Something Fishy Going On In SO
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Noveras
Yesterday when the social office published an article asking for donation I was shocked.I can't remember when the social office has ever published an article before asking for nation wide donation.
Some people start to question why the government can't help the Social Office as it did in the past and the respond we got from the Prime Minister's Department
"Robin Hood broke into the bank over the weekend, and took all the gold. The gold was reportedly sent to ePhilippines to help their impoverished children! "
I would like to know this respond is just a joke or the real thing.If it is the real thing I would the government to publish an open article to eMalaysia public.In that article it must clarify few of this issues
1)What really happened to all the money in SO and why the gov can't supply money to SO?
2)If "Robin Hood" really broke into our coffer we would like to know how and what are the action that have been taken to take back the stolen money and what action have been taken or will be taken to prevent the same incident in the future.
After I did some investigation I found out that only 3 people in the past 27 days that have access on Social Office account and those people are
1) Spykerman
2) Mr. Aleph
3) Suzhaimiz
It seem 27 days ago MYR 1000 was given to SO but now they are gone.
There are about 10 items donated in this 27 days span.Our population are low and dropping so using money to buy gifts does not make any sense that MYR 1000 missing in 27 days.
I've asked both Spykerman and Mr Aleph to give their side of the story on this issue and here what they have to say
Spykerman
When I first started work at SO, I was also wondering who the hell was spending so much of MYR within a short period of time.
After questioning a few people and ended up with nothing, I decided to temporarily change the password to catch the culprit.
Lo and behold...it was none other than the then-CP suzhaimiz!
Anyway, when I was at SO, approximately 200-300 MYR were spent on gifts.
Hope that helps.
Mr Aleph
The truth of the matter was, over the last few weeks I was there as an aide, I saw a ridiculous amount of money dissapearing from the account. Some of it did seem to be spent on buying gifts, bread etc. but not the figures spent dint seem to make any sense. And I seemed to be doing most of the responses to people who PMed for help, so I wasn't even sure who was actually benefiting from the money.
When I contacted the minister in charge, Spykerman, she said that the only people who had access to the account was me, her and President Suzhaimiz. She also seemed to be mystified at the disappearance of funds.
This is all I know, and I can personally say that I only spent the equivalent of about 80MYR while I was there (about two weeks). Over these last two weeks, MYR200 would have been more than sufficient to look after the newbies who wrote for help, and those whose wellness was above 40-50 were not given direct help but encouraged to send gifts. So dont ask me where all the rest of the money went. Maybe there is a reasonable explanation, or maybe there was corruption happening on a massive scale.
I have to say, in the future, Congress should have more of an idea about who in government has access to which funds.
Now it seems that both agreed that they SO spend around MYR 500 in last 27 days period.Now from MYR 1000 they only used MYR 500.What happened the other MYR 500???Here we can see the weakness in the system it self.There are 3 people who have access on the Social Office account and if anyone of them are stealing we would never know who is doing it.Here I would like to suggest a few things and ways we can improve the system.
1)A more systematic inventory/finace management
-We should elected only 1 person to buy and stock gifts and moving tickets.That person must report directly to the congress on the quantity of the products he/she bought the amount of money used.He/she must notify the congress before he/she make the purchased.
2)Congress approval
-SO members must seek congress approval before he/she send any gifts or made any donation.This way we can keep track on how many gifts that actually spend on the targeted group.
Here I would like to state that I am not accusing any of those 3 as being corrupt and stealing money from SO.As you know there are a lot of hackers out there and I know a few who are staying in eMalaysia.Even thou hacking is something that we can't prevent but at least we know if there are something wrong and won't get the idea of SO being corrupt.
LOVE,RESPECT,LOYALTY
Comments
firstly noveras.
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one of your best article yet. 🙂 well done. proper researched, and on a very important topic. I agree on a few things, and disagree on a few things. Allow me:
1. The so-called 'theft'. Well, I have yet to receive reports from the past government with regards to anything, so i cannot comment on that. I personally issued that donation drive, because the government is indeed very poor at the moment. I will address this issue again once Nagyzee and I have a better discussion. I ll let suzhaimiz n those of previous govt to tell you more if they could.
2. I have not checked the MYR inflow/outflow but the system i have used with Maruko81 two months ago - was to donate a fixed 4-weeks budget of 600MYR at the start of the CPship. It would be her jurisdiction to spend. Any further spending would be scrutinised.
3. Yes, we need a better system of accountability and so forth. Yet, we don't have enough manpower to main the bloody social office. At the moment, i am spending 1 hour a day replying PMs as CP and SO, another 1hr PMing newbies and adding them as friends, 1-2 hours on reading foreign news and local articles and another 1hr to talk to people on irc. ANyone wanna take the SO job?
Point is - all the system in the world is useless, if we have no men/women in the frontline to do the job.
4. I agreed that we need a system to trace our funds and make a reporting system. I disagree that we need to log our purchase and request permission for every little purchase/gifting. It ll take forever.
