OR HOW NIGEL THORNE, NEIL WILLIAMS , JO WATKINS AND OTHERS BANKRUPTED OUR INSTITUTE!!!!

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE TIMELINE OF A FRAUD

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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

17 JUNE 2009

LI Forecast Income remains stable over several years

1ST MARCH 2009

The LI has rarely met its OWN Income Forecasts. It has traded at a Loss in 4 out of 6 Years.

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE HAS ENJOYED STABLE INCOME FOR SEVERAL YEARS , AND IT EXPECTS TO ATTAIN SIMILAR LEVELS OF INCOME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

Notice the Bizarre growth in Expectations for Income. It is entirely unsupported by Evidence. The gap between reality & expectations grows larger EVERY YEAR.

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE HAS CONSISTENTLY FAILED TO MEET ITS BUDGETS. ITS FORECASTS FOR INCOME HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY UNREALISTIC. EXPENDITURE FORECASTS ARE OFTEN FULFILLED AND EXCEEDED
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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

SEE DETAIL IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDE

Income does grow at spectacular rates for 2 years. it tapers off later and PEAKS in 2007-08.

INCOME EXPECTED INCOME (BUDGET)

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ITS INCOME BY MORE THAN 400,000 IN 2008-09. NEARLY 25% MORE IN ONE SINGLE YEAR WHEN IT HAD FAILED TO MEET ITS PREVIOUS BUDGETS.
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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

DETAIL OF ACTUAL vs EXPECTED INCOME AND SPENDING (BUDGET) EXPENDITURE VS INCOME IN 2008-2009

EXPENDITURE EXCEEDS BUDGET BY 121,000

EXPENDITURE VS INCOME IN 2007-2008

EXPENDITURE VS INCOME IN 2006-2007

INCOME INCREASES BY 150,000 IN ONE YEAR

EXPENDITURE INCREASES BY 300,000 IN ONE YEAR INCOME INCREASES BY 90,000 OVER TWO YEARS

EXPENDITURE INCREASES BY 330,000 OVER TWO YEARS EXPECTED INCREASE IN INCOME EXCEEDS 400,000 25% IN ONE YEAR

INCOME EXPENDITURE

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTES FINANCIAL SITUATION HAS ITS ORIGINS IN RECKLESS SPENDING AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE DELIBERATE MISMANAGEMENT DESIGNED TO CONCEAL IT.

Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

IN 2007-2008, THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE OVERSPENT AT THE TUNE OF 121,000 IN ONE SINGLE YEAR ABOVE WHAT HAD BEEN BUDGETED FOR THAT YEAR. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN REVEALED TO THE MEMBERSHIP
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Record Spending Record Income Record Income

Income Stabilizes President Honorary Treasurer Jo Watkins Jo Watkins ?

Record Loss

Record Loss

Record Loss

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE EXPENDITURE HAS GROWN OUT OF CONTROL WHILST ITS INCOME HAS REMAINED STABLE. THOSE IN CHARGE DURING THIS TIME ARE BEING PROMOTED TO THE TOP.
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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

March 2007 Financial Year ends with a 22,500 Deficit after 1,730,000 in Income.

March 2008 Income up to 1,879,263, a record.

EXPENDITURE
March 2009 1st Expected Income Down to 1,816,000. Expected Expenditure Down to - 2,155,000

2,155,000

INCOME 1,750
October 2008 Expected Expenditure Down to 2,330,000. The Li is already undergoing Financial Restructuring 1st March 2008 17th The Executive Committee is aware of a Deficit in the region of 133,000 due to Excessive Spending. The Decision is taken to conceal this fact from Members. Deficit not mentioned In Minutes of Council Meeting October 2008 1st The Executive Committee is aware of very changed Financial Circumstances. Expenditure has been Greatly reduced. Potentially undue Spending is Identified. The Decision is taken to conceal this fact from Members at the Impending AGM.

March 2009 1st Income Down by less than 50k from 2007-08. Several People made redundant alleging Loss of Income January 2009 22TH Alastair McCapra presents the Membership with grossly exaggerated figures and a distorted story to prevent the Membership from ascertaining the true origin of the Huge Deficit the LI has incurred into. March 2010 1st Expected Income Down to 1,700,000. Expected Expenditure Down to - 1,653,000

1,500

1,250

1,000

750

October 2008 27th After several Revisions, The Council approves the Financial Report for the Financial Year 200708 with a 220,800 Deficit not mentioned In Minutes of Council Meeting

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TIMELINE OF A FRAUD
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Jo Watkins bills 10k for Expenses Filed as UCAS Officer

OCTOBER 2008 27TH AGM

January 2009 22Th EGM November 2008 First news about our Financial Situation issued via Email. Attempts to dispose of our Heritage start. March 2009 Deficit up to 339,000 a record.

