The second thing is that I don't think he has the remotest idea what he's talking about, anywhere in the video. He begins with a tour of the only structure on the 15 acre property. an almost windowless metal shed with a garage door, which he says they're definitely gonna use, he's just not sure for what. Maybe it'll hold "stuff", or maybe it'll be classrooms if they finish it out. It's in good shape, just has some roof issues right now.
Wait a moment. This thing is basically a garage for a front end loader or something, no ventilation, one window, a garage door, a toilet -- and they're gonna redo it for meeting rooms? Just add HVAC and stud walls or something, voila, RCIA can move right in!
The third thing is he seems to have absolutely no plan, which is reflected in what he says about the shed, but as he drives around the property, he just mentions random things here and there. Maybe one entrance from the road, maybe two. There's a well, but maybe it'll be used, maybe not. Not sure about drainage. Not sure where the church'll go. I left a comment on the video yesterday which is still there as of this morning, but it may not last:
When will published plans and budget be available? What would be the cost of adding HVAC and finishing out the metal shed for serious occupation? Why is so much just blue-sky sorta-kinda-maybe? You said in the other video that you'd prepared a proposal to get a million-dollar grant, but what you're saying here is that so much is vaguely up in the air that the proposal must have had absolutely nothing concrete.As I said in the comment, Dcn Aw Shucks said in the video I linked on Saturday that he'd put together a "little proposal" to get what turned out, to his surprise, to be a million-dollar grant. But I've written and received many a proposal throughout my career -- one of my job functions was often proposal writer. A proposal, as I understand the term, contains a highly detailed plan and cost estimate that specifies an exact statement of work to be performed and product to be delivered.
So a proposal for a church building grant, as far as I can see, might present options, somewhat as Dcn Aw Shucks described in the first video, a cost and scope for a $600,000 prefab building, and then quite possibly a detailed cost estimate and scope for a $1.3 million building, if the donor chose to go that route. But there would be dozens, if not hundreds, of pages outlining project requirements, elements, and phases -- parking lot, estimated size of congregation, planned activities, landscaping, project consultants, and so forth.
The impression I have is that the "little proposal" the deacon says he put together had nothing like this. And beyond that, the impression I have from this man's demeanor is that such a thing is simply not in his ken. He's all sorta-kinda maybe someday. I see no evidence that he's capable of any sort of focus or serious plan. I have no idea what he meant when he said "little proposal", but it clearly is not what an adult from a corporate or non-profit environment understands by the word "proposal".
And this brings me back to the lengthy admonition at the end of his first YouTube, that nobody should try to find out who the donor of the million dollars is. Really? People who donate a million dollars normally want the kind of proposal I used to write and receive. They don't listen to some phony deacon guy shuckin' and jivin', and then surprise him a week later with a million bucks he didn't ask for.
Something's seriously not right here. The first question I'd have is where's the receipt for the million dollar wire transfer. And I'd go on from there, but this is enough for today.
