The recent information from WUS resulted in one of our Special Correspondents forwarding this report about the EUS OT Committees to me.
It doesn’t have stat grids, but what is lacks in numbers it more than makes up for with hype.
Some poor soul compiled this information to forward to “Int Management” (there is no such thing — there is no WDC. No Exec Strata. No ED Int. No Snr C/S Int. Warren MsShane testified recently that Heber is “President CSI though he is “semi-retired”). Trying to make themselves look as good as humanly possible, this report in a combination of inflated or made up bs and a LOT of omissions. It’s harder to spot that they do not talk about how many people they got on the Bridge but instead talk about the number of WTH handed out…. but if you have this in mind when you read these summaries of QUARTERLY activities, it is starkly clear.
I have highlighted a few of the most interesting things in red. Not a single one of these reports gives the impression of a flourishing org. In fact, for the most part they are pathetically sad. Their reports covering the activities for an entire quarter focus in many cases on a single individual who got onto services, or people who were “revitalized and planning on starting” or “pledges” for the ideal orgs.
Perhaps the most noticeable thing is that there is more information contained in these reports about WISE, WTH, Criminon, Youth For Human Rights and other “4d campaigns” than there is about selling books or getting people onto services in an org. The “OT Committees” are avoiding the orgs themsleves or “clearing the planet.”
I think I am probably doing these people a big favor. The paranoia about the leaks of this information will be red alert level. Likely they will be forbidden to compile this information any longer for fear of it “leaking” so these poor sods will be spared the nightmare of having to report on the sad state of affairs in their area.
I have also made some editorial comments in square brackets where it seemed appropriate.
Frankly, I think this report is the most telling indictment of the state of Corporate Scientology that has ever been published. The overall picture is gloom and doom glossed over with attempted hype and “uptoneness” which fails miserably. This is a snapshot of abject failure.
I have analogized corporate Scientology to the Titanic a few times, and I must say, it seems especially appropriate after reading this.
Captain Miscavige’s ship of fools is sinking fast.
Eastern United States OT Committees
2013 December Quarterly Report
“The Eagles”
ATLANTA OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
The Atlanta OT Committee has continued their focus on creating the Ideal Org and finishing up the fundraising for renovations. The Atlanta OT Committee has gone into over drive with doubling its active OT Committee Members.
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The OT Committee had highest ever promotional outflow to the Atlanta Field. An affluence of volunteer hours topping 67 hours in one week and recoveries up over last quarter.
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs
This fall the OT Committee held many Ideal Org fundraising events. Continuing on the successful action of Saturday speaker and/or seminars held with between 25 and 40 plus public attending. These events have had the effect of keeping the goal of finishing the fundraising. [Just a little short on specifics....]
OT Ambassador Joel Benk and Debbie Benk, the ED for Atlanta Org continues to throw the gauntlet down and went on a complete disagree and became one of 7 current Gold New Civilization builders on the planet. That created the effect of others stepping up and Roddie Crouch followed and completed his next status and became an Atlanta New Civilization Builder.
Stephanie McAleer pitched an Atlanta Braves Strike and became the newest humanitarian in big league style.
Matt Hines kept the donation momentum going and went up to double humanitarian. And Rusty Logan pledge up to Humanitarian as a Staff Member and has just a few thousand left to make that a reality.
BATTLE CREEK OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
The OT Committee, led by OT Committee I/C Mike Bredeweg, did a massive promotion for the Golden Age of Tech Phase II events at Flag. This included web promotion, e-mails, and call-in, which resulted in 30 people from the field attending the live events! [Straight up and vertical -- 30 people attended the most important event in the history of history! Now THAT'S PLANETARY CLEARING!!!!!!!]
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The OT Committee continued promoting the showing of the events in the Battle Creek Org, through e-mails and call-in, and helped to get over 70 people to attend these events locally.
Progress on Files Projects.
Melissa Enders decided to be the CF I/C to run the Files projects. Melissa has started organizing this work. [This is the best they could say. Oh dear]
Getting New Public into the Org.
OT Committee Member Randy Meyers held a tour of the future Ideal Org building, showed a Public a video on the Ideal Org project and Scientology, and this Public then started a course.
Other Major Activities.
The OT Committee ran a project to thoroughly clean and remove massive amounts of waste and debris from the future Ideal Org building. This took 2 months of dedicated work, and they removed many tons of construction debris and waste from the building. The building is now suitable to provide tours and events to give the Public mass on the building and assist in Ideal Org fundraising.
Recent Stellar Achievers.
Jim Devries headed the project to clean and prepare the Ideal Org building for tours and events. This project cleaned out over 60,000 sq. ft. of space, and removed many tons of waste and debris.
BOSTON OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
This quarter saw the preparations for and the local release of Golden Age of Tech Phase 2!
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The OT Committee was fully engaged in call-in and getting the entire field in for the Golden Age of Tech Phase 2 events. The OT Committee Call In Tree was revived and updated, consisting of an I/C, 3 Team Leaders and 4-5 Call In personnel under each Team Leader. This is a 19 man call in tree with each person taking 8-12 people to call, covering nearly 200 public to be contacted. The result was 250 attendees to the GAT 2 Release events, and highest event attendance in 20 years! [250 people in Boston at an event is highest in 20 YEARS! You can bet they have reported more than this at virtually every event though those figures were just made up. They are excited about 250 people. Straight up and vertical....]
