Ajailyn Morrivinna
Aes Sedai
- Moderator
- #61
I understand and respect that, thank you for taking note of my request.
I would have expected RAFO
More seriously, thanks for those informations, Hammar and Mother :bow
I personally feel that this theft needs to be prosecuted. I am not sure about my legal rights as a member if the board does not act in a manner I am happy with, but if prosecution does not happen, this doesn't go on his record anywhere. Background checks won't show this.. I honestly don't think he should not have this someplace. A police record needs to be filed even if the Board does not decide to press charges on behalf of the site.
This action is a serious and grave action. And while yes we consider ourselves family and close friends, and many feel that this is what he stole from, he stole a great amount of money that he was in trusted to handle for us. I personally feel that with at least a police report, or something this would show on any background report and allows employers and other creditors the right to make choices based on full disclosure of his past actions.
RAFO is a registered trademark of Bandersnatch Group, Inc. For me to use it without permission would incur toh.
I completely agree with Ajailyn for this reason (which I believe is incredibly significant):
So, for what it's worth, as a member of this community, I request that TarValon.net take legal action against Riley that will be made known to the board that issued Riley's license as a Mental Health Counselor. I would prefer prosecution, but I personally will consider any type of legal action that is made known to his board in a timely manner to be sufficient.
I get what you're all saying. I really do. I get that you're afraid that Riley's future actions will hurt someone else as much as we've been hurt, and we all want to avoid that happening. However, the legal counsel and the administration have said they're working on things. I think we should all let them do that and stay out of it. If, and this is a big if, in the future we find we want to individually do something different or in addition to the Tower, we can worry about it then. It doesn't do us, Hammar, Viv, or the rest of the administration to fret over things that very well may never happen. Just have faith and try to be patient.
Now, if you can't comment, that's fine. But I was wondering if the RJ memorial scholarship funds we've been giving out are gone as well.
I get what you're all saying. I really do. I get that you're afraid that Riley's future actions will hurt someone else as much as we've been hurt, and we all want to avoid that happening. However, the legal counsel and the administration have said they're working on things. I think we should all let them do that and stay out of it. If, and this is a big if, in the future we find we want to individually do something different or in addition to the Tower, we can worry about it then. It doesn't do us, Hammar, Viv, or the rest of the administration to fret over things that very well may never happen. Just have faith and try to be patient.
Eli's post suggests that there may be a desire among certain elements of the community to take individual action. I urge in the strongest possible terms that this not occur. The reasons are manifold.
When things like this occur, the impulse to take action is often very strong. That is not a character flaw. Whether it's a sense of justice, a desire to preserve others from harm, or the need to know that Something Is Being Done About This, or some other motivation, usually it boils down to a simple truth: good people don't like it when bad things happen. We want the good guy to win, evil to be punished, and Timmy to be rescued from the well.
That impulse makes humanity great. Its existence permits a world worth building for our children. However it must be channeled properly.
Legal action, by which I mean anything from filing a civil lawsuit, or reporting this to law enforcement, or alerting the licensing board, or all manner of other avenues requires facts. Right now the community has enough facts to know that Bad Things Happened and not enough facts to be of much help in a legal proceeding. The Board is much better informed and that difference in knowledge is enough to hamper, perhaps fatally, any attempt to bring about the kind of result you want. Every plausible route to justice, or preservation from harm, or any other positive outcome must be rooted in the evidence that the Leadership has marshaled. The Leadership has a fuller picture of the scope, manner, and methods of Riley's activities. This knowledge, which is known in full only by the Leadership, must be evaluated in its totality in the context of several legal issues at play.
"Let's go tell somebody" is very appealing because it seems justified, feasible, and blessedly simple. That appeal is deceptive. Please accept my assurances that while the Board may, may not, or may already have taken such actions, the Board's path will be that which brings about the best overall result allowed by the circumstances. When that path can be revealed, it will be.
I for one like that Ajailyn and Kitan brought forth their comments, and feel satisfied with Hammar's responses.
I for one like that Ajailyn and Kitan brought forth their comments, and feel satisfied with Hammar's responses.
I for one like that Ajailyn and Kitan brought forth their comments, and feel satisfied with Hammar's responses.