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Rosemary McDonald

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:26:07 +1200

Some of the larger Contracted Providers of disability support services do very well indeed.

Always an interesting exercise trawlng the Charities website...I fully recommend it.

One of the big 'charities' had an operating surplus of tens of millions in the same financial year that a resident was neglected to death...largely…

WaterDragon

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:59:04 +1200

Kevin raises the matter of salaries etc.Given the amount of funding that gets to disability organisations, I'm inclined to believe that the smaller organisations have very little room for bloat of any kind. Having been in there scrabbling for money to keep a smallish DPO afloat, and well aware of…

WaterDragon

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:44:53 +1200

Aah damn it Adrian (and Kevin): I suspect it's me being a technobunny. One can navigate to the conversation and copy the link at the top, but it probably does nothing beyond taking one to the Suffrage 125 page, not to the actual post. If there's an easy-ish way of…

Angela Hart

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:39:03 +1300

thanks for your post Wendi, I find anger can be a very useful emotion and there's a deal of it in this space, with good reason.

Angela Hart

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 23:36:09 +1300

And I found out this yesterday. Whois search of NZDSN finds the charity Spectrum Care (they run Homes of Choice). A quick glance at the compulsory Related Parties disclosures of Spectrum Care accounts on the Charities website shows their 7 General Mangers get paid an average of $165,525 per year.…

Adrian Coysh

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 11:43:32 +1300

Hi Wendi, I cannot find your Facebook post you referred to When the video feed went up on Facebook, I posted some of what I did not say do you have a link, or did they delete it?

Kevin McCready

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:48:13 +1300

Facebook, being what it is, I couldn't find your thread.

daleaway

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:38:49 +1300

Pleased to hear you will take up the MWA invitation, and only wish I could join you, Wendi WaterDragon. Best of luck.
Maybe other government departments could be in attendance? Or even organise their own sessions?

WaterDragon

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:24:42 +1300

And BTW Wendi and Waterdragon are one and the same: I was having a fit of creativity at the time when I created the login

WaterDragon

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 19:23:15 +1300

I have to say I could only wish it was only due to the organisers and it was the first time they'd ever heard of the issue. It's quite true, they do constitute a substantial part of the problem/solution. But they are only part of it, and focussing only on…

Rosemary McDonald

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:23:05 +1300

Hah!
Hands up those who have been asked by organisers of such events...

"What can we do to make sure you can participate fully?"

Thought so.

Great post Wendi, thanks.

daleaway

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:57:14 +1300

The problem lies with the organisers. Having been involved in past years with this type of event, I'm well aware of a brand of organiser who wants to use such occasions as a networking opportunity for their personal growth. And it's not just a Wellington thing.

I'm the mardy cow…

Moz

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:39:08 +1300

Yes. All I can say is "I'll keep trying to do better next time". I wasn't involved in the event(s) you were at, to be clear, but I appreciate the reminder.

Hilary Stace

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:25:50 +1300

Thanks for this Wendi

Public Address

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 21:25:50 +1300

Discussion from blog post.