OT Committee Chairman and OT Ambassador I/C, Bob and Lorraine Baritz, are setting the example for the field by going to Flag for 8 weeks to do the Cornerstone/Ballroom SRD service prior to the opening of GAT 2. They have now arrived at Flag for Super Power! They also promoted their wins and Golden Age of Tech 2 and got excitement going in the field which contributed to the stellar attendance at the release events!
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
Production Exec Sec, Chris Harrison is the area top FSM and leads the way in getting Public onto service. Qualifications Secretary Joe Nuccio, tracks about 55 OT Committee Members and keeps them moving through their Basics and Golden Age of Knowledge. Arrival onto service from the OT Committee activities average 6 per week.
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs.
This quarter there was a successful “Spooky C-Note Day” held to raise funds for the Ideal Org construction. A small group of OT Committee Members, led by Events I/C Jane Grondin, came in costume for this spooky themed fundraiser near Halloween. This was a telethon style fundraiser and over $5,000 was raised for the Ideal Org.
As reported earlier, the current Boston Org building was sold in August 2013 for 10.5 million. The Org has until Aug 2014 to stay at this location rent free. We are now awaiting construction documents and a final budget to build the new Ideal Org! All design and planning has been funded and there is 11 million in hand to start construction! Boston will be the next Ideal Org DONE in the EUS!
Progress on Files Projects.
Jaime Thompson is the CF Files I/C has ever increasing production in the CF Files project area. Each week between 10 and 20 volunteers turn put to move the files project forward. All backlogged filing through the letter L has been completed, and the letter M and N have been alphabetized. There are weekly CF Parties held and this is a continuous activity.
The Addo Project expanded this quarter with Solo NOTs Auditor Craig Mackay taking on the role of Addo Project I/C. There are now 3 OT Committee Members who work weekly to update the returned mail in the addo system.
The files projects are a huge undertaking, but are established and producing and expanding!
Bookselling.
OT Committee Members assisted the Org Division 6 by selling books at stress test tables when these are set up. Communications Executive Secretary Eddie Maher and OT Committee Member Mike LaRosee are 2 Members who participate in this activity. [No specifics at all?]
Boston has an active OT Committee and a strong field. The focus of the OT Committee is getting the new Ideal Org and helping people move up The Bridge! [Yada yada yada]
BUFFALO OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
With 344.44 volunteer hours this quarter, the Buffalo OT Committee shines in its support of the 4th Dynamic Campaigns!
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The OT Committee assisted with call-in to increase the attendance and enlightenment at the Golden Age of Tech Phase II event. Jim Hottum, OT Committee Member, picked up an out of town public to attend the event and get into session. One of the wins voiced was that the newly returned GAT II trained auditor had this public “in session” like never before!
Scott Carrie and Patty Coleman, both OT Committee Members, have started the Survival Rundown. Patty has also started the Student Hat along with fellow Member Robb Henderson.
Scott Carrie delivered 23 hours of Book One to Public and Staff. One of his selectees completed the Purification Rundown and went onto the Objectives and continues with the Basics studies.
Steve Ilasi completed his Scientology Drug Rundown and his delivery of it to his twin!
Joe Creek, a Committee Member, attested to Objectives Completion! Jeff Hahn, OT Committee Member, in charge for the TWTH campaign and OT VIII, welcomed his wife, Jill Hahn on Staff as an Auditor back from the Freewinds as a New OT VIII completion!
[This is an entire QUARTER of "fully availing themselves" in one of the original "Ideal Orgs" -- 10 years of straight up and vertical expansion has brought them to this. Reporting on "picking up an out of town public."]
Progress on Files Projects.
This quarter the primary concentration was on the inventory project for the release of GAT II with Members and Public contributing 22.25 hours.
Getting New Public into the Org.
Steve Ilasi, OT Committee Member, flowed to this area by distributing 1,360 Non-Existence pieces to raw public. Patty Coleman has a selectee that has signed for their 3rd training Division 6 service! [Apparently NO NEW PUBLIC actually were gotten INTO the org this quarter]
Bookselling
Scott Carrie organized, pitched, (along with Steve Ilasi) and presided over the Volunteer Minister tent set up at the Applefest Festival held Oct. 5th & 6th. It’s always fun as the tent is neighbor to the petting zoo with a Senior Citizen turkey! A flood of public came into the tent resulting in nineteen assists given and two booklets sold.
Patty Coleman helped the Org with the necessary paperwork to participate in the Earth Spirit Expo held on Oct. 12th & 13th. Thirty six stress tests were given and 8 books were sold! Great communication lines have been established from being a part of this venue. Scott Carrie has also sold 3 other books and Dr. Glenda Rose, OT Committee Chairman, has sold 2 books this quarter.
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
On September 7th, the annual Puerto Rican and Hispanic day parade took place. Even amongst the rain and umbrellas, there was a fun turnout. It was quite a cultural party with 1,358 Truth about Drug booklets passed out between Members and Staff. Many smiling faces, head nods and acknowledgements were exchanged!
