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Verfasser: James
Datum: Donnerstag, den 24. Januar 2002, um 18:57 Uhr
Betrifft: Zoff in Zion

Es gibt Zoff in Zion. Natürlich geht es um Kohle.

Wir erinnern uns an den "Sea Trek" im Sommer? (siehe im Archiv z.B. unter "Sea Trek" für den gesamten Hintergrund). Das Abenteur per Schiff über den Atlantik? Was zum finanziellen Abenteur wurde und nun wohl endgültig zum finanziellen Kollaps. Damals schrieb ich u.a.:

>"Laut Salt Lake Tribune sind nur noch drei Windjammer übrig. Wenn nicht noch schlappe $300.000 gesponsert werden, segeln zwei der restlichen drei Segelschiffe, die die Kanaren mittlerweile erreicht haben, wieder nach Norwegen zurück. Es verbleibt sodann nur noch die holländische "Europa". Darauf noch 50 Passagiere die sich nach New York aufmachen.

>Die beiden norwegischen Schiffe wollen Cash on the table, eine Bankgarantie, sehen, sonst gibt es keine Weiterfahrt. Der Organisator Sadleir ist momentan zahlungsunfähig, "erwartet" jedoch eine Steuerrückerstattung. Marcus Seidle, Kapitän der "Statsraad Lehmkuhl," berichtete den 60 Passagieren seines Schiffes, die Organisatoren von Sea Trek wären ihren zugesagten Zahlungsverpflichtungen nicht nachgekommen.

>Nun beten sie alle um "Unterstützung." Ich vermute himmlischen und finanziellen. Sadleir meinte nicht die Kirche um Hilfe anbetteln zu wollen, er könne von der Kirche "erwarten, daß diese Zehntendollar für so etwas benutzt." Kann man nicht?

>Trotzdem hofft Sadleir (der Organisator) noch:

>"Wir brauchen noch modere Pioniere die aufteten und uns helfen die Reise nach New York City zu beenden."

Und an anderer Stelle:

>"Das Sadleir geübt ist in kirchenüblicher Suggestion und Manipulation zeigt sich auch:

>"Ich bin zu 70% sicher, daß die Schiffe nach New York segeln werden. Wenn Menschen in ihrem Leben gesegnet worden sind (lies: Kohle gemacht haben, mein Zusatz) und die Mittel haben, dann bitten wir sie darum ihre Herzen und Checkbücher zu öffnen, damit dies möglich wird."

Und nun? $2 Millionen Schulden, inkl. $530.000 an den Besitzer der drei norwegischen Schiffe (der wird sich richtig ärgern den Verheißungen, Versprechungen und Gebeten geglaubt zu haben. Die Mormonen kriegen ein Superpresse in Norwegen, bad publicity. Too bad. Die Norweger wollen wohl klagen ... Den Russen und ihrer Mir stehen noch satte $43.000 zu ... Jetzt gibt Sadler zu (unter Druck kommt die Wahrheit meißt raus), daß z.B. kein einziger Passagier die Atlantiküberfahrt ganz selbst bezahlt hat, alle bezuschußt (engl. "Sadleir said. "Nobody paid full price.").

Interessant einige Aussagen von Mormonen Sadleir. Er hätte sich an die Kirche um Hilfe gewandt, die Kirche "wäre kurz davor gewesen, eine halbe Million Dollar zu geben ... die schlechte Presse in Norwegen hätte jedoch den Handel zum Scheitern gebracht."

Kirchensprecher Dale Bills weiß von nix (wer lügt nun eigentlich?),  die "Weigerung der Kirche zu helfen macht Sadler wütend."

Sadler selbst: "Die Kirche hat den Nutzen davon, hat aber nichts dazu beigetragen. Sie hatte keine Probleme Millionen dafür auszugeben, um Kindesbelästiger zu verteitigen oder Medaillien Plazas zu bauen, sie helfen uns aber nicht mit etwas so Positivem wie dem Sea Trek."

Volle Breitseite. Denke Sadler ist kurz davor ein kostenloses Interview mit seinem zuständigen Bischof zu gewinnen.

