From: Judith Tierney
To: Complaints@cmc.qld.gov.au
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:14 AM
Subject: Decision on a secret file from a voluntary organisation
A major life changing decision on a secret file from a voluntary
organisation
that uses my tax for huge concessions. This Mr Smart without any input
from us
believed the Catholic charity on a secret file that I was not allowed
to see.
Smart said I could get a copy through the F.I.O, if that is not guilt then you tell me what is.
This society has a constitution and RULE that states all members can
access any
financial documents - we tried along with many others but Cairns
society
administrator Maree Fell refuses VOLUNTEERS access to any file
involving money
and she is a paid staff worker, this society states it must not only be
run by
Volunteers but been seen as being run by Volunteers.
Maree Fell's colleague on the Gold Coast stole over $200,000 from the poor so it should be asked why a Paid staff member refuses requests from this Voluntary Organisation members.
As we all know why she refuses to show statements because a life long
society
member exposed to Michael McKeon that Maree Fell has stolen at least
$20,000
that is only what he knows.
It
is supposed to be A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION SO WHY ARE THEY USING
OUR TAX.
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil J Smart
To: jjls@bigpond.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 10:05 AM
Subject:
COM06 0379 - Complaint
To: Mr James Tierney C/- Ms Judith Tierney's email address of
jjls@bigpond.com
Dear Mr Tierney
I refer to your email dated 8 March 2007, in which you requested
clarification
on Vinnies Gym being closed based on an operational decision by St
Vincent De
Paul Society Queensland.
I wish to draw your attention to the advice provided by Ms Liliana
Pacey,
Manager, Complaints and Prevention Unit (CPU) in her letter date 30
January
2007 in which it was advised that to assist CPU in the assessment
process, St
Vincent De Paul Society Queensland provided, in good faith, a copy of
the
review report undertaken by an independent consultant on the
understanding that
this report not be given to anyone other than to the CPU complaints
officer and
senior departmental staff.
You may also recall that a recommendation has been made to St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland to consider forwarding you a copy of the report undertaken by the consultant.
This recommendation was based on the view that if you are provided with the report it may clarify St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland's decision to close Vinnies Gym based on operational and staffing issues which were identified in the report.
It
was also emphasised that this is a recommendation only as CPU
does not have the authority to ensure this action is taken.
CPU is of the view that providing you with detailed information from the report provided by St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland would be without the permission of the society.
It is suggested you contact St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland to request a copy of their report regarding Vinnies Gym as referred to in CPU's recommendation.
You may also wish to make a freedom of information request for a copy of the report which is held on departmental records.
This request can be forwarded to Administrative Law Coordination (Freedom of Information) Unit, Department of Communities, GPO Box 806, Brisbane QLD 4001.
It is the role of the
Administrative Law Coordination Unit to determine the information that
is able
to be provided.
If
you remain dissatisfied with the way the department has handled
your complaint, you may wish to contact the Queensland Ombudsman on
1800 068
908 or email to ombudsman@ombudsman.qld.gov.au
I
wish to confirm that your complaint, reference COM06 0379, in
relation to the closure of Vinnies Gym has been closed and no further
responses
to this complaint will be provided.
I
trust this advice is of assistance.
Phil Smart
Senior Complaints
Officer
Complaints and Prevention
Unit
Complaints Compliance
Investigations and
Misconduct Prevention
Branch
Department of Communities,
Disability
Services Queensland and Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander
Partnerships
Ph 3406 2617 (Extn 32617)
Michael John Reidy St Vincent de Paul official
From: Judith Tierney
To: Michael John Reidy
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 6:28 PM
Subject: Respond
Could you please let me know
if you have
received my correspondence to you
Bishop James Foley would
also like to
know if it is not too much trouble.
Jim Tierney
From: Michael
John Reidy mjreidy@bigpond.com
Date: Friday, 6 April 2007
10:01 AM
To: Judith
Tierney
Subject: Re: Respond
Your correspondence has
been received and filed.
MIck Reidy
St
Vincent de Paul Qld ceo Peter
Maher publicly stated it was a unanimous decision by all members of Qld
Society
State Council this copy clearly shows he is lying again,
IT
WAS NOT A UNAMINIOUS DECISION
AND THIS IS ABOUT TRYING TO RETREIVE $130 MILLION +++
GIVEN AWAY
ILLEGALLY TO Ozcare
This
Society has been trying to
hide this illegal action from generations of Queensland donators that
will be
appalled at the abuse [custodian behaviour] of their money.
SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
MICHAEL
.J. REIDY
Date. 02/06/05
Rockhampton
Diocesan President
10
Alexandra Close, Gladstone, QLD. 4680
Ph. 07
49784790
Fax. 07 4978 0616
Work 07 49766026
Mob. 0417
197728
Mr. Peter
Maher
Chief
Executive Officer
St.Vincent
De Paul Society
State
Council Queensland
I wish to re iterate the concerns I
expressed at State Council meeting June 28 regarding the
recent
directive given to our Solicitors to instigate legal action against
Ozcare by
way of a letter of demand, to hand back our previously owned and
operated
facilities.
As a member
of State Council Board, my understanding of the situation was that our
Solicitors had primarily been engaged to investigate the matter of
legal
implication, and requirements necessary to recover these facilities.
This would involve a process of
compiling, packaging, and analysing a wide range and scope of
historical
documentation which we organised for them.
It also
included meetings and consultation with The Catholic Bishops of
Queensland,
members of the National Council and other various parties etc.
Our
Solicitors were to then analyse this information and produce a Report
for State
Council, accompanied with a list of recommendations for our assessment
and
analysis.
When you
announced at our meeting that a letter of demand had already been
served, and
that we had received a response back from the Ozcare Solicitors,
I
immediately expressed my concerns that this had been a significant and
decisive
step, and that the full Council should have been informed and
furthermore
involved in the final decision of this action.
I then
asked who had authorised this action, and the answers from the floor
were given
that Council had previously agreed to a motion that we would engage our
Solicitors "to look into the matter of taking back the facilities from
Ozcare and to follow their recommendations as such"
As a director on this Board I
believe that I am expected to act within the roles of responsibility,
accountability, duty of care, and to act with due diligence.
We have now
been advised that a major action has been instigated which no doubt
will add
significant outcomes and ramifications to our organisation; for better
or for
worse. Neither myself nor (as I assume) other members of this Board,
have been
consulted with on this matter, nor were we issued with a copy of the
Solicitors
Report and briefings.
In
conclusion we did not get the opportunity to participate in a thorough
evaluation and debate to assist our Board to formulate an informed
decision on
such a major issue.
