Marcus Ash-Tray
Dennis Singh YOU (among many others) elected an executive led by a Tobago woman, entering an office WITH NO MONEY IN THE BANK (easy to account thus far), and had to run back to TOBAGO (who everyone had a field day bashing yesterday) to get MONEY from the Tobago region in the tune of $40,000.00 so that she can purchase toilet paper, soap and paper towels among other things for staff members to be able to work comfortably.
The day after, we were given EVICTION ORDERS for owing almost $300,000.00 which we paid off and have since left the premises.
We had (and still have) a Memorandum of AGREEMENT (which was never signed by Beverly Ramsey-Moore) to adhere to which gives us 20% of the gate receipts for Panorama.
(Please allow me a breath of air)
We were then faced with several debt collectors and court orders (which YOU are aware of since you usually attend meetings - and apparently dont see me) which we were required to pay. This led us being unable to provide an audited statement for the AGM 2019 (because the auditors were owed for 3 years prior to BEVERLEY RAMSEY MOORE even stepping foot into Pan Trinbago.
HOW did you want to get an audit? I'm willing to drop this conversation RIGHT NOW and call Lauren Pierre to set up a GO FUND ME for that if you give me your word that you will assist.
Then again....it's not even necessary because what will NOT make Facebook news is that THIS EXECUTIVE SACRIFICED THEIR (already shredded) STIPENDS months ago to be able to get one year of the audit complete. The same BEVERLEY RAMSEY MOORE who everyone wants to crucify made other cuts to get the other year of audits rolling out smoothly along the way - with the FULL COOPERATION OF THE BRAND NEW HARD WORKING TREASURER, LAUREN PIERRE WHO KNOWS HOW TO CROSS HER T's AND DOT HER I's.
Mark my words to all reading that YOU WILL have your FULL AUDITED STATEMENTS completed because unlike others, THIS PRESIDENT is working for the organization.
And before I drop this comment, let me address this MISCONCEPTION that the executive is being paid $300,000.00 in stipends every month...
If you receive $300,000.00 from NCC for the month, and paid lights, rent, phone, internet, got toiletries, paid staff, paid region's stipends and still paid executive stipends can you guess for a second how it's being done???👀
Are you aware that the same Memorandum of AGREEMENT that THE BEV never signed requires Pan Trinbago to provide an accounting report for how it's spent???? And if we are doing something WRONG, why haven't they cut us as they did the last executive????
Are you aware that Covid-19 or NOT, Lauren Pierre is still sitting in the Treasury (as I type) doing her job to ensure this report goes in and everything else is prepared to keep the audits running smoothly and she is NOT essential?
Do you know that the Secretary Denise Hernandez still wakes up at 7AM and open the back door of Pan Trinbago to get in at least 3 times a week and locks herself in the building because she ACTUALLY HAS WORK TO DO and don't want to get catch being outside???
To those saying that the executive is pocketing that money, please Help me understand how this $300,000 is going into Executive pockets please? And when you are finished explaining THAT, you could tell me why the previous executive expenses were almost $800,000.00???
Unlike many, I am NOT coming to this forum to fight anyone. I sit from a point where I see black and white. And I made WAYYYYYYY more money OUTSIDE of Pan Trinbago than inside. Let me say that I, Marcus Ash, son of Ray Ash, grandson of Neville Ash, great grandson of Cecil Ash, great nephew of Dennis "Tash" Ash - the longest playing member of the legendary Desperadoes Steel Orchestra up until August 2020 DON'T NEED TO RUN DOWN NO HONORARIUM, GRATUITY, CHRISTMAS BONUS OR KICKBACK!
BLESS!!!

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  • Let me give you a little history lesson Marcus.....

    Pan Trinbago Presidents are premised on cabals of henchmen....whose only is remaining well fed....from the cabal of Patrick Arnold, to the cabal of Keith Diaz, and now to the cabal of Beverley Ramsey-Moore. So there it is young henchmen; in service to the delegates, trying to cut teeth on Granite like me....

    Pan Trinbago need to operate its administration exactly like an Islamic mosque, in adherence to its constitution, for the collective good of all, through servant leadership, not this quiet fleecing of remitting court appointed judgments, without advising the delegate membership, while 10.8 million TTD, goes unchecked by even sending any form of management account statements to bands. But then that is why it is called hoodwinking the pan population....  Eyes Wide Shut...performance appraisal time soon at PTB 

  • Marcus

    Books contain knowledge that can educate and inform...which in this case is history to be read by revolutionaries, waiting to revolt..

    What I want to really know is the direct correlation between the members of the New Visionaries Pan Foundation (NVPF); who filed lawsuits in High Court against Pan Trinbago; as the Court Ruled are either owing the association or vice versa; and how those particular monetary judgments  have been legally disseminated by the head of NVPF in her substantive role of as Chief Executive Officer/President of PanTrinbago.

    Further than that to include the ultra Vires Presidential appointment of Withfield Weekes, as PRO to the organization; to receive renumeration for outstanding Court judgments from his tenure as Education Officer in the 1st Diaz Adminstration. 