Maryann Rusnak, a Committee Member and teacher at a charter school in Buffalo, coordinated for Chris Latham, the Buffalo DSA, to participate in the Drug Free World presentation at her school. Packets of booklets were distributed to the students. A 7th grade student told Maryann she shared the marijuana booklet with her two sisters. One of the sisters, after reading the booklet, decided to stop smoking marijuana! Her mom and this student were very happy about this decision!
Six Members of the Committee also provided support for Chris who held a public relations community event in the chapel on October 15th, Buffalo school personnel and local clergy attended. The Way to Happiness campaign was introduced to the attendees. Twenty seven booklets and 27 DVDs were accepted from the display table! Debra Friedmann, OT Committee Member, helped Chris with a lot of the preparations and call-in for this community meeting. 2,229 booklets and 15 DVDs (2 to the Albany, NY library) collectively were passed out by Members this past quarter.
Karl Bradshaw sent out 45 TWTH Intro kits to the Niagara County District school principals, 10 booklets to the regional Nurses Center, and donated $500 for TWTH booklets to be distributed from a group of military servicemen to children for the Christmas holiday.
Glenda Rose was the keynote speaker for the Zonta Club meeting on Oct. 9th showing the group the Human Rights PSA’s. There was positive feedback and one person in particular really liked the presentation.
Glenda also showed the Human Rights DVD at the meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star, a worldwide fraternal organization. Nine Members were there and again the presentation was well received!
At the last minute, Patty Coleman got onto an anti-bullying week being held in the town of Hamburg, NY High School. Chris Latham and the DFBO and Patty “armed” themselves with Human Rights info to pass out. 32 booklets and DVDs were distributed and one educator kit. 3 teachers, a youth pastor, a Girl Scout leader, and the President of the school board all met Chris as a result of this activity.
[Obviously the OT Committee is more interested in drug booklets and Human Rights DVDs than getting people into the org or onto service. Pretty typical of these OTC's -- they can get away with their "contribution" being anything and the less they have to deal with actual Dianetics and Scientology the better]
CC NEW YORK OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
In CCNY’s ongoing quest to become an Ideal Org, its major fundraising event of the year was held, the very popular “Annual Summer Bash”. Two “Open Mic Nights” not only brought in Scientology artists, a number of whom haven’t been in the Org in quite some time, but raised funds for the Ideal CCNY. And filing parties galore also contributed to the motion of getting all folders ready for the BIG DAY.
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
CCNY was well represented at the GAT II release and Super Power opening at Flag, with almost all of the OT Committee in attendance!
Completely exhilarated, upon returning to New York, they threw themselves into call-in for the local events. All except for Pam Bennett (OT Committee CF I/C), who stayed at Flag and is now on her set-ups for Super Power! Yet, even with Pam MIA, in collaboration with Org call-in, there were 90 confirms… double the usual number for an event! [No mention of how many showed up? Probably no more than 45. This is an org?] And especially gratifying was the fact that many people who hadn’t been seen in years came out for them.
Not unexpectedly, everyone was VVVGIs after the events, and Amy Harnell (OT Committee Dissemination Secretary and Artist Association I/C) was the first to route onto the new Student Hat at CCNY!
Just one example of the wins related to the events was the attendance of a public who’s been off The Bridge for years and his FSM said: “Getting this guy to move in any direction is like trying to pull a hippo out of a swamp with a string.” And his OT V, CL VIII, OEC/FEBC mother came to the event with him, after rejecting his first invitation. This is what he texted after the event: “We had a great time. Completely blown away! I couldn’t believe how amazing it was!”
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
There were two recovery cycles, getting people back onto their Basics, along with two starts and two completions. [Stats for a QUARTER]
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs
A fire dancer? Hula dancers? A roast suckling pig? In Connecticut??!! Yes! All that and more at CCNY’s Annual Summer Bash, held in September. It was hosted by OT Ambassador PoSau Tam and her husband, Randy, at their lovely home, with the tent and tables beautifully decorated with balloons, streamers, pristine white tablecloths, and orchid arrangements.
The fabulous Aloha Hula NYC Dance Troup electrified the crowd of approximately a hundred attendees with fire dancing by a real Fijian prince and two Polynesian dancers. Several of the more adventurous attendees volunteered to join them, and received a raucous round of cheers for their efforts.
But the entertainment was not the only source of electrification. Special Keynote Speaker Michael Chan – OT Ambassador, New OT VIII and 3L’s completion – inspired the audience, elevating the day to a whole new level. And celebrity fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff, CCNY public, made a guest appearance, speaking about the importance of an Ideal CCNY. She also donated several of her exclusive handbags for donors giving over a certain amount.
The event was emceed by ED CCNY Stephanie Brymer, and CCI’s Eric Meyersfield not only led the fundraising to a whopping $40,000 in pledges [But nothing actually collected.... $40,000 in pledges will buy a building in New York Upper East side about when hell freezes over....] but wowed the crowd with his rendition of “New York State of Mind.” (Billy Joel, eat your heart out.J)
Progress on Files Projects.
