Is the maddie fund.... now a secret fund

[Vertigo Swirl]

It was done within a week as a fund -  that only the mccanns etc controlled.

Why did they do that....maddie could have been found at anytime.

What should they have done with all the public donations that poured in then?  Bank it, return it or stuff it under the mattress?

[Miss Taken Identity]

What sort of a charity should the McCanns have been busy setting up in the weeks following Madeleine’s disappearance?  To benefit which members of the public?

Well, there were very busy meeting and greeting and communicating with very important people but still managed to get a fund set up very quickly... Could they not just  get money raised for 'missing people'?  The charity knows how to pull at heart strings to get money for 'support'. It is run like a business with a CEO and all that jazz. Can't seem to find their salaries though.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Well, there were very busy meeting and greeting and communicating with very important people but still managed to get a fund set up very quickly... Could they not just  get money raised for 'missing people'?  The charity knows how to pull at heart strings to get money for 'support'. It is run like a business with a CEO and all that jazz. Can't seem to find their salaries though.

So in the immediate aftermath of the disappearance of their own child you think they should have been setting a charity to  benefit all missing people do you?  And how would that have worked exactly? 

[Miss Taken Identity]

So in the immediate aftermath of the disappearance of their own child you think they should have been setting a charity to  benefit all missing people do you?  And how would that have worked exactly?

You asked a question I made a suggested reply. I DIDN'T say it was my answer to what they should have done.

This thread deals with what happened to the money and is it being held captive under a secret agenda.  So far it has been shown to be held as such. a secret fund, as in, not at all transparent. Which was promised!

[Vertigo Swirl]

You asked a question I made a suggested reply. I DIDN'T say it was my answer to what they should have done.

This thread deals with what happened to the money and is it being held captive under a secret agenda.  So far it has been shown to be held as such. a secret fund, as in, not at all transparent. Which was promised!

If the fund was secret we wouldn’t even know of its existence.  To refer to it as a “Secret Fund” is ridiculous IMO.  I gave money to the Fund.  I bought the book (twice). I couldn’t give a monkey’s that I don’t have full transparency.  I wouldn’t care a jot if the money I paid into the Fund (directly or indirectly) paid for lawyers, dodgy detectives, or a kitchen extension.  I really couldn’t.  I know there are supposedly millions of tiny tots and tottering OAPs the length and breadth of the country who are gnashing their teeth over this because they feel robbed of their pocket money and pensions, but again, I don’t give a toss.  IMO the whole thing is just an excuse for more righteous indignation and faux outrage, mostly from people who crow proudly they’ve never read the book and who almost certainly never paid a penny into the Fund in the first place.

[G-Unit]

Except the Fund is not a charity, not could it have set up as one, so irrelevant.

If the Fund wishes to behave like a limited company there's nothing stopping it except it's promise on it's website to behave like a charity. They should change their behaviour or withdraw that promise.

[Vertigo Swirl]

If the Fund wishes to behave like a limited company there's nothing stopping it except it's promise on it's website to behave like a charity. They should change their behaviour or withdraw that promise.

Why don’t you address your complaint to the Fund directly then?

[slartibartfast]

What sort of a charity should the McCanns have been busy setting up in the weeks following Madeleine’s disappearance?  To benefit which members of the public?

They should have setup a Charity to assist the Parents of Children missing abroad. Their first bit of assistance would have been for the McCanns but other applications for assistance would have been welcomed.

There you are. Simple.

[Vertigo Swirl]

They should have setup a Charity to assist the Parents of Children missing abroad. Their first bit of assistance would have been for the McCanns but other applications for assistance would have been welcomed.

There you are. Simple.

Equally simple and clearer to all who donate is to set up a Fund to help find their daughted called the Madeleine Fund, which, the moment she is found, can then become a charity to help other missing people.

[Brietta]

If the Fund wishes to behave like a limited company there's nothing stopping it except it's promise on it's website to behave like a charity. They should change their behaviour or withdraw that promise.

How can Madeleine's Fund behave like a charity when it very patently is not a charity but a fund set up to benefit a little girl who is missing by allowing a search for her to be financed?

One has to wonder why an allegedly fraudulent fund has been metamorphosed into an allegedly secret fund by people who would not contribute a penny to it anyway.

[kizzy]

So in the immediate aftermath of the disappearance of their own child you think they should have been setting a charity to  benefit all missing people do you?  And how would that have worked exactly?

Exactly immediately after the aftermath of maddie going missing -  gmccann was busy turning the money it a fund.

Imo the fund seemed more important.- the money should have been the last thing on there minds.

[Brietta]

Exactly immediately after the aftermath of maddie going missing -  gmccann was busy turning the money it a fund.

Imo the fund seemed more important.- the money should have been the last thing on there minds.

Cite required, please

[slartibartfast]

Equally simple and clearer to all who donate is to set up a Fund to help find their daughted called the Madeleine Fund, which, the moment she is found, can then become a charity to help other missing people.

You appear to be agreeing it could have been set up as a Charity?

[Vertigo Swirl]

You appear to be agreeing it could have been set up as a Charity?

Yes, if you read my post you will see I said so, the moment Madeleine is found.  No problem with that at all.

[G-Unit]

How can Madeleine's Fund behave like a charity when it very patently is not a charity but a fund set up to benefit a little girl who is missing by allowing a search for her to be financed?

One has to wonder why an allegedly fraudulent fund has been metamorphosed into an allegedly secret fund by people who would not contribute a penny to it anyway.

The Fund is following best practice governance procedures as set out in the Good Governance Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector.
http://findmadeleine.com/about_us/madeleines-fund.html