Originally Posted by
JoeU
I know everyone is waiting to hear from me about the 22q money side of it.
Last night, I sent a e-mail to the executive board of the foundation to investigate. Things are slow to investigate because there was a change in President and Treasurer. And since I am a part of 2 foundations (spinal cord injury association and 22q), I know it can be a mess when you change treasurers, and that mess can last up to 6 months post change. So although the investigation on the 22q side is not complete, I do have a couple of facts about the money that came in, and what was potentially in the poker room during that show.
The foundation received $2021 through the online donation link that was earmarked from Vegas Poker Radio. That is the sum of the money donated through the link on the site. Their preliminary investigation does not show any other large sums of money that came in. No large checks, no large transfers on PayPal. Please keep in mind that this is not a final determination, just the results of a cursory preliminary investigation. The new treasurer is still looking into this for me.
The poker room money is a different story. I received this information from a very credible source with access to this information. That source is a user here, and if he would like to identify himself, I'd welcome it. According to him, $712 was taken in rake and entry fees from the tournaments and cash games. There is also $1135 that was left in player banks, and currently an unknown amount that was transferred back to John to be donated to the charity. So we are looking at well over $2000, and maybe even up to $3000 in poker room money. This money is still unaccounted for, and the final amount in question. I'm asking that if you are a part of this community, and had money in the poker room for the event, did you donate your money to the foundation at the end? If you didn't, were you paid the money you were owed from the room?
As china indicated earlier, my wife and I are the only 2 people with direct ties to the board and the foundation that live in New England. The majority of the board resided in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, but there are board members in Canada, Florida, and other states. John never gave me a check. My understanding was that he was mailing a check to the foundation, but china's information is very different.
All I am asking of John right now is that he come clean about this. He needs to make his BAP and 22q right. Only then can we move on.
I do appreciate the outpouring of support from the community on this issue as well. I'd also like to ask that if there is a "make 22q right" fund, that china or duff be in charge of that since as suggested earlier, they are two of the most trustworthy people on the board.
Thank you again to all for exposing this and supporting this. As I have more information, I will post it here.
Joe