...sorry Pud. But maybe there is such a thing as a free holiday... http://alzipratu.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/conflicting-interests/ ALLY’S IDAHO CHALLENGE In researching the Foundation and the Manchester United Legends game in particular, I came across an article on the Sevco website announcing that Ally McCoist would be leading a team of supporters between 23 and 28 May 2013 navigating some white water rapids in Idaho (the River Salmon) to raise funds for the Rangers Charity Foundation. Ally’s aim was to raise £10,000. My interest in this was piqued in the middle of May when I noticed that he had only raised £219 (quite possibly not helped by the Rangers Charity Foundation inadvertently misspelling his Just Giving page on their website). What I found particularly strange was that the target seemed so low.* Mr McCoist is a wealthy man through his footballing and media endeavours as are many of his associates, friends and colleagues.* Indeed, I would have anticipated a much higher target to be more appropriate especially when one considers the costs involved in this sort of thing and a similar event involving Walter Smith the preceding year had raised some £69,000.* I decided therefore to keep an eye on this. My curiosity was further raised by a tweet from Ally McCoist’s son on Thursday, 22 May in which he stated that the airline had given away their business class seats because they were late.* Business class seats on a fundraising trip?* Hmmm… So I followed the redoubtable Mr McCoist junior and it transpires that he spent 3 days in New York City in a hotel overlooking Times Square.* Then he flew out to Denver before catching a connecting flight to Boise, Idaho and then another connection to Salmon, Idaho.* Following the rafting, Mr McCoist junior has helpfully informed us that he will be in San Francisco afterwards although it is unclear for how long or if this is part of the charity programme or personal business or even club business as it also happens to be the venue for the North American Rangers Supporters Association annual convention. A wee friend in the travel agency business did a bit of research for me and priced business class flights at £4,500.* A hotel in New York overlooking Times Square would set you back about £300 per night.* So that’s at least £5,000. On top of this, of course, one has to add the cost of the white water rafting.* I am reliably informed that the RCF party are participating in a five day experience costing £1,500.* So we’ve now got a running total of £6,500 per head. Anyway, I digress.* Eagle-eyed readers will have spotted that I mention both Ally McCoist and his son.* They may also have spotted that I mentioned that Mr McCoist is leading a team (6 people I counted, including another son?). Now, I could be mistaken here but I trawled (yes, it is an obsession) Just Giving and I eventually found three more pages related to Ally’s Idaho Challenge: Richard Calveley – £2,459.93 raised of £5,000.00 target Alastair McCoist – £0.00 raised of £5,000.00 target Lynsey Moore – £2,040.00 raised of £4,000.00 target (figures correct as of 14 June 2013) Ally himself has done extremely well, raising £11,133.14 against a target of £10,000 which means that a grand total of £15,633.07 has been raised.* But that still leaves a lot of questions unanswered with the most important being; how much did this all cost?* If my friend is correct, we are looking at a total cost of about £39,000! On 24 May 2013, I emailed a series of questions to the Sevconian press office and Connal Cochrane, the Manager of the Rangers Charity Foundation: 1. How many people are participating in the current Idaho Challenge? 2. What is the total cost of this event (transport, accommodation, event, etc) and can costs be itemised? 3. Have any participants been required to put down a bond or other similar guarantee to ensure actual costs are fully recovered as a minimum? 4. What is the total amount pledged/donated to date? 5. Have tickets (flights, accommodation, etc) been booked as a group or individually? 6. Has the foundation sought to purchase the cheapest possible tickets and is it able to evidence this? 7. What steps has the Foundation taken to ensure that the Challenge will at the very least raise enough funds to cover costs? I later asked if they could also let me know how they planned to ensure that the insurance policy they’d obviously taken out to protect the rafters was legally binding if it hadn’t actually been legally executed by the board of trustees? To date, none of these questions have been answered. And now for the strange bit…I am told that the Manager and Chief Executive have taken part in the White Water Rafting experience over the past three years and that each one has ended coincidentally with the commencement of the North American Rangers Supporters Association annual convention which the Manager and Chief Executive have then attended.* Curiouser and curiouser!
Some people have far too much free time on their hands. He could be out doing something useful, like building new roads or curing cancer - but he is in the house on the internet writing this ****e.
Dunno who the biggest waste of semen is, the author or Mindy for regurgitating it. If only their fathers had shot all over their mother's tits......
Ffs Gloria Hunniford eat your heart out . Should this thread not be on trip advisor ? Canny wait to read Chris Commons itinerary RE his wee trip to Vegas . 10 grand on burgers and buffalo wings alone ive heard .
You posted this thread on GC I posted my comment on GC You failed again I have no idea how you manage to be so incredibly stupid
Firstly that wee timmy mindtreat you posted has more holes in it than a cardinals alibi . It indicitive of the depths you lot will plummet in your attempts to discredit all things Rangers . It is also indicitive of your stupidity at not only giving it credence but rehashing it all over the tinternet . You will honestly believe any ****e thats shovelled to you as long as it's about Rangers and is negative won't you . Pretty sad . Secondly . Hasn't Lenny Henry lost some amount of weight ?
I didn't believe it at first either...theres no such thing as a steakbake in the US, but I believe these supporters events are catered. Do you think Dion reminded Ally of a Peperami? please log in to view this image
Ach yer Havering hen . That's never Kris Akabusi ......far too tall . Put the bucky doon qnd away and wash yer curtains there's a good lass .
Quite an interesting article really as it gives us insight into how *super* ally still believes in the basic financial model that killed the old rangers.
