An open letter to the members of our community and Trueblood Performing Arts Center contributors.

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In the last week or two, you may be aware of an open letter from Tom Pratt, a former member of our board of directors. Ten days ago, a 114-page document from Tom Pratt was sent to a few members of the Washington Island community. There are many misleading statements and characterizations of fraud in both documents.

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Information about TPAC’s finances is available to all board members. Unfortunately, Tom took these documents and used them to make allegations of wrongdoing instead of working in a collaborative manner with the board to investigate and remediate any omissions or unintended errors. His actions were unwarranted and harmful to the good name of TPAC and the many hard-working volunteers who make up the board. Specifically, no board member ever saw the IRS 990 forms or the Wisconsin non-profit forms until it was brought to our attention.

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The TPAC Board has decided to have Kerber Rose accounting firm take over our bookkeeping and accounting needs. In addition, we have asked them to conduct an audit. We will publish the results when the audit is finished and are committed to resolving any errors or discrepancies if deemed necessary.

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If you would like more information, please contact me, Michael Olson, President of Trueblood Performing Arts Center, mike@elegantfoods.net.

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This message has been approved by the entire board of directors at the Wilson and Carol Trueblood Performing Arts Center: Paul Heaton, Nina Herbst, Matt Kokes, Terry Maiken, Kayla Mann, Karen Marmaras, Peter Maramas, Mark Nerenhausen, Michael Olson and Kathy Sparrenberger