Pam Bennett (OT Committee CF I/C) held two very successful Filing Parties, in true CCNY style – with live entertainment provided by guitarist extraordinaire Ian O’Connell and made-to-order burgers, cooked on the good old backyard grill (yes, there are backyards in NYC – and CCNY has one!) by OT Committee Member Wendy Patten and CCNY public Sase Sham. The September party had 11 frenzied filers, with 7 for the party in October, all moving the project forward with more pre-sorting and filing of particles, as well as pulling specific folders, which are being used to promote the Basics to Div 4 public.
Getting Public into the Org
The tradition of CCNY’s renowned Open Mic Nights, hosted by Amy Harnell (OT Committee Dissemination Secretary and Artist Assoc I/C), continues…
CC Sings – September 29th – After Amy started off the evening by reading “The Joy of Creating,” the evening held a diverse and inspiring range of performances, including rock, Spanish folk, contemporary dance, country, pop, poetry, musical theatre, conga drums, and more!
Autumn Open Mic Night – November 10th – In honor of Fall, CCNY hosted a very special autumnal Open Mic Night. The first two floors of CC were decorated with sunflowers, autumn leaves, and pumpkins, vibrantly hand painted by OT Committee Member Leslie Koenig… recently returned, having completed New OT VIII! Hot chocolate, pumpkin pie and other festive goodies were served and, as usual, the performers were captivating, creative, and diverse. A raffle was held, with all proceeds going to the CCNY Ideal Building Project. First prize was dinner and drinks for two at Frankie and Johnny’s (voted one of NYC’s top 5 steakhouses), and second prize was one of Leslie’s beautiful hand-painted pumpkins.
There were approximately 15 people at each event, and the raffle raised $300. All performers and audience Members received a VM booklet of their choice.
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
OT Committee Chair and Councilwoman Kathy Savas heads up her town’s anti-drug program. To educate the public, she produced a drive-in movie night in October and showed the “Truth about Drugs” video to over 100 people.
Recent Stellar Achievers
Amy Harnell – Fundraising for the Ideal CCNY is the primary focus of the OT Committee, and Amy does an extraordinary job as Events I/C, coming up with “bright ideas,” bringing in the talent, decorating spaces with grace, flair, creativity and ensures every detail is perfect.
Kathy Savas – As OT Committee Chairman, she consistently “inspires the troops” and keeps the group on purpose and moving forward. Additionally, as Councilwoman in her town, she spreads the word about the dangers of drugs with her events.
Pam Bennett – A key target for every org moving in the direction of “Ideal” is getting the C/F in PT. Pam held two CF filing parties and became an Elite Ambassador of Planetary Dissemination.
CHICAGO OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
The Chicago OT Committee continued to forward command intention this past quarter by continuing to get the Chicago field through The Basics.
Helping Scientologists in your field move up The Bridge to Clear and OT.
Chicago celebrated another New OT VIII in the field when Chris Olsen returned home from the Freewinds in October. Public Vince Chiarra and Alex Alemis also completed New OT VII and Debbie Young started New OT VI Part A. Courtney Condon also began OT Preps at FSO. New OT VII completion Cheryl Berman completed L11 and L12. New OT VIII completion Randy Kretchmar completed L11.
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
The OT Committee has several FSMs in the ranks and as a group they contributed an additional 24 Basic starts this quarter.
OT Committee Members helped promote the release of Golden Age of Tech Part II. They did call in and sent out emails to increase attendance at the local event in Chicago. The live GAT II Release event at Flag was attended by 8 Chicago OT Committee Members.
So far the OT Committee has reported 2 New Student Hat starts as well as a Super Power start. Two additional OT Committee Members have started set ups for Super Power.
Recent Stellar Achievers
New OT VIII Linda Triscik is the Chicago OT Committees top FSM with 24 service starts so far this year.
CINCINNATI OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
This quarter the OT Committee really backed up the Org and helped with the preparations to release GAT II. There was Call-in, and also volunteering that helped as so many Staff were gone on training.
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
OT Committee Member Jim Speiser who attended the GAT II event at Flag came home on fire. He got his wife paid for her NEW Solo Course in Cincinnati and scheduled to start. She has been stalled on The Bridge for years now. He also got his daughter onto her ARC SW and paid through her grades.
The OT Committee Chairman Vicki Daugherty routed on to her new Student Hat course as soon as it was released. Vicki and a group of OT Committee Members went to Flag to see the recent events and returned to Cincinnati to help excite the field to come and see the event at Cincinnati.
OT Committee Member Bill Bertinot worked with four people to get them paid through The Grades. OT Committee Member Scott Shelby APed for a good piece of his GAT II training, and also did call in for the GAT II event with a resulting 50 confirms.
[Another Ideal Org and they have NOTHING HAPPENING on getting anyone onto service. Their quarterly report consists of people being scheduled to start and "APing for a good piece of GAT II"]
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
OT Committee Member Ben Kasle volunteered each week to help in the course room getting people through their courses while the full battery of sups was being trained at Flag. OT Committee Members Mike Teifke and Scott Shelby both set a great example and were regularly on course and moving on their training. Mike completed the PDCs, and Scott completed his Third ACC and started on the Fourth ACC.
Getting New Public into the Org.
OT Committee Members had new public starts of 2 Life Repairs and 2 Books sold with Extension Courses. [In a Quarter]
Bookselling.
