I agree with all you said, all true. But license renewal is an annual thing, it really shouldnt take months to determine that *we need more licenses*. At the start of the year you pay for 10, sometime in June you hire a new director, well we now need 11 installations. By the next license renewal you should know that you need to renew with15 licenses for the next year. An unaddressed 10 license gap representing an almost doubling of the contract agreement is odd though, that doesnt appear to be an oversight just someone taking advantage of what the software allowed them to do without paying. In addition there had to have been a procedure for adding unplanned seats in face of growth outside the normal renewal time.

The decision to move to a new platform is the bank's right. I dont buy the argument though that because the company is Bahamian they cant offer multi jurisdictional support and incorporate the most up to date security technology. Most companies use software where there is no in country support, support is all handled remotely, it just means hiring more people to support the need ("technically") and possibly some dedicated infrastructure

I agree I saw many empty seats even with ticket give always. The prices were very high, no idea if the 100% jump was justified or not

"*vindicated*"? Over what? I dont believe theres a Bahamian who was not in support of hosting these games. What we want is transparency and justification of expenditure. That's still to be reported. They should be in a position to lay the financial as ls on the table at the next sitting of Parliament, because as the preparation was ongoing they would have had to keep track of all spending fo the penny with weekly reports to the LOC to ensure there was either no overspend or notify the govt if they needed additional funds

"*The latest letter includes a copy of one written almost exactly 20 years earlier, on January 27, 2004, when Mr Raine informed Mr Anderson of a “discrepancy” between the 15 client licences and 25 “installed clients” when RF was still then part of the larger Fidelity Group.*

*The subject also arose in 2010, when the investment bank was called RoyalFidelity Merchant Bank & Trust due to Royal Bank of Canada’s 50 percent ownership interest at the time. “The practice that has gone on heretofore with respect to unauthorised users being added to your systems by your personnel, as required, is at best unsatisfactory,” Mr Raine wrote then.*

Before reading this part of the story I was thinking that there was an unspoken arrangement that *we'll support the operation* which deteriorated after the announcement of the software transition.

But based on the communication it seems clear that the license breech is a long standing issue and more than enough time has passed to clearly communicate/understand the no. of installations allowed

"*The more high net worth individuals we can attract the better for everyone*"

In balance or we become a native servant class

I think yall just have serious personal hatred for "*some*" people. I dont know if anybody would say Papa Doc had "good" ethics.

Influence. You cant get into an argument with or strongarm everybody to get your agenda sold.. you could.. but..

And to be clear, being a minister and being able to have all these facts at your fingertips and debate without notes as the Pindling elite cabinet did, is **hard**. Our mistake is believing "*anybody*" can do this job, just look nice for the pics.

It may sound discriminatory because it is, but this job is not for any man off the street. Even among the educated you'd have to thin the crowd. First you have to be able to read, you have to have good comprehension skills, ability to communicate, leadership skills, excellent recall, good command of history, comprehensive understanding of law, ability to think on your feet and debate. Chatacter and ethics without those two we wasting our time. Could a man off the street have all those qualities? Yes, but he would be no ordinary man, he would be a born leader

I dont know where people was living between 2017 and 2019, it couldnt have been the Bahamas. I'm simply blown away by all the fond memories of how great things were. Because the most common refrain during that time was "*y'all please give them more time, they never do this before*", then in 2018 there was Oban. Then in 2019 there was Dorian with NEMA claiming credit for work being done by intl national agencies and the minister of national security saying "*what crime in Abaco*"?

According to wikipedia

*The role of a party chairman is often quite different from that of a party leader. The duties of the chairman are typically concerned with the party membership as a whole, and the activities of the party organization. Chairmen often play important roles in strategies to recruit and retain members, in campaign fundraising, and in internal party governance, where they may serve as a member of, or even preside over, a governing board or council. They often also have influence in candidate selections, and sometimes in the development and promulgation of party policy. When describing the position within the American Democratic Party, PBS NewsHour described it as "part cheerleader, part fundraiser, part organizer and recruiter, part public messenger".*

Nothing about being "*nasty*" and attacking opponents. In general it appears the chairman is closer to the party project manager.