July 2009 EGM Jo Waktins LI President

Bowman Leaves

McCapra Joins costing Over 25 k in fees

DEFICIT -250
March 2008 121,000 OVERSPENT ABOVE BUDGET. Deficit up to 133,000 a record. October 2008 Deficit up to 220,800 a record.

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-339,000
2009 2010

2007
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2008

THIS TIMELINE IS INTENDED TO EXEMPLIFY THE HISTORY OF THIS POTENTIAL FRAUD

Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

The financial situation has come out of the blue and if of great concern to all of us. Basically we just werent being given the correct information and a much rosier position was being painted than was actually the case, which coupled with the sharp downturn in advertising revenue and the Govt changing the rules on gift aid has left us in the lurch. It may well be that we took our eye off the ball, however we have put in place a Chief Executive Officer, who takes overall responsibility for the financial state of the LI.(...) it has become clear that the LI simply does not have the resources to manage (the Archives) properly in the long term. Jo Watkins 14 November 2008 we are faced with is not one of a temporary downturn but of a rapid reduction in recurrent income which will remain at a low level for the foreseeable future. This has implications for our staffing structure (...). As of October 2008 we had a have a staffing structure which is financially unsustainable and there is no prospect of it being so for the next 2-3 years (...) Alastair McCapra - 23 February 2009 However the main financial problem we have faced this year and will continue to face is not the misstatement of our financial position in the management accounts (...). The major problem is that around 1/3 of the organisations income in recent years came from advertising revenue, and this has disappeared very rapidly indeed in recent months. We have had to restructure the organisation around a smaller future income base to take account of this. Alastair McCapra - 11 March 2009

Gabino (...) Were you to meet the Trustees, I'm certain you would be re-assured that their motives are indeed honourable.
Neil Williamson - 18 March 2009 You have requested copies of the monthly management accounts for the period April-October 2008. Trustees do not regard these management accounts as reliable and they will therefore not be released.. Alastair McCapra 30 April 2009 There is no corruption, no scandal, and nothing undemocratic in the matters that have been made transparent and available to all of you with regards to the current state of affairs at the LI. If you have proof that this is not the case I ask you to stop postulating and inform the appropriate legal authorities in order that the matter can be resolved without further ado. No member has the right to question the dedication and commitment of any other member unless they can substantiate their claim. . Nigel Thorpe - 29 May 2009

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE HAS CONSISTENTLY ISSUED FALSE AND MISLEADING STATEMENTS DESIGNED TO CONCEAL THE FACTS FROM ITS MEMBERSHIP. IT HAS DISMISSED WORKERS UPON FALSE PRETEXTS AND IS ATTEMPTING TO DISPOSE OF ITS HERITAGE TO SAVE THE REPUTATION OF THOSE INVOLVED WITH THIS MORE THAN POTENTIAL FRAUD. TRUSTEES ARE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR 121,000

Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI Another Libellous

Fraud, in addition to being a criminal act, is also a type of civil Law violation known as a Tort. A tort is a civil wrong for which the law provides a remedy. A civil fraud typically involves the act of intentionally making a false representation of a material fact, with the intent to deceive, which is reasonably relied upon by another person to that person's detriment. A "false representation" can take many forms, such as: A false statement of fact, known to be false at the time it was made; A statement of fact with no reasonable basis to make that statement; A promise of future performance made with an intent, at the time the promise was made, not to perform as promised; A statement of opinion based on a false statement of fact; A statement of opinion that the maker knows to be false; or An expression of opinion that is false, made by one claiming or implying to have special knowledge of the subject matter of the opinion. "Special knowledge" in this case means knowledge or information superior to that possessed by the other party, and to which the other party did not have equal access. An intentional omission or concealment of some material fact done with the design of deceiving another party, and done with the intent that the other party rely on the deception. Fraud as tort - Wikipedia 9 June 2009

Standard 1 : Landscape Architects should at all times act with integrity and avoid any action or situations which are inconsistent with their professional obligations. 1.1 Landscape Architects should not make, support or collaborate in any statement, written or otherwise, which is contrary to their professional opinion, or which they know to be misleading, or unfair to others, or otherwise discreditable to the profession. Landscape Institute Code of Professional Conduct and Practice September 2000