This recent
happening concerns me greatly, and as a result of this
I hereby
wish to officially place on the
record, this notice to State Council; based on the grounds that I have not been
kept updated and adequately informed on these matters, and that because
pertinent information had not been forwarded to me for my perusal prior
to this
decision
"I neither
agree with nor support this
action of a 'Letter of Demand' which was served against Ozcare."
Yours fraternally
Michael J Reidy
Tim O’Connor was the Qld St Vincent de Paul’s STATE
PRESIDENT that Judith Tierney and Jim Tierney made the conditions of
Jim
Tierney’s donation of all the equipment that made up the St Vincent de
Paul’s
Fitness and boxing facility called Vinnies Gym.
St Vincent de Paul’s ceo Peter Maher closed Vinnies
Gym to silence Jim Tierney after Jim Tierney informed Peter Maher of
all the
bullying and harassment going on within the society, and four witnessed
statutory declarations being sent to Prime Minister John Howard three
from the
sacked Vinnies Gym instructors and Jim Tierney’s sent after the closing
of
Vinnies Gym.
Judith Tierney sent an email to TIM asking him why
he did not come forward and confirm he had accepted the conditions with
my
donation.
From:
Judith Tierney [mailto:jjls@bigpond.com]
Sent: Monday, 16 April 2007 10:28 PM
To: O'CONNOR, Timothy
Subject: I will not go away till bullys of women are exposed
Nothing
to say
to me Timothy?
jjls@bigpond.com
Just having this copy of Tim’s email below who
was the former Qld St Vincent de Paul State President provides evidence
of how
devious, and dishonest these officials are, if you let them walk you
are as
dishonest as them.
From:
O'CONNOR, Timothy Timothy.O'connor@correctiveservices.qld.gov.au
Date:
Wednesday, 18 April 2007 6:31 PM
To:
Judith Tierney <jjls@bigpond.com>
Subject:
RE: I will not go away till bullys of women are exposed
HI
Judy
It
is not a case that I have nothing to
say but rather I have on involvement with the organisation or contact
with
anyone associated with that organisation
as
many of the people who have wronged
you and Jimmy have done the same to me and
I have no wish to have contact with them.
On
a personal level I am struggling
to cope with my youngest son who has significant mental health issues
including
severe depression and anxiety complicated by suffering from
Asperger
syndrome.
I
think that you know from your
past professional background how demanding that can be on a family and
trying
to hold down a job.
On
a personal level I injured back
at work and I now have a damaged back with ongoing pain and
I also
have a heart condition.
I
wish you and Jimmy well for the future.
regards
Tim
Bishop's
House
183 Abbott Street
Cairns
Qld 4870
15 March, 2006
Mrs
Judy Tierney
46
Oleander Street
HOLLOWW
A YS BEACH QLD 4870
Dear
Judy,
On
Monday, 6 March I meet with Gerry
McAuliffe Cairns Diocesan President of St Vincent de Paul's Society.
Gerry and the society hope to reach a satisfactory resolution with you concerning the gym equipment which is now in storage. Would you be willing to meet with Gerry and with
myself also present so that we can try to bring this to a conclusion which satisfies everybody and will bring a general satisfaction? Such a meeting would be to use the legal
terminology, without predigest. This means that various possibilities could be put on the
table and discussed in effort to find a way forward and looking at various possibilities
without binding either Gerry or yourself to any or every particular possibility canvassed.
Judy,
this does seam a fair way forward -
indeed the indelibly next step
and hopefully one
which
will satisfactory conclude what has been unhappy time - to say the
least for
all
involved.
If you are willing for the three of
us to meet, properly at my place is the best – neutral
territory.
Could you let us know the date and time which would be most convenient
to you
and we will try to work towards that.
Judy regards and best wishes to
yourself and Jimmy.
Yours
truly in Christ.
+ James Foley
BISHOP OF CAIRNS
Dictated by Bishop James
Foley,
typed and stamped in his absence.
Professional
Letter
Judy Tierney.doc.doc
P. O.
Box 625 Cairns Qld 4870.
Telephone (07) 4051 2071
Facsimile (07)
4031 4625
From:
jjls@bigpond.com
Date: 22 March 2006 18:05
To:
James
Foley bishop@cairns.catholic.org.au
Subject:
letter dated 15 March 2006
Letter
received.
I am
unable to make arrangements just yet as
I am attending medical appointments in Brisbane.
I
will be in contact as soon as possible.
Regards
Judy
Tierney
Judith
Tierney
46 Oleander Street
Holloways
Beach
16th May 2006
Dear Bishop Foley,
Yesterday I was told of a statement
made by Mr McAuliffe about me to a friend of mine. He said, “She thinks
she
(me) is so clever, going to the Bishop, who doesn’t care anyway, and to
the
police”.
I am now aware that I am anything
but clever; if I were I would have headed the warnings given to me when
I first
mentioned joining St Vincent de Paul.
I make no apology for contacting
you as the local head of the faith I followed, and as a person I felt I
could
freely speak with.
As for the police, I am Jim’s
official carer and where he goes I take him.
He was there after receiving advice
that it was the proper course to follow.
Considering these remarks, I know
that no productive outcome could be achieved by my meeting with Mr
McAuliffe.
I will not be attending the meeting
scheduled by your office for the 25th of this month.
I would have been very surprised
had this meeting gone as arranged, even without cancelling.
Procrastination seems to be the
preferred option in this whole affair.
Yours truly,
Judy Tierney
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“What
has transpired has transpired and
cannot be taken back, I suggest that it is time to move forward, no
good can
become of continuing on the present path.”
John Wiener St Vincent de Paul
Rockhampton diocesan president
Credibility John Wiener this
is the same man that watched his very very close friend Maree Fell
bully
Francine Kubanek, youth coordinator that was taking abused kids away on
weekend
camps that the OLD WARES & SALES was now going to finance you know
the same
thing that JUDITH collected cups and for things for your good lady wife
PAT.
Rhoda Wallace, depot manager that gave up WPH&S rep St Vincent de Paul pervert player of genitals Peter O’Shaunessy, and my BEAUITFUL WIFE JUDITH that got this dragon Maree Fell the job - but as well as JUDITH helping pretty SLIM youth coordinator Francine, she was drying up the internal antique trade that is still going on now as I write this to you.
So do not talk to me about credibility while you
watch all this money disappear from the poor bastards that it was
donated for,
ever.
Bishop Foley
contacted my wife again and promised McAuliffe would not be allowed to
go if Jude
would see him alone. Credibility
John Wiener?
