Oops, I probably should have said this to start with: The position of President or Vice President in Scn is purely and strictly a PR position and has nothing to do with the day to day operations of the church, including CSI, etc.
For example when Heber was President of CSI, he would never ever ever give orders or instructions to staff relating to the running of any org. He was a spokesperson for the church and, from staff on the inside, a highly respected person.
We would not bow down or listen to his orders, but when he spoke, we liked to listen, out of respect, plus because he always had interesting stories to tell.
It is the same with the President of CC Int. She (or he) has NOTHING to do with the management of the org whatsoever. She is a PR facing person who represents Scn to non-Scnists.
Of course all of this is FAIL, but they fail to see that.
No "oops" required, Bea Kiddo.
I understand that "VP of CSI" is an '
in-name-only' &
feel-good-yet-oh-so-empty title.
But then, I wasn't sitting in the Zoning Board meeting in Georgia when Bob Adams introduced himself.
And those who
were sitting in that meeting didn't have benefit of ESMB members graciously-extended wisdom.
Not then, anyway.
Within Co$, the titles mean just what you've written above and in prior posts.
Outside of Co$, however, is where those titles have the capacity to unfairly mislead non-scientologists.
Every Co$ "spokesperson" unfairly relies on non-scientologists' use of non-scientologist definitions of terms & phrases.
Non-scientologists
are 'ignorant' of the vast majority of Co$-approved definitions/meanings for certain titles, words, phrases, etc.
But non-scientologists are learning.
"Disconnection" <---
that Co$ word is in the MSM & it looks like Lori Hodgson and Sara Goldberg and Leah Remini and more.
"Fair Game" <---
that Co$ phrase looks like middle-aged people with cameras strapped to their heads and John Sweeney and Tory Magoo and more.
2 simple examples of what's not
yet hit the MSM, but when it does...
"Ethics" <----It's not a place. Never has been, never will be. (Siri & GPS & Google Maps don't give coordinates = not a place. Easy-peasy.)
"Body Routing" <--- It's akin to the pouncing perfume-spritzer person stationed at the department store fragrance section...only stinkier.
"Bob Adams, Spokesperson", per the April 2014 website page posted earlier in this thread, is held out to all the world as
the person to contact about "betterment programs"
(*cough*) associated with Co$.
If the MSM want to learn about those programs, Bob Adams is the contact.
If the local Chamber of Commerce wants to learn about those programs, again, Bob Adams is the contact.
The MSM and anyone else who seeks to initiate contact with "Bob Adams, Spokesperson" has an
opportunity to learn about what kind of training a Co$ spokesperson undergoes if they look for it. <--- Thanks entirely to those Ex-scientologists who uploaded the policies to the internet and distributed those links far and wide.
In 2014, it's not just an 'opportunity', either. The 2014 standard-operating-procedure for a large majority of MSM outlets is to 'vet' any and all media contacts by identifying a contact's training, credentials, educational background, and more.
If a 2014 MSM outlet tries to 'vet' a Co$ "spokesperson", and in doing so, directly asks about what kind of training Co$ provides its "spokespersons", I sure hope that MSM outlet brings 3 video cameras, 3 boom microphones, and a satellite dish van with a running engine.
Because
that scenario? Yes, I'd very much like to see that video on YouTube. And
60 Minutes. And
Comedy Central. And here @ ESMB.
JB