    All of this without any management accounts (unaudited) for the entire administration?....The historical timeline of this administration, the breakdown in the Executive; the general lack of dressing down in communication with the general delegate membership, and by your rant in your substantive current position as Education Officer, you Marcus Ash becoming unhinged, certainly indicates or add to speculation that there is a lot more going on in the PanTrinbago Mortar than the Ramsey-Moore pestle.

    One more point, the man who bankrolled all of the legal challenges of the NVPF, is he an appointed senior managerial Operations Officer manager, collecting on the expenditures of the association, a hefty hefty stipend/salary, as repayment for his legal  investment? Just asking for a friend....

     performance appraisal is coming of this administration is coming 1st on this WST network...count on it..

  • 1.08.2019

    Hello Gregory Lindsay,

    WST feels now is a critical moment to highlight your voice on some key issues before the start of the Pan season, and before new ventures become ‘set in stone.’  In this regard, please find below, some questions for a write-in interview that is timely.

     

    Thank you for your time.

     

    When Steel Talks (WST)

    www.PanOnTheNet.com

    1. Who is Gregory Lindsay?
    2. When and how did you first become associated with pan?
    3. Laura Ingraham of Fox News told LeBron James to "Shut Up And Dribble" because he dared to step out of what she perceived as his 'lane.'  "Shut Up and play yur pan" seem to be the unmistakable message coming from the Trinidad and Tobago government, Minster Gadsby-Dolly, Pan Trinbago, the NCC, respective steelband management - to even many pan supporters - to the Panorama players. Why is this? And who is responsible?
    4. Who, if anyone, really represents the interests of the steelband musicians in Trinidad and Tobago?
    5. In an unprecedented show of action -  you and others like Aquil Arrindell, Dane Gulston and others openly and publicly challenged the status quo for immediate change. The result in no short order, was the removal of the past Keith Diaz administration, and all remnants of the former Pan Trinbago executive from power. Are you satisfied with the results of your endeavors? Was the goal achieved?
    6. At When Steel Talks, one of our mottos is that "One pays dearly for not knowing." What do you know now, that you wish you had known, say a few years ago? And how would this have affected actions going forward as it relates to Pan?
    7. The newly-elected Pan Trinbago administration inherited many crippling disadvantages and a brand that has maybe suffered irreparable damage both locally and globally.  Is the newly elected executive 'tone-deaf', and singing in the wrong key?
    8. Is there representation for players? Is there anyone in mind, who is responsible, intelligent, courageous and trustworthy enough to represent the concerns of the players, without conflicts of interest?
    9. Why is it the players all get the part of the stick with 'doo-doo' on it?
    10. Recently the president of Pan Trinbago Beverley Ramsey-Moore was quoted as saying - "Pan Trinbago will no longer have central executive’s members as employees of the organisation." Is this a means of saving money, or is this a built-in excuse for failure for the executive - in that "you get what you pay for?" Or don't?
    11. Beyond the management of "Panorama" does Pan Trinbago serve any other useful purpose for the steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago? If so what, is that?
    12. Esteemed journalist Sharmain Baboolal, in her articles "Beverley signs up for debt: Queen of $0.00" (https://www.panonthenet.com/news/sharmain-baboolal-writes/beverley-...)  and "Pan In Real Danger" (https://www.panonthenet.com/news/sharmain-baboolal-writes/pan-in-re...)  paints a far less than rosy outlook of the new administration. Do you agree with this assessment, and if so, what points specifically?
    13. Given the way things have begun, might there be a need for a 'revolution' - to your recently-led revolution?
    14. Do you have any additional thoughts, concerns you would like to share?

    I shall provide all of the answers based on this questionaire, based on honest, transparent, time-reviewed reflection; an honest performance appraisal of this President's administration. COUNT ON IT

  • Marcus Ash.. lemme tell yuh something that you and the rest of the elected executive seem to have forgotten, to whom you report and exactly who reports to you. You are gathering experience as an officer of the Association, but I am here to advise you that there is information that you may not be aware of which you would not probably be privy to, because the truth is that both your goodself, and a select few, maybe in the dark as to decisions which are above your stipend grade; and more importantly you are probably not affliated in any way with the New VISIONARIES foundation, from its foundation; until you became a participant in Team REBUILD. Given that you have bravely decided to enunciate your verbal position in your private capacity and as Education Officer of PanTrinbago, one of the same on the public domain, via social media; I shall certainly do my part to transparently bring you into the know fully on this forum........

    Many many thanks

    • LORD GREGORY!!! Bring me fully into the KNOW too nah!!!

      All kinda rumors and talk going around and NOBODY eh telling me NOTHING!!!

      The whole PAN UNIVERSE is waiting to hear your TRUTH -- MR. GREGORY LINDSAY!!!

  • Yuh see all of this ....is ah setta failure talk...but I will be happy to clarify things here for you in as clear and  as transparent from my ground floor delegate office.Standby

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