Each week OT Committee Member Henry Jagger has gone with the Org Bookselling Team to help out. They had a new person come in to the Org and start a course through this activity.
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
OT Committee Member Jim Speiser has met with the Mayor of Indianapolis and has set up another meeting with officials of the city to implement the distribution of TWTH in certain target districts of the city. He also spoke with a leading State Police official about The Truth about Drugs campaign. Jim has also volunteered and has started breathing new life into the WISE group.
Six OT Committee Members working through their Rug and Art selling business handed out over 2000 The Way to Happiness booklets in this quarter.
Other Major Activities.
The OT Committee is doing The Neighborly Love Project for the upcoming holiday season. Funds are being raised currently to get out fifteen baskets. Henry Jagger is the I/C of this project. Baskets are delivered to local clergy to get out of Non E with them. Results in the past have ranged from thank you letters, to visits by the ministers to get stress tests and a tour. Recently the Org Staff and OT Committee Members went to a local college to sell Dianetics books. A student there came by and said that his pastor – at the church across the street from us – told her congregation that we were GOOD NEIGHBORS. The very intent of the Neighborly Love Project in the first place!
Recent Stellar Achievers.
Jim Speiser has moved his family onto and up The Bridge this quarter. He has made great inroads into the community by meeting with key officials as well. He has paid for and scheduled to start his retraining as he is currently a pre-GAT II Class V Interned auditor.
Henry Jagger has volunteered each week to do booksales and has done body routing. And he has started the fundraising and the beginning stages of the third round of The Neighborly Love Project. Henry’s soft and polite demeanor endears him to the local clergy and their staff. They love him!
Margaret Chalmers has made all the desserts for each event and fundraiser. She has helped at all Sunday brunches. She has brought her professional skill but has volunteered and really made a difference so that the cafe is clean and shiny and there is a great atmosphere of friendliness. There are also a lot of her homemade treats which are even good for everyone. She has done a great job to help the Org.
Billy Chalmers has not only volunteered at the Org doing call-in for the key events, he has audited Book One as a volunteer for the Org many many hours this quarter.
COLUMBUS OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
Out of a total of 24 Members, the weekly average for the number of active Members during this past quarter was nine. The total number of hours spent on OT Committee projects by Members and/or Volunteers was 1,618.5 hours.
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
OT Committee Members helped with call-in for the Freewinds event on October 6th. There were 15 people in attendance at this event. The OT Committee was also helpful in setting up for the event, arranging food, and completing the cycle of clean up after the event.
On November 9th, AOLA provided a Bridge Enlightenment event by Angie LeClaire, an AOLA auditor. The OT Committee helped with call-in, set-up and post-event break-down. This event was attended by 30 people. Neal Oxman, a Columbus public, gave a talk about his recent services from Solo 2 through New OT V at AOLA. A product of this event is that Mike Blake, an OT Committee Member, is planning his forthcoming trip to AOLA for auditing.
Three Columbus OT Committee Members; Gary Howes, Jodi Howes, and Cherie Downey; attended the live GAT II events at Flag in November and again in Columbus the following weekend. The OT Committee was instrumental in helping to get over 70 people confirmed for the events locally and helped with set-up, food, and break-down for the events.
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs.
The OT Committee assisted Org Staff with a fund raising event on September 14th. The theme was “The Time is Now.” There were 18 people in attendance, and $100 was raised. A Halloween fundraiser was organized by the OT Committee and featured the LRH lecture on “Confronting Evil.” This was on October 26th, and $200 was raised with 18 in attendance.
Getting New Public into the Org.
Earlier in 2013, we discussed the OT Ambassador program targets at an OT Committee meeting to determine where we might most effectively focus efforts. The intention was to create the biggest possible impact with the resources available. It was determined that the OT Committee needed to make a concerted effort to get new people on The Bridge. The OT Committee considered that coordinating with the local WISE Membership (since many of the WISE Members are also on the OT Committee) would maximize the effectiveness in this regard.
A series of workshops was planned and led by Dan York, a Scientologist from Nashville. The OT Committee and WISE worked together to make these events happen, targeting professionals in particular. Three workshops have been done already: September 8th “How to Build a Winning Team,” October 20th “How to Break Out of a Fixed Income,” and November 17 “How to Make Money in any Economy.” A fourth workshop is planned for January.
Attendance has been enthusiastic, as follows: 9/8 – 40 (8 of whom were non-Scientologists) , 10/20 – 43 (11 of whom were non-Scientologists), and 11/17 – 35. One new start has resulted thus far from these events.
The OT Committee is pleased to see that these events are serving to introduce new people to WISE and to LRH Tech, as well as providing an opportunity for current public to find new ways to implement the Tech and thereby flourish and prosper.
Bookselling.
The Universal Light Expo took place in Columbus on October 12th and 13th. The people who attend this event are generally folks who have an interest in spiritual topics. Two Members of the OT Committee manned a booth at the Expo and both of them had wins.
OT Committee Member Mike Blake shared this win: “I had a lady sit down for a stress test and indicated that she was deaf. I put her on the cans and through gestures and intention got her to understand what the meter was going to show. She had a big fall and I indicated the stress. She said YES I have lots of stress! I showed her the Dianetics book and she got very excited and bought it!”
