I cited a handful of things to show the ubiquity of the one phrase, not to "bring in the disease thing", which I never thought was meant literally anyway. My assertion all along is that he paid a fine because he was consider to have somehow failed in his ethical responsibility as a Board member. jla seems to confirm that such an allegation would exist, but points out that settlement does not imply anything conclusory about the allegation. I am happy to accept that there is no reason to conclude that Neil did anything wrong.
As for Board, the only boards I am familiar with are attached to non- profits (colleges, associations, charities), and none of them has come under any kind of regulatory investigation. Also, most of them do not sign papers, most of them vote on policy. Most paper signing is done by the executives, such as the president, the director of fund development, the director of exhibitions. I have no idea what the practice is for a savings and loan, as I said early on......... |