She went
to see Bishop Foley alone - Bishop Foley asked where I wanted my
property
delivered too as he would meet all the transportation expenses.
“James”
Jude said, “They took his autographed boxing photos he lent to Vinnies
Gym for
the kids down off the walls with crow bars”.
“They
dismantled precision pin weight unit stacks that are not supposed to be
dismantled once they are assembled worth thousands of dollars each with
no
knowledge of how to dismantle this equipment”.
They
almost certainly are useless now, and besides it was not me that
donated and
erected Vinnies Gym it was Jim so should someone be talking to Jim.
Bishop
James FOLEY said McAuliffe is terrified to meet Jim.
Credibility John
Wiener?
Jude said that’s his
problem not mine I only came to tell you about Maher, McAuliffe and his
very
close friend Maree Fell’s behaviour.
So John I
went to see Bishop James Foley and spent two and a half hours with him.
He has again
informed me the equipment is still and remains mine he is willing to
have it
removed at his expense to Church property as I am the ONLY ONE THAT
KNOWS WHAT SHOULD BE THERE –
As well
as a HUGE AMOUNT OF OTHER CAIRNS RESIDENTS PROPERTY.
So what
does McAuliffe do - he wants me to sign another GAGGING or as
is
document - so tell McAuliffe I do not have the luxury or indeed want it
- to
sign for other peoples property that is most probably missing.
Like the
fully commercial kitchen and gadgets that the ALH group donated to the
GYM not
the society – the kitchen that Maher said he bought to Dean Lock.
Credibility
John Wiener?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
And because we can prove Maher and McAuliffe passed
on lies, Maher should not be allowed to use donated money for the poor
to keep
covering his lying arse.
We understand anyone that knows this and does not
appose it can be called as witnesses at a later date.
All official instructions to Society solicitors
THYNNE & MACARTNEY are just that, INSTRUCTIONS.
Because these instructions were given by Maher we
understand we are entitled to sue Maher and the Society.
So I will get all the publicity I have been denied.
But the best thing that came from this investigation
is because Maher used the title of ceo and THE RULE of the Society
recommends
this title is not appropriate for a Voluntary Organisation, he takes
all the
hits because it was his instructions
[as a INDIVIDUAL] that THYNNE & MACARTNEY
carried out and acted on even though it was technically via the
Society.
So with me telling you this and you being a member
of the society OFFICIALLY TOLD BY ME his legal defence fees cannot
come from donated money for the poor, that he thought he could use indefinitely.
I will
subpoena anyone that knows the
above.
He should now,
pay his legal fees
himself; simply because of the Constitution the Society has in place,
or should
follow to keep its tax concessions.
You see I told
Jude when she first got
involved with this sanctimonious pious group like maher McAuliffe Fell
McKeown
ect ect ect ect ect ect.
So it was no
surprise to me that the
society is not righteous and left behind years ago Fredric Ozanam
philosophies
regarding the poor as Bishop James Foley pointed out to me.
Credibility -
why does the society have
a policy to visit the needy and the sick yet Jude was left like a
leper.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Credibility
this is from
McAuliffe
Peter,
A
few points I consider I should contribute towards this debate:
Regards,
Jerry
McAuliffe
WHAT
CREDABILITY HAS THIS CREATURE?
From: Michael
John Reidy [mailto:mjreidy@bigpond.com] Credibility
John Wiener?
Sent: Thursday,
2 June 2005 9:26 PM
To: Peter Maher
Cc: 'Tim O'Connor (E-mail)'; Ron Beauchamp; 'Robert Leach
(E-mail)';
Peter Richards; Peter Maher ; Maurie Kelly; Kathryn Hester; 'Judy
Tierney
(E-mail)'; 'John Campbell (Qld) (E-mail)'; Jerry McAuliffe; Carmel
Dunn;
brian.moore@svdp-qld.org.au; Losa Guise
Subject: Ozcare
Peter,
Can you please accept this notice to be recorded at
State
Office.
Thanks,
Mick Reidy
SOCIETY
OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL
MICHAEL
.J. REIDY
Date.
02/06/05
Rockhampton
Diocesan President
10
Alexandra Close, Gladstone, QLD. 4680
Ph.
07 49784790
Fax. 07 4978 0616
Work
07 49766026
Mob.
0417 197728
Mr. Peter
Maher
Chief
Executive Officer
St.Vincent
De Paul Society
State
Council Queensland
I wish to re iterate the concerns I
expressed at State Council meeting June 28 regarding the
recent
directive given to our Solicitors to instigate legal action against
Ozcare by
way of a letter of demand, to hand back our previously owned and
operated
facilities.
As a member
of State Council Board, my understanding of the situation was that our
Solicitors had primarily been engaged to investigate the matter of
legal
implication, and requirements necessary to recover these facilities.
This would involve a process of compiling, packaging, and
analysing a
wide range and scope of historical documentation which we organised for
them.
It also included meetings and consultation with The Catholic
Bishops of
Queensland, members of the National Council and other various parties
etc.
Our Solicitors
were to then analyse this information and produce a Report for State
Council,
accompanied with a list of recommendations for our assessment and
analysis.
When you
announced at our meeting that a letter of demand had already been
served, and
that we had received a response back from the Ozcare Solicitors,
I
immediately expressed my concerns that this had been a significant and
decisive
step, and that the full Council should have been informed and
furthermore
involved in the final decision of this action.
I then
asked who had authorised this action, and the answers from the floor
were given
that Council had previously agreed to a motion that we would engage our
Solicitors "to look into the matter of taking back the facilities from
Ozcare and to follow their recommendations as such"
As a director on this Board I
believe that I am expected to act within the roles of responsibility,
accountability, duty of care, and to act with due diligence.
We have now
been advised that a major action has been instigated which no doubt
will add
significant outcomes and ramifications to our organisation; for better
or for
worse. Neither myself nor (as I assume) other members of this Board,
have been
consulted with on this matter, nor were we issued with a copy of the
Solicitors
Report and briefings.
In
conclusion we did not get the opportunity to participate in a thorough
evaluation and debate to assist our Board to formulate an informed
decision on
such a major issue.
This recent
happening concerns me greatly, and as a result of this
I hereby
wish to officially place on the
record, this notice to State Council;
based on
the grounds that I have not been kept updated and adequately informed
on these
matters, and that because pertinent information had not been forwarded
to me
for my perusal prior to this decision
"I neither
agree with nor support this
action of a 'Letter of Demand' which was served against Ozcare."
Yours
fraternally
Michael J
Reidy
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Judith
informing that other sanctimonious hypocrite in Western Australia
leader of the
OLD BOYS BRIGADE!