Original:

"Sea Trek Foundation in Troubled Waters, Thursday, January 24, 2002
  
BY PEGGY FLETCHER STACK
© 2002, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE

Four months after completing a re-creation of the sea voyages taken by 19th-century European Mormons bound for Utah, the Sea Trek Foundation has more than $1 million in debts outstanding, including $530,000 due to owners of three Norwegian tall ships.
By all accounts, Sea Trek 2001, as the journey was known, was a thrilling adventure for hundreds of participants -- and a public relations bonanza for the LDS Church in Europe.
But now, the financial dispute has pitted the ship companies against Sea Trek organizers Bill and DeAnn Sadleir of Salt Lake City. And it has generated some bad publicity for the LDS Church in Norway.
Per Langhelle, who represents the ships’ foundations in Norway, explained in a phone interview that Sea Trek owes about $54,000 to the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, $106,000 to the Sorlandet and $370,000 to the Christian Radich.
"We are not anxious to take our case to court, but it seems to be the only way if Bill is not able or willing to pay," said Langhelle.
Sadleir dismissed the Norwegians’ threats as bullying that would not hasten his efforts to raise funds to pay off the debt.
"The only way they are going to get paid is if we raise the money," said Sadleir, who is in Portugal on business.
Sea Trek also owes the Russian ship Mir about $43,000, which Sadleir said he plans to pay as early as next week.
The Sadleirs launched the Sea Trek 2001 endeavor nearly two years ago as a way to honor the 85,000 Mormon converts who left Europe to join fellow Latter-day Saints in a promised utopia in Utah. The Sadleirs established a non-profit organization, collected donations and sold berths on nine historic ships for some or all of the 59-day voyage from Denmark to New York City. Bill Sadleir, an entrepreneur and fund-raiser, had exclusive control of the finances.
Eventually, the budget for the whole project reached more than $5 million, including fireworks displays at various ports, traveling family history exhibits and dockside concerts. The foundation received a $1 million donation from David and Debra Huber of Baltimore.
Later, unable to find other donors, Sadleir appealed again to the couple’s generosity. They pitched in with another $1.9 million, this time as a loan. The remainder was supposed to be covered by passenger bookings.
Organizers put a price for one day on a ship at $160, based on the assumption the ships would fill to capacity. But organizers did not sell all the berths, and money paid by participants didn’t come close to covering costs.
Participation fell sharply on the Atlantic crossing. Sadleir then offered $2,000 scholarships to entice students to join the trip.
"Everybody who went on the ships was being subsidized by us," Sadleir said. "Nobody paid full price."
Beyond that, m any people canceled at the last minute, especially for the final leg of the trip to New York City, which followed the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
By the time Sea Trek arrived in the Canary Islands, a stopping point before crossing the Atlantic, financial troubles had caught up with the venture.
Shortly after docking, owners of the three Norwegian ships gave Sea Trek organizers 48 hours to pay $350,000 they were owed and ordered the crew to return home.
Several people stepped forward to help, providing between $250,000 and $300,000 in donations and bank guarantees. As the ships set sail again, Sadleir assured owners the remaining money would be paid soon after arrival in New York City.
But Sadleir has had trouble raising the remainder.
He turned to officials at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help underwrite the project. Sadleir claims the LDS Church was close to making a half-million dollar donation at the time of the Canary Island crisis, but bad press in Norway scuttled the deal.
That’s news to LDS Church spokesman Dale Bills, who said Wednesday that "Sea Trek was a private venture not sponsored by the church. From the outset, the church has declined all requests from Sea Trek organizers for financial support."
The church’s refusal to help infuriates Sadleir.
"The church got all the benefits but didn’t do squat," Sadleir said. "It has no problem forking over millions to defend child molesters or build medals plazas, but they won’t help us out with something as positive as Sea Trek."
Even if the LDS Church won’t help, several members might.
Robert Luke of Bergen, Norway, faxed The Salt Lake Tribune a copy of a letter he is circulating among Mormons in his country urging them to help pick up the tab for the ships.
"Let us join hands and pay this debt," Luke wrote. "The Sea Trek event has done a world of PR good for northern Europe. "
Many Sea Trek participants, who found the sea voyage to be among the most memorable experiences of their lives, are chagrined that bills have gone unpaid.
"It’s really unfortunate that the plan wasn’t made to pay the ships first and foremost because that’s what the experience was all about -- the ships," said Dean May, a University of Utah history professor who made the entire voyage on the Christian Radich.
May regrets that an experience that generated such good will for Mormons throughout Europe might end "on a lamentably sour note."
Quelle: http://www.sltrib.com/01242002/Utah/170189.htm

Cheers, James

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