There is a little that id not know on the subject, but my understanding as well as hat I have read is that RTC were made of CMO. CMO is also the people who most of the time get taken "uplines" unless you are overly special at something, well that is how it came across, look at Angie Blackenship!
The thing is that the argument you are raising on RTC being over the day to day operations is really very hard to answer, in most cases they were not over the day to day running, people had posts etc and they had jobs to perform, RTC was not over these lines. But RTC is responsible for "keeping the tech standard" something to that effect, and you can not not be over all the lines if you are only dealing in a LRH org, everything is standard tech, so everything is in their purview.
And there is a lot of make wrongs used to justify things, "you pulled it in", "you have had to be bypassed" etc, but an RTC Rep said something it was next to LRH.
Then there was CMO, from what I knew it appeared you had Programs and you had Services, programs would either do an eval or action an eval, and services would be the rest of the Org Board, Dir Comm, Pr Sec, etc.
The only thing CMO did not appear to have was a Treas Sec, so all finance lines where done through FSO ... and a CMO exec still has a lot of push.
Finally, CMO was predominantly made up of woman, young woman, usually form Scientology families, RTC seemed to be older individuals and if they had family it was already uplines.
LRH Comms and Flag Reps still existed, even had the hots for a FR Rep, these terminals did not have much to do with Treasury, so I can not really speak about them, as had little to no work interaction, I can not say at this time what they actually did anymore!
During my time there was NO local Sea Org issue that said crew should not engage in conversations with non-Scientologists, it was always a view of staff to ensure that the PR was kept in, and due to this shuttles and buses to be used always, but there would have been a security briefing at some point going over the demonstrators and video cameras etc, with a remark not to engage.
On this, it was common knowledge that enturb sources are not to be acknowledged. You can see this on any YouTube video of protestors in CW and the FLB, especially Sea Org Lane as it is called. The references used to justify this included one where LRH talks to a person with a medical condition, and because he does not accept it to acknowledge it, it does not exist as a reason for the person not to do something. I apologise, possibly remembering that would show the mindset. The squirrel version being, if you do not acknowledge it, then it does not exist to be acknowledge, and if you do acknowledge it it comes into existence and then you have to fully acknowledge it for it to go away, so easier to walk by and move on.
The SO is great at taking LRH stuff and turning it on itself, like:
the IAS (no LRH Policy),
Ideal Orgs (against LRH Policy) ,
over reg'ing (against LRH Money Tech),
Regging public towards a bigger auditing package (against Sliding scale policy),
having people sign wavers on entry etc (no LRH policy),
command intention (not an LRH word)
mimeo (written before copiers actually became a cheaper source)
FSC Network (abandoned LRH policy)
FSM Commissions (off policy)
And the list does go on!
Also, could you clarify the bit about radios? Can you listen to a radio station? I worked in Treasury too and we always used to have the local music station on.
When did you work in Treasury? do you remember Michelle? Rex? Anna? Pat? Radios can be used whilst I was there, but really only on a Saturday sort of, and not really either, it was seen as a distraction and only if you are upstat, and when in conditions people try to take things away from you, like radios ... anything on enjoyment is slowly taken away from people, they replace listening to your own music on the bus trip home, to buy the congresses and listen to them so as to get more case gain you so and so.
If you can, can you give a glimpse into the stats, both for Flag and for Scn in general, i.e. GI, WDAH's, actual auditors made, etc.?
Stats are funny, the stats are recorded on a weekly basis with rewards on a weekly basis, all I can say is what I was able to look at ... the amount of people with active addresses for FSO was reducing, this is not due to the CF etc, this was people who received the Source Mag, nubers had been dropping off each month and getting smaller. Now they would have grabbed them from elsewhere when they got too small, but seeing the contraction, before a handling, is evident it is going down!
How about the IAS? Did you have to deal with them? How does it operate internally in orgs?
The IAS, this stuff is criminal, so you know all IAS is non refundable right? IAS was becoming bigger and bigger, as it could go for the larger whales, What I mean by that is that Regs would target and work on a donation from a Whale so as to secure the prestige etc. There was always an IAS night within the maiden voyage nights, and it was to go to if there was no new release for an event.
But here's the point, it generally stayed on reges lines for mist of the time, anyone dealing with public was expected to either sell something, get an IAS reg, or body route to someone who could. Now as said it generally stayed on reges lines UNTIL an event, and then the org suffered!
Events are crap for an SO staff member, literally the worst f'ing experience! You have to have nice clothes, and your body is under flux that this is difficult to do, and you have to bring this all into post with you in the morning, change into these and then attend the event and then sell whatever was on offer afterwards, and your division/dept had a quota, (and there was an Org quota to be met), sales targets are enforced, and people are then on phones, trying to drive p the number, it is intense and basically crap! Worse is the bit that Treasury needs to invoice all these, before the thrusday 2pm mark, so they are off post doing this on an all hands basis, when we did the NYE event at Flag, invoicing etc needed to be set up so that once it needed to be reported the next day for tax purposes it was all in the system.
Lastly, what do staff have to say about no SHSBC, no OEC/FEBC, no KTL, day and fdn orgs being combined? Does anyone even question these patently suppressive actions?
I was not there for these changes, I think I was out or getting out before it happened. No one questions changes made by int, you are fully invested, as stated you are seen as a Veteran only after two years, people have been in for countless more. But you do not question INT, the fact is that there is always a reference that can override what you are saying, and you are actually not trained that high to be able to speak on all the policies. And "Int is this magically fairy fucking awesome place, and you think, all the problems I have down here will be nothing up at INT as they are all on purpose, clearing the planet, look there is another video on how well we are doing, I just need to stop my CI and buckle down, as it will get harder as that is what happens when you get so close to completing a target, and that's what they are telling me"
Only once whilst on staff did I hear that the stats for CO$ Tampa where not what was being reported by COB, and I was like, but "someone is going to get it for false reporting that shit!" not that the false report came from COB!
And as an SO member you are working 16 hours, so the dilettante Day and Fdn staff should be brought together, puts the best people on the past, and they can do something worthwhile for their time, or better still replace themselves and join the SO!
It's really valuable to have a near current report on how things have changed and the new mind set.
This may not be 100% true, I have been out for 10 years, most of that time was hiding yes, but still missed a bit, if you are really after a closer view, I would like to send you to
https://seaorganization.org/my-escape-from-scientology/ this is written by Peter Nyiri, he has some fantastical and true stories, and would be able to give an even better view then me as was at FLB and Freewinds, before he blew! Maybe send him a message and he can post a write up to his site, anything to support Peter would be welcome as well, he is trying to restart as well!
I am Glad you are out as well, and that more of us are leaving.