Judy
Tierney
46
Oleander Street
Holloways
Beach
Qld
4878
07
40550767
Dear
John,
I am writing to you after having exhausted all other avenues. Communication between Brisbane and Cairns is for some reason out of reach, well for me it is anyway. Could you please let me know if you received all the paper work Jim sent to you? As he explained to you he suffers from PTSD and I am his official carer and he really needs to know what you think of all he told you, in particular the Statutory Declarations.
He is especially concerned about the public allegations made about him by the CEO.
I have asked him (the CEO) who said it to him his continual reply is no comment.
I asked him if he would tell Bishop Foley, again he said no comment and what difference would it make, and who is he anyway!!!!
The Qld. State President Mike McKeown repeated this allegation to me, Jim has taken on the responsibility of several young boxers, both male and female, and needs to clear his name immediately as this can affect his professional license.
I
intend to ask Bishop Foley for his help when I see him on Friday.
Now
my reason for contacting you I assume that the Society as a whole and
not just
Queensland is looking to become involved with mental health issues.
You
in WA are light years ahead of any thing here.
I
was until recently a State Vice President, but resigned in disgust, I
am
however still a Society Conference member.
The
story included with this letter appeared in the Cairns Post late last
week. The
figures given have I believe, been arrived at through
a questioner that was sent out to Conferences.
The Conference to which I belong responded by saying we
felt it would be demeaning to those we were assisting, if we were to
guess
their mental state.
I personally have several qualifications in the area of mental health and would not be prepared to
make such a
judgement under the circumstances.
I
feel such guesses could be seen to be an invasion of ones life and that
the
Society would not have the right to make such assessment by unqualified
people.
We
all as you know have mannerisms that others may find strange or unusual
but
that usually does not mean we have a mental illness.
Apart
from what I have just said, the appearance and timing of this article I
found
very suspect.
By
which I mean it is only 2 weeks ago that the Cairns Diocesan Council
closed
Vinnies gym, which had many clients with mental health problems.
Several weeks before this closure I made a point of contacting the Diocesan President Jerry McAullife to ask if the gym was going to close, his answer was ‘absolutely not’.
Credibility
John Wiener?
I
explained that I would prefer it not close, but if it was too, could as
much
notice as possible be given so anyone with any type of mental
instability could
be pre warned.
I
explained that sudden changes to life can have a devastating effect on
such
people.
Without
exception the members of the Cairns Diocesan council have never made
any
attempt to visit or have involvement with the gym or gym members.
I have since the closure seen two of these people, one
has
been back to hospital and the other said he has had his medication
increased
twice in that short period of time.
A local Psychiatrist from the public health system was
recently
singing the praises of the gym, for his chronic schizophrenic patients.
Now I can only guess as to what is happening as no one
will
speak to me, but I do know that Gumba Gumba an indigenous group are
trying to
but together a business plan to be able to keep the gym open at its
present
address, until Feb. 2006 when the lease runs out, but for some reason
Mrs Fell
will not provide numbers they need.
This
would be of assistance to the Society as the owner intends to hold to
the lease
arrangements.
These arrangements were made between the Diocesan President and a member of the Aboriginal Elders, and all seemed to be going well until Mrs Fell returned from holidays.
This particular Elder told me he has attempted to contact Brisbane, the CEO who said the now infamous words that ‘life’s tough’ when asked about the mentally ill.
He
is right of course life is tough, but it is much tougher for some than
for
others.
He, (the Elder) is another one who no one will answer.
If
you happen to be speaking to any one from Brisbane you might like to
tell them,
that one of the very first young boys who started boxing at the gym,
taught by
Jim, on Saturday last he won a State title.
His
next goal is a National title.
He
was always happy to say he trained at Vinnies Gym and was an excellent
young
face to the Society.
To finish off, how do I answer people, local Council
members and business people when asked what is to happen to the
different
things they gave to the Gym not the Society?
These same people now know about the Statutory Declarations and the $130 million and wonder why a Charity with so much money says the can’t afford to keep a programme like the Gym open when it has such a good influence on so many.
Will
you please have a word with McAuliffe about the removal of the
equipment, as it
has become very personal between Jim, CEO Maher, McAuliffe and Fell.
Jim
says he is not putting up with much more of it.
I will try and resolve this with the Bishop but your help and intervention will I am sure save what little face the Society now holds here in Cairns.
I
look forward to hearing from you ASAP, as things are going from bad to
worse.
Yours
truly,
Judy
Tierney.
THIS IS ANOTHER
AUSTRALIAN MALE THAT CONDONES THE
BULLYING OF WOMEN NEVER EVEN ASWERED JUDE
Credibility
John Wiener?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
John Wiener let me ask you the following -
“you do not condone my
continued
threats to individuals” let me ask you something man to man if this was
your
wife Pat that was used up for ten years, had her faith deliberately
destroyed,
abused, harassed to the point of having a nervous breakdown what would
you do?
Your whole society is
ABOUT
INDIVIDUALS, you say you cannot do anything this is supposed to be a
VOLUNTARY
ORGANISATION SEEN TO BE RUN BY VOLUNTEERS, for tax concessions.
I can never be done for making threats as I never make threats [IN WRITING] I make only promises to certain individuals.
And
just for the record I keep my promises - always have - and I will do
this time.
I
could do bird standing on my head no one is going to want to rape or
fight me
that is another promise
You
do not attack individuals.
I
have asked Maher and your briefs to sue me on numerous times because
that is
the only way I will expose these bullys of
only
women and thieves what Maher is not aware unlike me I have spent my
life around
bent barristers / judges so every time he has lied to your briefs
[called
giving instructions] he is responsible
not the briefs as the law state they are ONLY following
instructions
HIS INSTRUCTIONS.
How
individual is that?
A
paid ceo with a corporate credit card running with my
tax a VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION.
So when he lied with his instructions to your briefs he is totally responsible and he
will never squirm away from his lying as a brief will drop him like a
hat by
the time I am finished with him and his lies.
AND JUST WHAT LAW JOHN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
DO YOU MEAN THE ONE FOR ONLY NON-CATHOLICS?
IS
THIS THE SAME LAW THAT males in that society stand by and do ABSOLUTELY
nothing
[yourself included] when they know ONLY
WOMEN WERE BULLIED TO THE POINT OF SUICIDE BY A LYING CORPORATE ceo and
officials
is that the law you are talking about John?
THE SAME
LAW THAT LETS corporate ceo Maher
makes false public statements about Mick Reidy being fully informed and
it
being a unanimous decision before
action being taken by the most corrupt, stupid group of briefs in
Australia
THYNNE
& MACARTNEY SOLICITORS FOR St
Vincent de Paul that LAW JOHN?
