Romeo (Phil)
You may have missed my point.
If, as I think, someone close to the Chairman pulled the plug and he let events take their course and then Bill put out a statement...... that is one thing. This I believe is the most likely scenario and one that could be understood.
However if the Chairman himself instructed an underling to pull the plug, and then refused to go public on this and did not see fit to contact the volunteers to explain the decision and then stood by, whilst Bill tried to explain away the decision.....then that is an entirely different thing.
In these circumstances it could indicate someone that was not prepared to stand behind their decision, someone who had no regard for the work of the volunteers and someone who was prepared to hide behind others..............would anyone in a leadership position with any sense of responsibility do this? I doubt it, as it would be tantamount to showing their total unsuitability for leadership and be unbelievably naive. It would almost be a resigning matter!
I repeat that I cannot believe that this is what happened and that is why nobody should throw around accusations without being entirely sure of their facts. In the circumstances let us give the Chairman the benefit of the doubt and assume scenario one.