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Removal Due to Letter(con't)
Aug.
31, 2005, letter to Chet Krause from ANA Executive Director Chris,
Cipoletti:
Dear Chet:
Bill Horton has asked me to respond to your August
4, 2005 letter to him. The ANA Board had an oppotunity to discuss your letter
and the concerns you expressed.
We certainly do not want you left with a negative
feeling about the fundraising campaign or the ANA. There was obviously confusion
about the naming rights associated with your gift to the building fund and, unfortunately,
naming opportunities and giving levels for those opportunities were not laid
out at the beginning of the fundraising campaign. That is something that we cannot
correct after the fact but it is an issue that we would greatly appreciate having
an opportunity to discuss with you.
Cliff Mishler and I did not discuss the details
of the naming in advance of the ceremony and I had not seen the banner that had
been created until it was unfurled. I'm sorry that I did not ask to see the banner
or clarify what was being named in honor of Ed Rochette prior to the ceremony.
Had we had a conversation along those lines prior to the ceremony, we might have
alleviated some of the issues that are now troubling you.
While we cannot undo what has occurred, Bill Horton
and I would like to speak with you about your concerns. We would be more than
willing to pay you a visit in Iola or arrange a conference call. Please let me
know if you are amenable to a visit or a call so that we can provide you with
the underlying analysis for the Board's decision and to see what we might be
able to do to respond to your concern that the campaign was prematurely cancelled.
I look forward to hearing from you and to seeing
you in the near future. Please feel free to call me at 719.482.9830.
Sincerely
Christopher Cipoletti
Executive Director
cc: Bill Horton
Sept.
6 fax to Chris Cipoletti from Chet Krause:
Dear
Chris:
Cliff
Mishler was in Omaha this weekend. I have not had occasion to let him
read your fax received Friday afternoon. I'll do so this morning and
no doubt one of us will respond later Tuesday.
At this point yours and Bill's travel to Iola seems to
be spending of time and money that could serve a better end. I am well aware
that Iola is not a convenient place to get to, further there is no time factor
to meet as water is already under the bridge. Our differences are more like repairing
the dike at New Orleans.
My travel is quite limited these days. The ANA in San
Francisco liked to kill me. Perhaps Cliff could arrange a meeting with you in
his travels, which still are much broader in scope than mine.
He and I have a very like mind on this subject matter,
thus when he speaks to this matter, he speaks for both of us.
Sincerely,
Chet Krause
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