John
barrister friends of mine in Liverpool
have scrutinized the RULE and the CONSTITUTION of the society I wonder
have
you.
Just for
starters I have the below document in
the hands of my people waiting for my instructions they find it very
interesting as a ceo that should not be even allowed to use the title a
ceo in
a Voluntary Organization to use Jude’s and my tax telling bare faced
lies again
-
My
friends made several official written complaints from Liverpool to the
Government controlling body of the law Society here in Queensland.
Because
the law Society agreed that Maher [individual] and McAuliffe [individual]
exacerbate
my condition and caused Judy to have a nervous breakdown they advised
us that
we could primarily sue Maher and the Society separately.
The
reason the THYNNE & MACARTNEY solicitors get away with any
retribution is
simple - by law they only follow instructions it is not them that officially say
anything [IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL] to anyone it is Maher as he
instructed
the Society solicitors he told the
society’s briefs [DESPITE REQUEST] I REFUSED TO SHOW SOME INVISABLE MAN
MY PRO
BOXING LICENSE
From
society solicitors to my barristers --
Dear
Colleagues
Jim
Tierney – Vinnies Fitness Centre
We
act on behalf of St Vincent de Paul Society
The
Society is aware that your client claims to be a licensed boxing
trainer.
However, as your client has failed
(despite request)
to produce a copy of his license, the Society has not been able to
verify this
claim.
Your
client is not to be involved in the provision of any boxing training at
the
fitness centre until a current License has been sighted and appropriate
insurance coverage has been arranged.
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This
instruction came from Maher to THYNNE & MACARTNEY solicitors to my
barristers. So I was advised to write to your briefs.
I
REPLIED TO THYNNE & MACARTNEY SOLICITORS REGARDING
THEIR MALICIOUS STATEMENT. I have copies for you if
requested.
Dear
Mr.
I
would like to know by whom and when I was requested to show my
PROFESSIONAL
BOXING LICENSE.
From
the time the fitness centre opened which was well before maher was
employed by
the society, not at any time have I been asked to produce my
PROFESSIONAL
BOXING LICENSE.
Are
you aware that a PROFESSIONAL BOXING LICENSE IS A PRIVILEGE to have not
a
right?
If
asked, would anyone think a HOLDER OF A PROFESSIONAL BOXING LICENSE
would want
to hide it?
And
for your information it was I at a meeting with some of your clients
that made
them aware of the insurance needed.
TO
MORE IMPORTANT THINGS I want the name of the person that maher alleges
told him
I JAMES VICTOR TIERNEY KING HIT A CHILD.
The
same statement that the QLD State President (‘the society’) McKeown
said maher
had told him!
THEN
McKEOWN REPEATED THE SAME STATEMENT TO MY WIFE.
Any
one with an ounce of sense would know one of them is wrong.
HOW
DARE YOU PEOPLE SAY I DONATED A NUMBER OF ITEMS OF GYMNASIUM
EQUIPMENT are
you publicly saying you are now qualified to make statements of what
constitutes a fitness centre?
How dare you!!!
If
you are trying to INTIMIDATE me REGARDING the alleged INCIDENT THAT you
state
****OCCURRED ON JUNE 8TH 2005.
AS CLINT EASTWOOD SAID,
“GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY”
NOTHING
WILL PLEASE ME MORE THAN TO BE GIVEN A PUBLIC PLATFORM TO REPEAT WHAT I
SAID IN
FRONT OF MANY WITNESSES.
NOT
THAT IT WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, AS SOON IT WILL ALL BE IN THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN.
JAMES
VICTOR TIERNEY.
Still
no response - this is a ceo getting paid from money donated for the
poor John.
What
credibility has this
individual
John Wiener?
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And
because we can prove Maher and McAuliffe passed on lies, Maher is not
allowed
to use donated money for the poor to keep covering his lying arse.
We
understand anyone that knows this and does not appose it can be called
as
witnesses at a later date.
All
official instructions to Society solicitors THYNNE & MACARTNEY are
just
that, INSTRUCTIONS.
Because
these instructions were given by Maher we understand we are entitled to
sue
Maher and the Society.
But the
best thing that came from this investigation is because Maher used the
title of
ceo and THE RULE of the Society recommends this title is not
appropriate for a
Voluntary Organisation, he takes all the hits because it was his
instructions
[as a INDIVIDUAL] that THYNNE & MACARTNEY carried out and acted on
even
though it was technically via the Society.
He should now, pay his legal fees himself; simply
because of the Constitution the Society has in place, or should follow
to keep
its tax concessions.
You see I told Jude when she first got involved with
this sanctimonious pious group like maher McAuliffe Fell McKeown ect
ect ect
ect ect ect.
So it was no surprise to me that the society is not
righteous and left behind years ago Fredric Ozanam philosophies
regarding the
poor as Bishop James Foley pointed out to me.
Credibility - why does the society have a policy to
visit the needy and the sick yet Jude was left like a leper.
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So
John Wiener I will again ask you
–and I do remember you can just delete this email like all the other
males in
that society that condones women being bullied.
1- If it was stated publicly that YOU John Wiener KING HIT a CHILD by a PAID staff ceo Maher to deliberately jeopardise your ability to work with children would you be worried about credibility?
PAID
Maher
ceo told everyone that I KING HIT a CHILD in doing so - to
deliberately
jeopardise my ability to work with children -
2
-PAID
Maher ceo told everyone in Cairns he personally sent to me Registered
letters
banning me from the gym - the same gym that I donated, erected and
run
with no corporate salary for four years credibility?
I would have thought a ceo would have known you have to sign for registered letter credibility?
3 - I spent a lot of money building a boxing ring and weights for the gym in Ravenshoe.
Why you may ask because I have cared for disadvantaged kids all my life -
Les Smith
suckered me in again asking me would I set up a gym in Ravenshoe
because
the kids were using a derelict railway shed to box - and he was
scared
they may be killed using this shed all the time.
Jude
had $100,000 released by state
council to build a building on the society's land when it was
finished she
went with Marc King to Ravenshoe.
The
building was changed so much from
plans submitted to local council it was not passed. When asked why they
had
changed it their
reason given was
"We
are not having that pommie BASTARD coming up here telling us what to do"
of
course I never heard from Les Smith
again. Credibility?
The
people that stole this building from
the kids have a computer business so realised they could supply and
maintain
computers in the building set up for a gym so I lost more money with
this
society credibility?
