Once again, we want to remind you that no matter how grim things seem to be for Scientology recruiting and public relations, it’s an organization that never gives up. And specifically, it never stops begging its remaining members for huge mountains of cash.
Our tipsters passed along a couple of interesting items recently, and we figured you’d want to see them.
First, a rare dispatch from Edinburgh, Scotland, a place that longtime readers will remember for its colorful newsletters of the past from “Fearless Leader John G,” Scots Wha Haé!
For that reason, we can’t help being curious about the “Ideal Org” push there, and to be honest, this email to one of our readers seems a tad low energy. What do you think? Would this have you reaching for your checkbook?
Hello,
I wanted to let you know that great things are still happening here in Scotland! Amazing things. New people starting their first services, buying their first books, signing up for free online courses and learning about Scientology. Wins being had in the public divisions, in the Academy and HGC. Lots of people coming into the org. We have had, in the last 12 weeks, over 800 public coming into the org and through.
We have multiplied our Dissemination with over 80,000 division 6 handouts in the last 12 weeks.
Last week we distributed Way to Happiness booklets around the local area, with more than 10 businesses putting a Way to Happiness display on their counter.
We have been reaching people and there has been a lot of interest generated as a result. No question!
Why am I telling you this? One new public’s words tell us why we do all that we do:
“Scientology offers me answers to questions that I can’t find anywhere else. It offers knowledge that is simple and applicable to everyday life. It also has a great community, with great people, who are there to help you at anytime, through anything.”
There are wins being generated all the time!
As you know, HAPI is an IAS sponsored Ideal Org project and we are on a quest to grow this org large enough to need the Ideal Org ASAP. And we are winning in that journey!
In the coming week we are showing the Paris Ideal Org Grand Opening. This is an IAS sponsored Ideal Org and as part of this and to commemorate that opening we want to show a lot of support to the IAS and take HAPI Org up to the next level of support.
So, I am asking you to consider making a donation to the IAS with HAPI Org next week.
How about that?
Please get in touch to let me know and we can make it happen!
Best,
Malcolm Fraser
Executive Director
Hubbard Academy
Meanwhile, the push for cash to open an Ideal Org where it truly isn’t needed, Battle Creek, Michigan, soldiers on. And now they’ve roped in this couple, an admiralty law attorney and his wife, who have now contributed 55 “humanitarians” at $100,000 each.
That’s $5.5 million just for Ideal Orgs from this happy couple. That’s a lot of flotsam, Admiral!
We’ve pointed it out before: At the same time that Scientology seems to be struggling to bring in raw meat (at least here in the U.S.), church leader David Miscavige continues to convince longtime members to fork over staggering amounts of pure cash donations, with no expectation of return. How do you think he does it?
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Why do Clams keep donating to the IAS and the Idle mOrg project? Habit? $cienoes have been donating ever since the IRS wouldn't give them a tax exemption. And that morphed into an income stream that Miscavige could not ignore. Hence, the Stupor Powerz and Ideal Org projects. That allowed a lot of lee way in how money was distributed and spent. It took something like 20 years to collect money for 1 building in Clearwater. And all the while, so many fingers were in the pie that estimates of 2 or 3x the actual cost were collected. That gives management a lot of incentive to keep the income stream flowing. That is the management side of 'fund raising'.
The reasons that hoi polloi donate are myriad. Sunk costs, 'ethics' handling, paying the toll to keep seeing your Sea bOrg children, all reasons to keep donating. Throw in the bowling trophies for those who donate the most and you create a culture that Amway would be proud to emulate. I can see why the whales donate, for the ego stroking and by being made 'opinion leaders' and being extolled by management. As the ability and skills needed to recruit have fallen by the wayside, where do the foot soldiers who have sales skills go? They go after the Whales, those commissions can (or used to) support a good life style.
There is very little that you get told “good job” for in Scientology. When you complete a course or auditing, you are forced to come up with a “success story” about how it made you feel. Then the next step is to rush straight to the reg to give more money and sign up for a new course. If you have enough money to just plain donate, you get attaboys, recognition, trophies, etc. In a group where you spend most if your life being or avoiding being punished, the best way to get a chance to feel good is fork over the cash.