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
OT Committee Member Monique Williams, the head of the Happy House project in Columbus, continues to conduct this tutoring and study assistance activity in an inner-city neighborhood. She reports that 20 – 25 students attended, and there were five completions during this past quarter.
In addition Monique attended three community meetings: Greater Linden Corporation, Clintonville Safety Committee, and Linden Recreation Center CRC meeting (liaising with the community). In the Clintonville meeting she connected with the local police precinct and received data defining high crime areas, for the purpose of passing out TWTH booklets. Coordinating with the OT Committee, Monique saw to it that forty-five booklets were distributed in the targeted neighborhood.
On her last visit to Linden Recreation Center before Thanksgiving, Monique was given a recognition by one of the staff which reads: “I wanted to recognize you for all your help and contribution to Linden Recreation Center. You are a great asset to our program and our community. It is always a pleasure to see the smiles you put on the children’s faces. You make a significant difference. We are grateful for all that you do. Thank you.” Signed, Ambrosia LaMarr, Recreation Leader.
Other Major Activities.
Related, but not directly connected, to the Applied Scholastics 4D campaign, is the current local effort to establish a charter school with a focus on the arts (Central Ohio School for the Arts) which will specifically use LRH Study Technology. Two OT Committee Members, Tina Slack and Cherie Downey, are serving on the Board of Directors for the school. Their chief interest is to ensure that the curriculum is pertinent and to a high standard and that study tech is employed in the classrooms.
Recent Stellar Achievers.
Mike Blake sets an example as a stellar achiever. He consistently leads the way in the OT Committee call-in efforts for getting people to arrive at events. Mike is also at the forefront with bookselling activities. He organized and recruited help for the Universal Light Show where the OT Committee had a booth.
In taking responsibility for the neighborhood where she conducts the Happy House activity by seeing to it that TWTH booklets were distributed there, Monique Williams has set an example and made a mark by way of showing how personal involvement can create good effects on the third and fourth dynamics.
DETROIT OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
Highlights:
OT Ambassador EUS I/C John Stout started the Phase II Student Hat immediately after it was released.
Roy Finley has completed New OT VIII.
Carol Fischer has begun her preps for New OT VI at Flag.
Marty Liverance is working on his eligibility for New OT V at AOLA.
Joe Matievich, Dave Jantz, Monica Biddle and Jon Holtfreter are auditing on Solo NOTs.
Rick Sowerby has been on his OT Preps at AOLA.
There have been a total of 99 service starts from the OTC. Eight OT Committee Members or their selectees took their next step to OT. OT Committee Member John Deluca is responsible for getting 3 Division 6 service starts.
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
The Basics/Recovery Team continues to contact those in the field who are not actively working on their Basics or otherwise on service. The team members include Basics Project I/C and New OT VIII Curt Larson (newly posted), Susan Hamady, Jon Holtfreter, Bob Jenkins and Mary Brustmaker. Peg Bogema, the Production Secretary, has taken an active role in this project. Jon Holtfreter recovered a veteran Scientologist to his Basics.
There have been 7 recoveries. OT Committee Members Laurie Gailunas and Jon Holtfreter have the most products.
New OT VIII Andy Jajuga has taken on the hat of ensuring that all OT Committee Members are on and moving through their Basics. OT Committee Members continue to progress through the Golden Age of Knowledge. OT Ambassador John Stout leads the way as he is on the 5th London ACC and closing in on completing the Golden Age if Knowledge lineup.
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs.
Events and interviews are held and conducted on a regular basis. Highlights of recent activities include:
OT Committee Member May Brustmaker contributes every week to the Ideal Org and sets a very shining example for us.
OT Committee Events I/C Cathy Stone has planned and executed a number of entertaining, fun and successful events including tours of Detroit and a cruise on the Detroit River.
Funds raised to date come to over $137,000.
The Jacquez family is the latest to pledge to become Ideal Org Humanitarians.
Detroit’s biggest donors for the year are Alan & Ursula Kellman, John & Gail Stout, Roy Finley & Cathy Stone, and Dr. Abe Gershonowicz.
OT Ambassador Dave Bogema continues as the Detroit OT Committee Fundraising I/C. Active fundraisers include John Stout, Alan Kellman and Cathy Stone.
Progress on Files Projects.
The Central Files Project I/C is New OT IV Rick Sowerby. He ensures weekly progress is made on CF, and also holds monthly Sunday gatherings in which OT Committee members and volunteers work on CF. Usual participants are Rick Sowerby, Paul Maisano, Mary Brustmaker, Alan Kellman and Roy Finley. The Jaquez family joined the team this past Sunday
Bookselling.
Detroit’s leading booksellers are Solo NOTs Auditor David Jantz and John Deluca. Dave, a naturopath, delivers seminars about nutrition and the effects of psychotropic drugs in which he makes use of CCHR materials. Books sales take place at the conclusion of his seminars.
OT Committee Members, including Dave Jantz, Joe Matievich, Carol Fischer and John Deluca have sold 30 books.
IAS Fundraising Activities and major statuses made.
