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ADVERTORIAL • ADVERTORIAL • ADVERTORIALCharges Against Bet Knesset BamidbarBy: Steve Commander / AdvertorialEditor’s Note: This is a paid advertorialby Steve Commander. His views andopinions do not necessarily reflect the positionof The Vegas Voice. Steve was BKB President from 2016-2018 and hecan be contacted at: stevecommander1@gmail.com.The 2019 and 2020 Bet Knesset Bamidbar (BKB) Board of Directorsdid not provide 2020 membership to two long term congregants - mywife, and me, a former BKB President.I made a myriad of emails and phone calls, over a very long time,to BKB BOD members asking for renewed membership. There were noresponses from the BOD, including the Membership VP.However, a BOD member recently replied, “You were not a memberin good standing with all your antics.” “Antics”? I do not believe G-dhas Temple membership rules about “ANTICS.”I think the BOD members are really concerned about the following:All the financial discrepancies identified during my three years asBKB President apparently “rocked the boat.” In the first year of myPresidency an outside auditor was hired because the long-time treasurercould not provide years of audit documents, even though he claimedthe audits were “OK.” The outside auditor identified the following:1. Accurate financial statements were not provided,2. Same check numbers were used for different payees and differentdollar amounts,3. Fifty-nine check numbers were missing,4. Multiple checks were processed without the required two signatures,5. Excessive amount of financial changes were made to transactionsin the previous year,6. Money market and credit card accounts were not reconciled,7. The treasurer wrote the checks and also reconciled the bankstatements,8. Eleven expense accounts were added after the fiscal year ended,9. There was no procedure in place to handle cash.Additionally, a $13,255.99 expense, with a congregant’s name, wason the financial report along with other financial concerns. Thisamount, and many others, disappeared from the financial reports afterthey were identified them.The 2018 financial audit was done in-house and overseen by thehusband of the BKB President. This husband was the treasurer notedabove.His statement to the 2018 in-house audit at the May 2019 annualmeeting was, once again, it’s “OK The detail financial reports were notprovided to the congregation.As BKB President, I was also extremely concerned about adherenceto the Temple bylaws which were violated numerous times by BODmembers. One instance - there was an illegal member for years. Hereceived High Holiday Honors while legal members did not receivethose Honors. He is the son of the former Executive Vice President whoestablished the Honors each year.BKB must provide the detail annual audit report and completefinancial statements to members every year for review and comments.Congregants must closely oversee BKB via a BOD that fully adheres toits bylaws and their fiduciary responsibilities.My wife and I love BKB and desire our full and complete membershiprestored for all of 2020 and hence forth. All these issues must beaccomplished immediately or the BKB IRS Tax Free Status could berevoked and BKB may cease to exist.44September 2020
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