Volcano
One of the “reasons” that I was in ethics trouble for months, prior to those last “interviews”, was because of a large dissemination cycle that I had orchestrated and run. On my comm-ev issue, there were many charges relating to this cycle, so, I’ll fill you in fairly briefly on what went down.
I had been off staff for about a year or so. My husband and I had set up and were running a Hubbard College of Admin in Sydney. I was also running a marketing business, and was a partner in a telecommunications business. We had scn’ists and non-scn’ists working for us.
I got a lead on an “opportunity” to use a potential advertising site in the centre of the city for dissemination. Stupid me took up the opportunity. The main benefactor for this project was a selectee of mine. To cut a very long story short (two years of much time and effort), we ended up with:
- an “exploding” fibreglass volcano (lights, smoke, etc)
- 30’wide x 20’ high, x 12’wide (from memory)
- With a 10’ x 10’ video screen on top (for advertising)
- on George St in Sydney (in the middle of the night life area in the CBD)
- with a 1.5 + 1.5 yr lease and option, including the right to sub-let.
We had initially been going for a 3 + 3 yr lease and option, but we changed this after our major benefactor was not able to secure funds that he thought he could, to fund the project. This was all understood and “agreed upon” by the then Marketing Exec Int Ronnie Miscavige, and the then ED ASI David Bloomberg.
There was a big outdoor opening planned, but we had a major storm that night. George St was flooding. We ended up having it inside. Nancy Cartright and an aussie singer/celeb Kate Ceberano, were there to do the opening. This night, a couple of senior ANZO Execs, and a couple of PR merchants from the field, were there taking all the kudos for the project being completed, and for the volcano being up and running. Dianetics was being advertised big time on the screen, and the volcano was drawing attention to it (we didn’t particularly like the look of the volcano btw, “not what the doctor ordered” actually, but we had no fall back on what was “delivered”
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Months went by, our benefactor had major problems liquidating funds (those he had at hand, were "spent on" or "reg’ed for" the “usual”). We had to get creative, and organised to sell advertising minutes on the screen. That was just a big “no no” by the org, and they promised a benefactor. We tried to sell them on the concept that the sale of these advertising minutes, would not only handle the rent for the next however many years, but also leave us with plenty more funds, for further advertising. But, no go! We bought the line that they had another benefactor, and got it in writing from the then Captain of the AO.
The new benefactor was not forthcoming. I ended up with an overdraught that was getting bigger and bigger every month. We kept getting promises, and assurances etc. We were certainly strung along, for too long.
Given that I had it in writing from MEI (Ronnie Miscavige), that it was OUR project, and that whatever period of time we could maintain it would be a plus as far as management was concerned - we went ahead and organised a buyer for the lease. We wanted out, and selling the lease would have cleared the debts, and put us way in front – money that we had pledged to further dissem. Good solution all round ya would think.
We put it in writing to the ANZO Execs (or at least my hubby did in "good old aussie fashion"), to those we felt we needed to inform. The letter quite simply stated that we had a buyer for the lease, that the org had not been forthcoming with funds as promised, that no way were we going to take up the option and extend the lease – as we simply didn’t have the money to fund it. Also that, we were already in debt over it, that the “promises” for funds had been going on too long, and that we were going to exercise our right to sell the option (lease for 1.5 years). He stated that in doing this, not only will the volcano debts be cleared, but also there would be remaining funds that we were pledging to further dissem projects.
Went down like a ton of bricks. The three of us - my hubby, my long term scn comrade and I, were called into the org. All the top brass in ANZO (11 of them) were sitting in the AO conference room, around the big board room table, and they got us in there one at a time. I can’t remember how long they had each of the boys in there, but I was in there for about two hours. These execs all took turns at beating me down, beating me into submission, putting me down, accusing me of crimes I didn’t commit, invalidating the crap out of me, etc ,etc, etc. They were trying to find out what I had “done”, what my “real” intentions were, and what I was "hiding" and kept on hammering the point (eleven against one – it was gruelling). I was numb at the end of it, and literally couldn’t open my mouth. Was in such apathy, I think I was nearly dead. When the boys and I were allowed to get together, and got together after these interviews (about 3am in the morning), we could hardly look at each other and it was at least 15 mins before any of us could utter a word. We finally discussed what had gone down, and it was the same for all of us. We were all “beaten”. Hard to explain in words how it felt.
They had given us the reality factor that we were to buy four intensives of sec checking each, or that we would be declared. That’s where my “months of ethics” started, prior to those three nights of "interviews" just before I left the CofS.
I'll wrap this up now, and tell you about my comm ev in another post. It wasn't a "biggie" for me (I had already ended cycle), but given my circumstances and what went down, it is indicative of how corrupt the "justice" within the CofS is - so will get back to you.
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, but I know what ya getting at, thanks 
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