5. That said, i am in the process of finalising the budget for the month and from there on, we can start agreeing on what to spend on what. again, no point for me to set up all these systems, if the next guy just fall asleep. Otherwise, i prefer the system i used with maruko (fixed budget - preapproved).
6. we need an audit team. anyone wanna do it? Duh.
ps: in the event of gold theft, there's nothing we can do - but cry over it. 🙁 Gold Theft is very common all over eWorld. which is why - it's hard to find trustworthy people. The integrity of people is typically valued over 50 ringgit. (at least that's how much i paid the pakcik polis when i got pulled over few years ago).
>"ANyone wanna take the SO job?"
I might be able to help, but that would be somewhat overextending myself. Not only am I involved in Sol, but in the Congress as well ;_;
@CDV
He admit of bribery in RL!!!! :{P
Well I know that requesting permission to buy everything will take time and let face it,it just bureaucracy in action.
Well what about this,SO will be divided into 3.
1)Store Master(The Leader)(I am ready to take this position)
-He/she will stock up gifts and tickets and make report once a week to the congress.In that report it will stated how many products they purchased and amount of money used.This person cannot donate any items or send any gifts
2)The Counselor(Deputy Leader)
-His/her only job is to give advise on players.It is up to him/her to keep update on newbies and provide.This person must send repots on "The Baby Sitter" on who should be aloud to receive gifts.This person cannot donate any items or send any gifts
3)The Baby Sitter(Trainee)
-He/she is the only person who can make donation and send gifts.This person must make reports on how many gifts or item that are used to "Store Master".
If we implement this we can know if someone actually stole something because only one person do one particular job.I am ready to take charge in reforming SO.I've also identify a couple individuals that can fill all the jobs.
Corruption can come in many forms.I've investigated the money flows of SO for the past 27 days.There are not money going out of SO but as I said corruption can come in many form.For example an SO can buy gifts and donated it to his/her friends or him self and there are no records for this.So I hope you consider my proposal.I will take full responsibility if aloud to start reforming SO for a trial period.
🙁
Suzhaimiz only followed the orders, so . . .
@nocholas2000
I don't think it is a good idea to over extend your job.
Personally, I would like to bring the Social Office under Congressional jurisdiction, or at least be watched over by the Congress.
well I have the same idea which is why I want SO to report to congress every week
Hi Noveras,
It is hard to find ONE (UNO/SATU) responsible and trustworthy people to helm SO at the moment. Sorry. Many offers come up (like those above), but let's face it - you guys are too busy to take this up to the level it deserves. SO is a full-time job! lol. *wink at nichola2000, the Speaker is a full-time job too*
🙂 At the moment, we have a) Cash Master (nagyzee/myself) who send the MYR to SO. Then we have b) Social Officers (vacant/myself) who will decide who needs what - buy them, send it out with advice. You cannot just drop stuff to people without saying anything. All communication has to be through single org. that means, the counsellor and trainees in your proposal above would access that same org. So nothing change (but names). you cannot prevent people with intention to steal, to steal - unless u stop them from entering the org. that means stopping them from doing the work.
so, boil down to - who want the work and who can be trusted? LoL. I don't mind losing few hundreds MYR or Gold to find out the true cost of a person. 🙂
If that so please provide at least financial report to the congress because I'm just darn sick of seeing money gone with out knowing where it have been missing.
Is Maruko will helm the SO again? I was pretty sure you have put her in your cabinet as Minister of SO again.
I like her dedication, cheeriness and help back when I was still in my diapers. Without her help back then, I wouldn't be here commenting.
I would like to help if I may. I can do simple job like book-keeping, stock/inventory check or report writing, as long as it doesn't involve much socializing (I'm pretty bad at people skills and writing properly).
Although, I have not done any of the above in RL (haven't learned proper accounting or managerial skills) before so it will take sometime (and guidance) before I can be proficient enough.
"Suzhaimiz only followed the orders, so . . . "
it's fun 😃
you can date lana everyday
At least, something interesting to read .
I gave food to SO, now I'd like to know what you have done with my donations. We need some transparency on that matter also
I could have stayed on at the SO, but no one contacted me about it. I think we need more communication between transfers of power.
Anyhow, I think these problems could be solved by just keeping a record in an account book each time something is bought, gifts are sent out, who sent what etc. And a report to Congress each week or every two weeks.
Is Suhaimiz the new Mahathir?? does he have some echildren he is giving all this money to?
on a more serious note: Excellent article Noveras.
i am also willing to offer my services in some capacity at the SO. let me know
Mr aleph, let's talk.
suz - i hope your comment does not implied what i am thinking. 🙁
" i hope your comment does not implied what i am thinking. 🙁 "
hey, i dun need to rob anyone for gold and money
i have a few companies to support me so i able to date lana
I also date lana everyday, but I didn't steal anything 😛
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