4
- How
would John Wiener like being called an Aussie BASTARD living in
Liverpool
and spending huge amounts of money helping English kids credibility?
5
- How would John Wiener feel about credibility if every his
wife Pat Wiener went out the door she was pulled up getting called a
Catholic
thief and being screamed at "Give us our property back". While the
thief hides in the hills away from this behaviour credibility.
6
– What would John
Wiener think if a man [McKeown] professing to be a man of God and a
state
president borrowed a very valuable collectible book while getting
fed in
his home and was told it was part of his collection yet even after
telling the
police holy Joe still will not return my priceless book credibility.
7
- How would Pat
Wiener feel about credibility if she had to repeatedly tell
a
society paid staff WPH&S representative Peter O'Shaunessy to stop
playing
with his genitals and holding and rubbing his balls every time she
stood in
front of this creature?
When
Rhonda Wallace [depot manager] and
Jude followed the correct procedure and gave to Maree Fell -
official
documents of complaints she was to give to the police because [We
understand
this lewd act is a criminal act] Maree Fell did not do anything with
these
officials’ documents.
And
to make matters worse this creature
started rumours that Rhonda
Wallace
[depot manager] was a lesbian and should not be working for a Catholic
charity
- this rumour was helped along by Maree Fell bullying Rhonda Wallace to
submission and Rhonda resigned.
Rhonda
has this
all documented by WPH&S and Kerry Shine attorney general -
Rhonda
saved her sleeping tablets she got for the bullying then went and
bought a hose
to connect to her car to kill herself
credibility John.
How
would Pat Wiener feel about credibility
John if Maree Fell went around
and lied to all the women in the shops in Cairns stating Jude [IN
YOUR
CASE PAT] did not want to DO THE OLD WARES AND SALES anymore.
A
lie -
Maree
Fell then with her conspirator
McAuliffe called a store coordinators meeting were a unanimous decision
to stop
all the OLD WARES & SALES was
agreed.
When the ladies in attendance at that meeting found out
that Maree Fell and McAuliffe conspired to stop Jude doing this old
wares
business they came around to my home crying, one 84 year old lady was
sobbing
to me calling herself St Peter what ever that means.
John
answer me
this question if your wife PAT had this deliberate damage done to
her and
yes it was deliberate would you be worrying about credibility.
If McAuliffe was
and is still
continually making defamatory statements about
YOUR
MENTAL HEALTH to people he thinks will not repeat it to me would you be
concerned about credibility.
Now the real
reason for the [St
Vincent de Paul
desperately empty depot]
after the Cairns community found out about McAuliffe and Cairns
administrator
Maree Fell’s conspiracy, and bullying of women- Francine Kubanek –Judy
Tierney-
Rhonda Wallace ect ect-
Judy Tierney was
a very popular Diocesan president and even more popular Qld Vice
president.
When the lady
volunteers found out what the real McAuliffe and Maher and Fell were
like –
they did what any decent person would do they abandoned these evil
bastards.
Donators also
realise how these thieves operate because I have gone out of my way to
warn
people of them.
Having Peter O’Shaughnessy on the front page of the
Cairns
Sun did not help as this is the man that started the rumours that
Rhonda
Wallace was a lesbian and should not work for a Catholic charity.
This is also the same man that was told to stop
playing
with his genitals every time he stood in front of any woman.
Rhonda Wallace put in an official complaint to Cairns
administrator Maree fell after asking O’Shaughnessy to stop doing this
obscene
act in front of her
Judy Tierney also put in a official complaint about
O’Shaughnessy to Maree Fell after she asked him to stop playing with
his
genitals while she was seated in her car.
The women wonder if it has any thing to do with Peter
O’Shaughnessy being a St Vincent de Paul WPH&S representative.
They know this obscene act is unlawful.
Just see what the Gold Coast SVDP branch did with their
donated money for the poor.
St Vincent de Paul Society
Queensland president Michael McKeown resigned after the Witnessed Statutory Declarations
stating the
reason this charity closed their facility and their consistent bulling
was made
public. Credibility.
All these allegations have been reported to the QLD
police
minister and Qld police.
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Credibility
From:
jjls@bigpond.com
To:
<Vinnies@vinnies.org.au>
Sent:
30 September 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: contact
Could you please provide me with a direct e-mail address
for the National President John Meahan. It is most important I contact
him
today.
Thank you
Judy Tierney
07 40551767
NO RESPONSE FROM THE INVISABLE MAN IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
IN
CHARGE OF ALL AUSTRALIA GOD HELP THE POOR
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From:
jjls@bigpond.com
Date:
Wednesday,
5 September 2007 3:31 PM
To:
Chancery Mailbox <chancery@ado.syd.catholic.org.au> chancery@ado.syd.catholic.org.au
chancery@ado.syd.catholic.org.au
Subject:
Dr Michael
Casey
PRIVATE
SECRETARY TO
CARDINAL PELL
Dear Dr
Casey,
I have
forwarded to you
29 pages as an attachment so you can judge for your self the
seriousness of
this whole sordid affair that is still being played out by these
individuals
of the Qld society of St Vincent de Paul.
As all
this has already
given my wife a nervous breakdown I plead with you to put an end to my
wife's
misery.
Every time
she leaves
the house she is confronted by individuals asking where their property
is.
In their
haste to
silence me When McAuliffe and Peter Maher society ceo closed Vinnies
Gym they
removed property belonging to many people using Vinnies Gym.
Some of
these
individuals will use this behaviour to discredit the Church.
Bishop
James Foley has
given these society officials every opportunity to return all this
property back to the rightful owners.
[After our
two and a
half hours discussion where I informed him of the whole sordid
affair] at
the Church's expense to keep some form of control.
They just
treat him with
contempt so Dr Casey we are hoping with your input this whole thing can
be
resolved and my wife may be able to sleep in peace again.
Yours respectfully
Jim Tierney
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From:
Judith
Tierney <jjls@bigpond.com>
Date:
Monday,
24 September 2007 10:47 AM
To:
Chancery Mailbox <chancery@ado.syd.catholic.org.au>
Subject:
Dear (Dr)
Michael Casey
PRIVATE
SECRETARY TO CARDINAL PELL
Can you
give us any contact outside the Sydney Archdiocese that will help us
victims of
the officials of Qld St Vincent de Paul.
Or are we
to understand in our desperate need for support our Catholic
Church turned
her back on us?
Yours in
Christ
Mrs Tierney
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From: Judith
Tierney
[mailto:jjls@bigpond.com]
Sent:
Thursday, 11 May
2006 3:50 PM
To:
Shane Donovan
Subject: This is
urgent
I James Victor Tierney am demanding from THYNNE
& MACARTNEY solicitors, information regarding their deliberate false statement made about me (despite
request) on
23 august 2005.