OT Ambassadors and OT Committee Members continue to help support the IAS. During this quarter, Detroit OT Committee Members have contributed and raised over $477,000 for the IAS, making Detroit the top IAS org in EUS!
Dr. Abe Gershonowicz completed his Gold Meritorious with Honors status. Alan & Ursula recently made a $50,000 donation to the IAS above and beyond their Gold Meritorious status. John & Gail Stout completed their Patron Meritorious.
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
OT Committee members Joe Matievich, Lourdes Collado and Monika Biddle are working on The Way to Happiness campaign. Monika has developed many contacts where she lives and in the City of Detroit.
On Thanksgiving 1200 TWTH booklets were distributed, to those in attendance at the annual parade, by Joe Matievich, Mary Brustmaker and others.
New OT V Laurie Gailunas continues as the I/C of the successful Ann Arbor Dianetics Group.
Total events for the year to date came to 57, with the leaders being Laurie and Joe Gailunas, Cathy Stone and Dave Jantz.
OT Committee Members have been active for 773 weeks and put in a total of 2382 Volunteer Hours.
Other Major Activities.
The OT Committee assisted with two staff arrivals: Kathy Tweitmeyer and Ken Taylor.
A number of OT Committee representatives went to Flag for the Golden Age of Tech Phase II events and the Grand Opening of the new Flag building, including OT Ambassadors Alan & Ursula Kellman, John Stout, and Paul & Vickey Maisano, as well as Dave & Peg Bogema, Cathy Stone & Roy Finley, and Marty Liverance.
FCDC OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
The FCDC OT Committee has been busy this quarter focusing on GAT II, recoveries, completing the first IAS project of the year, Youth for Human Rights and the annual Drug Free World Halloween Handout!
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The FCDC OT Committee main production has been the “Recovery Basket” project. Working with Division 6 the OT Committee put together goodie baskets including a copy of FOT DVD and an invitation to the GAT II Events. We obtained a list of public who needed to be recovered and who were not yet confirmed for the events. OT Committee Members including Cynthia McIver, Shawn Kimmel, Karen Berg and Devon Roscoe each took responsibility to get the baskets to public who lived in their neighborhoods. Approximately 10 baskets were delivered to public who were otherwise not in comm. One public, Natalie, who was visited by Devon Roscoe was disinterested and didn’t even want to go through the trouble of coming to her door to pick up the basket. By the end of the communication about Gat II, she had come up tone to strong interest. When she heard how much faster the lower bridge was she said “So really right now. . . I could go into the Org and complete my next bridge steps!” She decided she would have to make a point of coming in and seeing the replay event when her finals were over! [And that is apparently all the news from another "Ideal Org"....]
Fundraising for Ideal Orgs.
FCDC is part of a regional Ideal Org Alliance. We have formed the “Freedom Alliance” with Philly and Boston. In order to strengthen the alliance with Boston on September 3, 2013 the FCDC OT Committee decided to acknowledge the Day and Foundation staff and congratulate them on selling their existing building! We purchased a HUGE “Edible Arrangement” fruit and chocolate gift basket and had it delivered as a surprise during an announcement event. It was very well received with the ED saying, “WOW!!! I just came in and saw the biggest most beautiful Edible Arrangement I have EVER seen!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH 
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Getting New Public into the Org.
The main production in this area has been by individual FSMs.
OT VII, Vera Robinson has been a top FSM this quarter. She has conducted lectures in the field and routed new people into the Org for The Basics, Purif, Objectives and other services.
Events for New Public
Workshop on Tone Scale to all top management at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase.
Workshop on Tone Scale to all top management at Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls.
Workshop on Component Parts of Communication to Vice President and all managers at Hay-Adams Hotel next door to White House.
Individual training on communication to Counselor for Education at The Embassy of Bahrain.
[Not a single new person actually arrived apparently]
4D Campaign Activities (Truth about Drugs, CCHR, Youth for Human Rights, Way to Happiness, Volunteer Minister)
Youth For Human Rights: On October 5th, 2013, Youth for Human Rights was part of a larger event with a dual purpose of holding a march to raise awareness about modern day slavery as well as bringing together various organizations with human rights missions in a resource fair. YFHR participated in the march and we had a display table as part of the resource fair.
The Youth for Human rights team was comprised of Members of the National Office and the VMs and YFHR of the FCDC OT Committee. A Committee Member and two law students from Georgetown Law School set up a display table on the lawn of President Lincoln’s Cottage along with several dozen other human rights related organizations. The Story of Human Rights booklet and the DVD as well as the What Are Human Rights booklets and DVDs were distributed as well as educator kits interested attendees.
Additionally the group had a HUGE petition that the attendees signed that asked the President to make human rights education mandatory in schools. There were hundreds of signatures on the petition. The idea was to create a resource fair that brought together like minded groups with people interested in getting involved. This helped to get into communication with public who are passionate about human rights and also with other human rights related organizations. One such organization wanted to feature YFHR on their website. When the attendees were not visiting the display tables there were speakers and performances.
Throughout October 2013 the FCDC OT Committee and the Org worked together to distribute over 15, 000 The Truth About Drugs Booklets throughout DC, VA, MD. The following article ran the Washington Sun Newspaper detailing the project:
“In the support of Drug Awareness Month, the Founding Church of Scientology staff and volunteers have made it an annual tradition at the end of October to distribute the Truth About Drugs booklets to raise awareness of the harmful effects of drugs.
