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Ostromecki
Removal Due to Letter(con't)
Sept.
7 e-mail from Cliff Mishler to Chris Cipoletti with copies to all
ANA board members and Chet Krause:
Dear
Chris:
The
situation concerning the handling of ANA Museum naming rights, involving
the contribution made by the anonymous donor, Chet Krause and myself,
started out being a very disappointing development, as I indicated
to you and several board members during the course of individual conversations
at the San Francisco ANA, but as time has passed we have found it to
be very, very disgusting.
In the face of documented evidence to the contrary,
you and the board have elected to undercut us and Ed Rochette where museum naming
rights are concerned. While I acknowledge that $1 million was the figure that
was originally thrown out for "museum naming rights," those rights were offered
by you to another party for $500,000. There was no mention at that time, nor
subsequently in my presence, that the lesser amount would only qualify for "gallery
naming rights."
While there was certainly no specific discussion between
us concerning the qualification level our combined contributions would meet,
we are deeply disillusioned by the fact that following the unfurling of the banner
at headquarters on Saturday, July 2, you did not see fit to tap Chet or myself
on the shoulder and reveal that there was a misunderstanding at hand. To have
learned about it through third party e-mail communications, and the "Living Legacy" item
that had then been committed to publication in the August issue of Numismatist,
was a most unacceptable approach.
While I am certainly willing to sit down and discuss
this matter with you and Bill Horton, or any members of the board, I can tell
you that nothing you can do short of' naming the museum after Edward C. Rochette
will pacify us. You indicate you "cannot undo what has occurred," so what
is there to talk about? The matters of our feelings relative to the adverse influences
on the conduct of the fundraising campaign, wrought by you and the board, are
certainly water under the bridge, as Chet indicated in his Sept. 6 note to you.
We'll go on with our lives, and you and the others concerned
can go on with theirs. Life is too short to continue wrangling over these matters,
but I can assure you that our concerns and disgust will be with us for a long
time.
Sincerely
yours,
Clifford Mishler
Sept.
10 letter from Walter Ostromecki to Cliff Mishler in response to
e-mail:
Dear
Cliff
I
am in receipt of your E-mail/letter of 6 September 2005. I appreciate
your insights and comments regarding this situation regarding the ANA
Museum Gallery naming rights. You have provided this new Board member
with so vital information details pertaining to this issue that I had
no knowledge of.
I, too, am very very disgusted at the out
come. I have voiced my concerns during a Board conference call as so. The loss
of an $500,000 was most upsetting. Fundraising donations of that nature do not
grow on trees! I only wish there had been some written notes - a paper trail
- outlining the agreed points of the earlier conversations.
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