This false statement they made about me failing (despite request) to produce a copy of my license,
I would like to know by whom
and when I was requested to show my professional boxing license.
Because I
James Victor Tierney and these individuals
both know that from the time the fitness centre opened which was well
before
Maher was employed by the society, not at any time have I been asked to
produce
my professional boxing license.
For the
relevant people that will be reading
this I do not expect to receive the information I am
requesting because like their employers St Vincent de Paul
ceo Maher
registered letters that he said he sent me they do not exist!
From:
Shane Donovan sdonovan@thymac.com.au
Date:
Wednesday, 17 May
2006 9:54 AM
To:
Judith Tierney
Subject: RE: This
is urgent
Dear Mr Tierney,
Our client
does not intend to
provide any of the "information" that you seek there being no
obligation to do so.
Nor does it
intend to correspond
with you any further in relation to the issues that you have raised.
We otherwise reject any suggestion that we have
deliberately
made false statements as you allege.
Yours
faithfully
Shane Donovan
Associate
T: +61 7 3231 8888 F: +61 7 3229 0855
THYNNE & MACARTNEY
Member of the Kennedy Strang Legal Group
Level 27, Comalco Place
12 Creek Street,
Brisbane
QLD 4000
www.thymac.com.au
Legal Services Commissioner John
Briton - I note particularly the
wording of their letter:
"However, as
your
client has failed (despite request) to produce a copy of his license, the Society has not
been
able to verify that claim".
On
my reading, these words that the St Vincent de Paul Society (the
Society) has made previous
requests to see Mr Tierney's license. I understand that in
making
this statement, Thynne & McCartney would have been acting on the
instructions of their clients, Society
ceo Peter Maher.
It may be in
your interests to consult
a legal
practitioner to determine whether you have any right of claim against
Thynne
& McCartney or any other party and the likely success of any
subsequent
claim.
I sympathise that the conduct of Thynne
& McCartney and their clients, the St Vincent de Paul Society, has
caused
you and your husband distress and affected your husband's health.
However I must act in accordance
with the powers given to me under the Legal Profession Act 2004.
Legal
Services
Commission
Our Ref:
LMS 71002779
20
July 2006
Mrs
J Tierney
46
Oleander Street
HOLLOWA
YS BEACH QLD 4878
Dear Mrs
Tierney
YOUR COMPLAINT DATED 14
JULY 2006 ABOUT THYNNE & MCCARTNEY SOLICITORS
I refer to
the Commission's previous letter to you dated 10 July 2006
and advise that I have now had the opportunity to consider your
complaint in
detail.
In
essence, your complaint is that Thynne & McCartney Solicitors
slandered and
made a false statement about your husband, Mr James Victor Tierney. You
have
stated that the actions of Thynne & McCartney caused you and your
husband
unnecessary stress and exacerbated Mr Tierney's mental health condition.
The
regulatory scheme under the Legal Profession Act 2004 ("Act") enables my office to
investigate complaints about legal practitioners "professional
misconduct" or "unsatisfactory professional conduct" as defined
in the Act. I have the power to consider taking disciplinary action
only where
conduct falls
within
either of these statutory descriptions.
As
you can appreciate, I have an obligation to make my decisions according
to the
provisions of the Act. The test that I must apply to determine whether
or not
to bring disciplinary charges is whether, on balance, there is a
reasonable
likelihood that a disciplinary body would find the solicitor guilty of
professional misconduct or unsatisfactory professional conduct.
I will deal
separately with each aspect of your complaint below.
Making False Statements
You
have asserted that Thynne & McCartney made a false statement about
Mr
Tierney in that they stated that Mr Tierney had previously been
requested to
provide a copy of his boxing trainer licence.
I note particularly the wording of their
letter:
"However, as
your
client has failed (despite request) to produce a copy of his license, the Society has not
been
able to verify that claim".
On
my reading, these words that the St Vincent de Paul Society (the
Society) has made previous
requests to see Mr Tierney's
license. I understand that in making this statement, Thynne &
McCartney
would have been acting on the instructions of their clients,
the Society. The
role of a legal practitioner is to advise theirs clients and, within
the
boundaries of professional conduct rules and standards, act on their
clients
instructions. As Thynne & McCacartney do not act for you, at law, I
am not
able to compel them to provide evidence of their clients instructors or
advise. I appreciate Mr Tierney’s circumstances
and respect his opinion that the statement was intentionally false.
Slander
The
Act does not allow me to make determinations as to whether a party is
guilty of
slander. That issue must be dealt with by a court of appropriate
jurisdiction
and I must work within the powers given to me under the Act.
It may be in
your interests to consult
a legal practitioner
to determine whether you have any right of claim against Thynne &
McCartney
or any other party and the likely success of any subsequent claim.
Additional
Matters
I
also note that your complaint raises concerns regarding Thynne &
McCartney's failure to provide clarification or explanation as
requested.
As
I have highlighted above, Thynne & McCartney must comply with their clients' instructions,
within the boundaries of professional conduct rules and standards. As
such,
Thynne & McCartney cannot provide responses to your requests for
clarification or explanation unless so
instructed by their clients.
I sympathise that the conduct of Thynne &
McCartney and their
clients, the St Vincent de Paul Society, has caused you and your
husband
distress and affected your husband's health. However I must act in
accordance
with the powers given to me under the Legal Profession Act 2004.
Yours
sincerely
John Briton
Legal
services commissioner
The
Society
being a Voluntary Organisation by
their Constitution & RULE for TAX
purposes must always be
controlled by voluntary people.
This
is a St
Vincent de Paul highly paid ceo
telling me a volunteer and chairperson of the St Vincent de Paul
"Vinnies
Gym" special works that donated all the equipment with specific
conditions
to Qld St Vincent de Paul State president Timothy
O’Connor.
Set
it up alone, and run for four years.
This
Qld society
ceo lied and defamed me stating he had sent a
registered letter to me banning me the gym
because I king hit a child.
No such letter ever arrived at my address.
When this so-called ceo realised he could not bully
me he had to cover his lies and this was the letter he used.
Indeed I also blew the whistle on St
Vincent de Paul officials to the Prime Minister John Howard. Also to
Qld Work
Place Health & Safety not that they responded.
From:
Peter Maher
peter.maher@svdp-qld.org.au
Date:
Tuesday, 2 August 2005 6:40 PM
To:
Judy Tierney (E-mail).jjls@bigpond.com
Cc:
'Jerry McAuliffe' fnq.pres.dc@svdp-qld.org.au.