THE LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE PRESIDENT, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL HAVE FAILED TO LIVE UP TO OUR STANDARDS AND THEY ARE LIKELY TO HAVE BROKEN THE LAW, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY. THEY ARE, RIGHT NOW, ATTEMPTING TO STRIP US OF OUR HERITAGE AND CONCEAL THE FACT THAT OUR DUES HAVE BEEN MISMANAGED, AND POTENTIALLY MISUSED FOR THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF SEVERAL TRUSTEES AND EMPLOYEES. THIS AMOUNTS TO FRAUD AS TORT AND POTENTIAL CORRUPTION
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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI

Dear Sir/Madam, I have just received a Communication from the Landscape Institute regarding some fairly ugly financial difficulties. I have not heard about them before, but I am not surprised by it in the least. This kind of trouble has been brewing at the landscape Institute for quite a long time, specially since the people appointed to serve in it had, for a long time, a lot more to gain from being involved with it than they were able to offer in the way of service to their fellow members.

In my opinion, the Landscape Institute has become an opaque and profoundly undemocratic institution where decisions have been taken on the self-aggrandizing notions of a few, bent on aping larger and more prestigious professional bodies. The Institution's arcane working methods and election procedures have served to further some careers at the expense of members' long term interests, whose real needs have been ignored. The absurd move to 33 Portland Street is a fine example. It would be sufficient to re-read the bombastic proclamations of the time, intended to justify such an clownish behaviour, to understand why we find ourselves scuttling out of such a grandiose location in search of a new "affordable home".
With regards to the expensive change in publisher, my view is that it may have been necessary at the time, but it was divisive and faintly vindictive of some members seemed just to eager to bury Sir Jeoffrey Jellicoe's legacy. He would be turning on his grave if he knew what a bunch of wannabes have done to his beloved profession. Breaking with the Landscape Design Trust weakened us as a profession as a whole. In spite of all the hype and the grandiose mumbo jumbo that goes for professional speech these days, we are still a small and largely irrelevant profession. Throwing decades of collaboration and free exchange of ideas out of the window in return for glossy presentation and property development clap trap was a bad idea and still is. With regards to the "mistake" in the management accounts, I personally "do not suffer from the tragedy of perfection", so I am not one free from error. However, I served as voluntary accountant for a non profit organisation for twelve months. I spotted a big gap in the accounts to the extent of tens of thousands of euros. It took me months of worry and very late nights to work out what the heck was going on. I finally managed to get the accounts into shape and allocated responsibilities where they belonged. The lesson learned is that there is no such a thing as "wrong management accounts". There is "mismanagement" only. During my long stay under the grey British skies, I learned a few things about landscape design but a great deal more about some of the best qualities one can hope for in any society: love for hard and honest work, personal integrity and dignity in the face of adversity, respect for facts, for other people's views and freedom of opinion, willingness to back the underdog and to fight for things that are close to one's heart without fear of unjust and destructive retaliation from the powers that be. These notions may not be all that apparent after the putrid and amoral legacy that some smarmy politicians and their financial acolytes have left us, but they are still poignantly valid. I gain neither respect nor recognition in my own country for my LI membership: every cent I spent on it is, to all effects,wasted, but I have not given it up out of loyalty to my profession. Now, I feel that I must do the right thing and write to you calling for mass resignation at all levels in the LI. A public apology from a great deal of people is in order too. Calling the Police in would not be amiss either. Yours Sincerely, Gabino Carballo CMLI, Barcelona, Spain Posted in the Talking Landscapes Forum on 11th of March 2009

You can be as critical as you like of the LI in your postings but if you post material which looks to me like personal attack, I will remove it.
Alastair McCapra - 12th of March 2009

The only reason anyone has been excluded from this discussion forum is because of ranting, hysterical personal attacks, not for being critical, or proposing change. Nobody has been excluded as a result of, for example, posting incorrect 'facts' about the LI. Alastair McCapra - 9 April 2009

I WAS FIRST CENSORED FOR THIS MESSAGE AND LATER PERMANENTLY BANNED FOR POSTING SIMILAR MESSAGES. I HAD NOT, TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY, POSTED ANY INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS OR USED FOUL LANGUAGE. ALASTAIR McCAPRA AND NEIL WILLIAMSON HAVE DELIBERATELY AND CONSISTENTLYMISLEAD THE MEMBERSHIP AT LARGE ABOUT MY VIEWS, MY CHARACTER AND MY BEHAVIOUR.
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Another Libellous??? Statement by Gabino Carballo CMLI