Trusted Party

He was a trusted party. 

As the society's secretary, he connected everybody. 

For events, he did the digital posters, event shirts, banners, medals, merchandise.

Pretty normal stuff.

He manages the order, pays the supplier, and then makes claims (for reimbursement) from the society.

SOP: submit claim to treasurer - once approved by treasurer + president, the money is released to him to pay the suppliers.

The trouble is, he marks up the suppliers' prices. 

In some cases, almost double the original price.

More than RM200,000 would have been paid to him over the years, since 2014.

If divided by 10 years that's about RM20,000/ year.

In some cases the suppliers were not even paid.

There are those who advanced payments to the supplier, and not reimbursed. For more than 5 years.

Despite multiple promises, the money has yet to be forthcoming.

The hardline is to conduct a disciplinary hearing, or a show-cause, but that would be a spectacle.

It is our culture not to let someone "lose face".

Our president probably should talk to him & encourage him to honourably resign.

RM20,000/ year may not seem too much to some people.

But to a society running on members' contribution to do its' activities, that seemed an awful lot.

Now we don't have much more in the bank.

We cannot afford to pay even RM5,000 for an upcoming event.

What have we become?

And What else is in store for us?