Subject:
Your
current involvement with SVDP Cairns Gym
Jim
Following
advice from you and Judy that you did not receive my correspondence of
10th
June, I understand that your involvement with the Gym has continued as
normal.
I
have spoken to Michael McKeown, the state president and Jerry
McAuliffe, Cairns
Diocesan President about the original request in the letter dated 10th
June
that you refrain from visiting the gym. Given that you have continued
your
involvement in the gym and that the independent review currently
undertaken by
Paul Hogan is keen to focus on exactly how things are currently
operating, the
society is happy for you at this stage to continue in your voluntary
capacity
at the gym.
I look forward to
positive outcomes from the review for all concerned
and would appreciate your full cooperation to ensure that worthwhile
recommendations are forthcoming.
Peter
Peter
L Maher Chief Executive Officer
St Vincent de Paul Society
Queensland
10
Merivale Street South Brisbane
QLD
4101 PO Box 3351
Ph:
073010 1000
Fax:
0730101099
Mobile: 0400200 309 Email:petermaher@svdp-qld.org.au
THE LAW OFFICE
P.O. Box 1927, CAIRNS 4870
1ST
FLOOR, 91-93 GRAFTON STREET, CAIRNS,
1ST
FLOOR, 91-93 GRAFTON STREET, CAIRNS,
QUEENSLAND,
AUSTRALIA
TEL: 0740314555 FAX: 0740314384
E:-M1AIL:
lagois@lamaro.com.au
A.B.N.
94 540 511 271
OUR
REF. JEM:
KJN:71721
YOUR
REF.
5
September 2005
Mr & Mrs Tierney
46 Oleander Street
HOLLOWAYS BEACH
QLD
4878
Dear
Sir/Madam,
re:
DEFAMATION
- VINNY'S GYM CAIRNS
We
refer to the
above matter and now enclose copy of
letter from Thynne & McCartney for your attention.
Upon
receipt of
this correspondence, would you please contact our office to make an
appointment
with Mr Magoffin to discuss this letter.
Yours
faithfully
THE LAW OFFICE
JOHN MAGOFFIN
PARTNERS
-
ANTHONY LAGOIS * JOHN MAGOFFIN
The spirit of poverty requires that the Society does
not encumber itself with ownership of property unless it is proven to
be
necessary to the work. It does not expend funds on real estate as a
capital
investment and prefers to lease rather than purchase where economically
viable.
The legal signatories of the Society are either
trustees or members of incorporated bodies representing the national or
their
respective state councils. They must be members of those councils and
act only
with the approval of the council concerned.
64
.Accordingly
all
proposals to acquire property or enter into contracts in the name of
the
Society must be submitted through regional and diocesan councils if
applicable,
for the consideration of state council. It is incumbent on state
councils to
investigate all such proposals in relation to the need for such a work,
suitability of site, design of building and capacity to pay. There is
no
Society rule which prevents state councils from borrowing but it is
expected
that arrangements for repayment will take into account funds normally
required
by conferences and other special works.
Members
are
warned that unauthorised signing of contracts or other financial
arrangements
would render them personally liable for payment.
National
Council
Decision, 1981.
LOAN
INTEREST
No
interest is to be charged on loans
within the Society.
National
Council
Decision, November, 1984. .
FINANCIAL
YEAR
The
Society financial year will be
from July 1st to June 30th.
National
Council
Decision, November, 1985.
NEW
VENTURES
When
a state
council intends going into a new venture of a major or unusual nature
the
proposal is to be presented to the national council for information and
advice
before commitment. .
National
Council
Decision, January, 1988.
65
- I
DECISIONS
OF
NATIONAL COUNCIL
EMPLOYEES
AS OFFICE BEARERS
Members
who are
employed by the Society cannot occupy the offices of president,
vice-president,
treasurer or be a member of the council, conference or committee
responsible
for their employment, or of a council at a related higher level. They
may be an
employee of one regional council and a member of another but to be a
member of
the same council or the diocesan or state council to which it is
attached, places
them in a privileged position as an employee which in some
circumstances would
give the impression of being both employer and employee.
National
Council
Decision, September, 1977.
CHURCH
OR CIVIL
HONOURS
The
acceptance
of honours by members for Church or charitable activity is a personal
decision.
However, in furtherance of a spirit of humility which has always been a
feature
of the Vincentian vocation, members should not recommend other members
for
public recognition in this way. National Council Decision, March, 1978.
PROCEDURES
FOR OVERSEAS VISITS BY
SOCIETY
MEMBERS
(a)
Private
Visits .
Many
members in
the course of overseas holidays or business trips wish to contact their
twinned
conferences. This is to be encouraged. In making such visits, Society
members
must ensure that they do not use Society members as cheap tour guides. .
Members
making
such visits are asked to advise the national council, through their
state
council, of their intention of making such a visit. In this way the
national
council in the country being visited can be made aware of the proposed
visit.
This saves any embarrassment to the visitor or Society members in the
country
being visited and facilitates the
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making
of
arrangements by the Society in the country being visited.
Members
should
never make any such visit without previously making arrangements with
the
Society in the area being visited.
(b)
Society
Visits
The
following
procedures are set out not to prevent or discourage visits but to get
maximum
benefit out of them with a minimum amount of effort from Society
members
O\Ief'S8aS.
1.
Before plans
for a visit are made the national council must be informed. This is to
be done
through the appropriate channels and when a council passes on the
inforrr1ation
to its next council it should add its comPleOIs and recommendations
about the
proposed visit.
2.
The national
council will contact the national counci
the
country
to be
visited and seek approval for and advice about the visit
(alternatively, a
national council of a '1ned country may
contact the national council of Austrd.la. wvith an invitation to a
Society
member to visit that C()Ur\ilJ ,
3.
On receiving
the response from overseas, tt'e "IaOOna1 council will advise the
council
concerned It.''-::;..:g !he appropriate
state council) and arrangements D- ;;"'e .isit can then be made. The
national counci' s"'ou.u be informed of final arrangements made.
4.
All visitors
should have a personal briet'<lg
..'leir national or state overseas committee before oeoa:- "6..
5.
Any council
can delegate this responsiU ":;:J JJ <rei'
overseas
committeelrepresentative, who
s=- :)8
informed
of any plans for overseas
visits.
National
Council
Decision, October, 1979.
USE
OF SOCIETY
FUNDS FOR OVERSEAS '."15fiS
1.
No funds can
be committed by the 1. 'Or
:J'B"SeaS
travel
without the prior approval of
the 'E :BE
council.
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