“This year Church volunteers, lead by Devon Roscoe of Washington DC and Karen Berg of Alexandria, VA, in their continuing effort to make our communities drug-free, took to the streets and distributed over 15,000 booklets to local DC and VA shops and public service facilities, including the Annandale parade and good old-fashion trick-or-treating so adults and kids alike can get the truth.
“As a mother, I really appreciate the work Scientologists are doing to reach our kids with the truth about drugs before the dealers do,” said Ivy Hylton of Hillcrest Children’s and Family Center. “And the booklets are impacting, effective and kids love them.
“There is a lot of talk about drugs in the world—on the streets, at school, on the Internet and TV. But no one, especially a young person, likes to be lectured about what he or she can or cannot do. Thus, we provide the facts that empower youth and adults to choose not to take drugs. Additionally our Truth About Drugs campaign consists of activities that they can join which popularize drug-free living. These activities are simple and effective,” said Ms. Roscoe.
“Karen Berg commented, “I handed a booklet to a woman with a toddler. She grabbed it and said, ‘Truth about drugs! Great! It’s never too early to start educating on that!’ Another man took one, read the cover and immediately asked me if he could have more. Drugs have negatively affected many of our lives and it is our goal to get the truth about drugs out to everyone in our community.”
“The Church of Scientology supports The Truth About Drugs initiative, one of the world’s largest non-governmental drug education and prevention campaigns and makes these materials available free of charge to educators, law enforcement and community programs.
When young people are provided with the truth about drugs—factual information on what drugs are and what they do—usage rates drop commensurately.
“The Founding Church of Scientology will be doing this every year. Those interested in getting more information on the Drug Free World programs can visit www.drugfreeworld.org. We encourage everyone to get the factual information about drugs so they can make informed decisions and live drug free.”
Other Major Activities
The DC Criminon Program run by OT VII Matt Robinson and Derek Baxter has had a successful quarter with expansion from 2-3 programs. The Criminon program now delivers to the female inmates, the drug rehabilitation population as well as to the Juvenile population. Recently, the Federal Government has contracted with Criminon DC to provide classes as part of their parole program. This will be a paid service that is slated to begin in 2014.
Recent Stellar Achievers
Stellar Achievers this quarter are New OT VIII Vera Robison for her work in the field and as an FSM and Karen Berg for her work with The American Red Cross, the National Affairs Office and as an OT Committee Executive.
LONG ISLAND OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
This was a very active quarter for the OT Committee of the LI Org. Participation in meetings was increased and stabilized along with various project completions.
Actions taken to help Scientologists in your field to fully avail themselves of the Golden Age of Tech Phase II training and processing.
The Long Island OT Committee Members were very actively involved in the process after the release of GAT II as well as trying to activate people to buy services such as training and processing. OT Committee Members called and confirmed public to attend the GAT II events. At least 5 OT Committee Members made calls and especially Malcolm who dedicated several days of calling to confirm public for the event. Several e-mail blasts as well as text blast messages were sent by OT Committee Chairman Dr. Kostopoulos, in regards to the event.
Members of the OT Committee attended the live event at Flag. OT Committee Members worked also to get people confirmed for the World Flag Tour.
OT Committee Members called and confirmed people to attend the GAT II events and many Members of the Committee attended the live event at Flag. OT Committee Members worked also to get people confirmed for the Flag World Tour.
[They dont even have a report on anyone attending the event, let alone getting on service!]
The OT Committee sponsored on a regular basis Sunday Service with group auditing. For first time ever the LI OT Committee hosted Prosperity Workshops to reach out to local businesses. These happened twice a month.
The OT Committee worked hard and scheduled an Ideal Org Weekend Spectacular which will now take place in the month of February due to the GAT II and IAS events this month. OT Committee news-bulletins, e-mail updates and text reminders outflowed on a regular basis. The OT Committee is very excited and has lots of projects in mind for the near future to re-activate past Members that can help reach group goals.
Helping Scientologists in your field onto and through the Basics Books & Lectures to get ready for Golden Age of Tech Phase II.
OT Committee Members helped others to purchase and start GAT II courses plus other courses and also Flag packages.
Dr Kostopoulos, OT Committee Chairman confirmed: Oscar Romero (Survival Rundown) and four Public for the Success through Communication Course as well as a 3 Intensive Flag package for himself!
Other Major Activities
OT Committee Members funded a “Scientology” sign that will go in front of the LI Org and make the Org visible.
Recent Stellar Achievers.
Jim Kahrs – Helped with Prosperity group meetings twice monthly
Harry Shmitz – Helped with Sunday service twice monthly
Dimitrios Kostopoulos – Facilitated and scheduled and Ideal Org event “The Weekend Spectacular”.
MIAMI OT COMMITTEE DECEMBER 2013 REPORT
Miami OT Committee works for freedom for Miami with a new building to renovate and moves others up The Bridge to OT by getting them on course and recovering the Scientologists in the field.
Helping Scientologists in your field move up The Bridge to Clear and OT.
Grant Cardone and Elena Cardone [These two