scientology. In fact, Hubbard did an analysis of his inability to "turn over his hat" and wrote a policy about it which created this position. Guillaume has been the "ED Int" since the early 80's. I had the job of filling this position on direct orders of Hubbard and scoured the globe for the best executive -- Guillaume had … [Read more...]
Old Scientology Allies — the LAPD
Here they go again. The LAPD has a long history of cozying up to scientology. Wonder why they didn't say this was IN THE PARKING LOT OF LA ORG? They just list it at the bottom as one of the sponsors. But you have to love the copyright notice "protecting" the Dianetics symbol and "scientology cross" that do not even appear on the piece... … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Follies
OK, here is the question that this poster poses: If the ideal org is SO important, why are two FORMER Executive Directors NOT ON STAFF? Why are they FORMER at all? It was NOT in fact the most rewarding job in the entire universe (according to the recruitment promo they routinely send out). What's the message here? Hand over a few thousand and it gives you a free pass on the ideal org front? And meanwhile, who can forget the stories of the OT VIIIs being strong-armed into "leading their ideal orgs?" … [Read more...]
Valley OTC Minutes (Seconds?)
MINUTES VALLEY ORG OT COMMITTEE MEETING July 11, 2017 Note: The minutes are for the sole use of Valley OTC members. All members receive a copy. Please do not forward the minutes to anyone else for any reason. ATTENDEES: Kathy Welch, Diane Temps, Jennifer Jacobson, Karen Brown, Mark Anderson, Vered Ziv, Dali Bahat, Bob Welch, Heelah Cohen, George Goodrich, Lynda Hubbard, Mary Lee Krackow, Patty Riemer, Lisa Benest, Lisa London, Lilach Yaary, Nola Aronson, Colleen Bigler, Rochelle Goodrich, Maryann O’Donnell Kathy Welch – opened the meeting and reviewed last week stats. A … [Read more...]
Valley OTC Minutes
Some recent notes from the Valley Ideal Org OT Committee. A few things of note (and there is a lot more to be gleaned from these notes): They have stopped including stats They have the same old same old people attending their meetings it would appear the opening of the new "ideal org" changed nothing. They are back to working on "CF" and collecting money for other ideal orgs The stats at the bottom of this posting show that for AN ENTIRE YEAR Valley org had 6 new public start on service and $208,000 in VSD (less than one intensive of auditing a week) - for this they invested … [Read more...]
Austin Org
One of our regular readers stopped by the Austin Org yesterday, since he was town for the day. Here is his report: There was an unstaffed table out front under their awning (their façade is back a few feet from the street), with some free movie tickets, free personality tickets, and brochures sitting under rocks so they wouldn’t blow away. They looked like they had been there awhile, a bit wrinkled. There were a couple of older posters in the windows, one for OCA. I spoke with Barbara McFadyen who has been in for decades. She is apparently an OT VIII who appears to … [Read more...]
Ideal Org News
Remember all the promotion that "Tampa is going double St Hill size"? They pushed this heavily for a LONG time. Well, apparently they are going backwards -- they are not even SINGLE St Hill size... Still need 38 more staff. This is one of the very first ideal orgs. They have a staff composed mostly of Flag public family members. A lot of the public they service are the rejects that Flag will not allow in their buildings and the children of Flag public. Q: If Tampa Org cannot make it to St Hill size after 12+ years, in a massive building in the ONLY area of Tampa that has … [Read more...]
Fundraising, scientology-style
There is supposedly an old saying "if it isn't fun, it isn't scientology." Today, it's "If it isn't fundraising, it isn't scientology." Here is a frank, somewhat incredible email sent out to try and shame people into giving money for the Ventura ideal org. This effort is denominated a "war" and you are thus expected to sacrifice for the cause. The problem is that there is not a shred of evidence that the sacrifices people make for these "ideal orgs" changes a damned thing. Just for fun, yesterday evening I drove past the new Valley ideal org. It was 6:50pm. This is the … [Read more...]
What Does an Ideal Org Mean?
Well, here is a new promo piece about Ideal Orgs and there is no mention of anything related to scientology. No mention of auditors made. Releases. Clears. No mention of helping people off drugs. Or doing anything. Just collecting money! Remember -- this org IS NOT MOVING. THEY ARE STAYING IN THE SAME BUILDING. So, what are they waiting for? It would seem their plan is to begin "Clearing Austin" after they collect another 7 million and then finish "renovating" their existing building. Nothing like "having to have before you can do" which has become the mantra of scientology, … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Fail Chapter 327
13 years of massive international expansion" generated by the "ideal org program" has not seen the orgs in these cities make it to ideal Battle Creek* Boston Detroit* Columbus Chicago* Long Island Philadelphia* Orlando Puerto Rico New Haven* And not a SINGLE org in the entirety of the Eastern Unites States has achieved the size of "old St Hill" (which by definition is the "make-break" point -- below which orgs are unviable and staff are not paid well according to LRH). This includes the "ideal orgs" in NYC, Washington DC, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Atlanta and Miami (Tampa is part of Flag … [Read more...]