“Doing it all simultaneously.” This cryptic slogan showed up at an “Ideal Org Convention” for Canada last week. But it’s becoming clear that this is a message that is being sent to all Scientologists around the world. So what does it mean?
As unlikely as it sounds, the call is going out that all orgs will become “ideal” at the same time. Beginning in 2003, David Miscavige has been personally appearing at the grand openings of Ideal Orgs, a few each year, and totaling more than 60 now. But now, instead of more openings one or two at a time, Miscavige is calling for the rest of the orgs around the world to go ideal at the same time.
News of the plan was released at a series of continental conventions this week. The participants in those meetings returned to their home orgs to share the exciting news.
Until now we have seen each continent announce the next Ideal Org project, and Scientologists from all the orgs would donate to help the priority org reach ideal status. No longer. Now donations flow to every Ideal Org project at once. All orgs are “next.” Will this speed up the opening of new Ideal Orgs? It seems unlikely.
There have been no Ideal Org openings yet this year. The last one was Detroit in October. There are several that appear close to opening but things have to start moving to reach the expected seven or eight per year. Austin, Kansas City and Columbus could all open soon. Diverting donations from these three to mostly inactive projects such as New Haven, Philadelphia and Boston could put a wrinkle in their schedules.
By our count Europe has by far the most non-Ideal Class V orgs at 34. That spreads out the donations considerably making it harder to complete any of them. Here’s the breakdown:
Africa – 5
ANZO – 3
Canada – 6
Europe – 34
U.K. – 5
U.S. – 15
It must be exciting news to Scientologists that all orgs are going Ideal at once. It abandons the strategy of concentrating of donations on one project at a time. That allowed recent Ideal Orgs such as Birmingham, Miami, and Joburg North to open with help from donors in their continent. The new strategy might be an incentive for increased donations as members can see the light at the end of the tunnel of endless funding demands. 2019 is lagging behind with no openings so far, but we expect the usual seven or eight this year and for 2020. Beyond that it would be a huge accomplishment if all orgs went Ideal by 2022.
— Rod Keller
Your proprietor here. We really want to thank Rod for deciphering what that “Doing it all simultaneously” business was about. And now that we know — a plan to make the rest of the orgs all go Ideal at the same time — let’s think about what that actually means.
First of all, it’s a ludicrous goal. Kansas City and Columbus are completed and ready for their grand openings. Others are close behind. Are they just going to sit with the wrapping on their signs for the next few years as fundraising and design and construction gets done for the other 75?
No, something else is going on, and we think we know what it might be.
Has David Miscavige gone underground?
With the “Jane Doe” lawsuit targeting him and more coming (we expect the second one to hit this week), Miscavige might not want to show up at a previously announced location. He knows that if he shows up at the Kansas City grand opening, for example, process servers (or worse) could be waiting for him.
But rather than tell his people that he’s suspending the Ideal Org program for a couple of years to make it harder for him to locate, Miscavige pretends it’s actually an even bigger goal: open Ideal Orgs all at once.
“He always turns something negative like that into something bigger, something better,” Tom DeVocht told us when we informed him about the sudden change. “When you mention the lawsuits, I think you’re right. He’s probably scared shitless, and he’s locked up in a conference room somewhere, beating on his lieutenants and trying to figure out what to do — and in the meantime, everything is on hold. He’s very much into the legal shit. And he’ll go onto it full time.”
But Tom cautions us about assuming that Miscavige has gone into hiding.
“He can’t not show up at places. He’ll show up,” Tom says.
If the Ideal Org program is on hold, then Miscavige’s next scheduled public appearance is the IAS event in England in October. Will Miscavige show up, or will he beam in a speech from an undisclosed location?
At that point, we’ll know.
— Your proprietor
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Posted by Tony Ortega on July 30, 2019 at 07:00
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