“Good Morning Mr. Chairman, Board Members, I am pleased that you could take the time out of your busy schedules to meet with me today.”

Opening her briefcase she pulled out a stack of files. “Here are the files that I have reviewed this month and the reasons for their rejection into our treatment program here at Mountain Lake are contain in the front of each file.”

The files were immediately passed around for each board member to inspect her reasons for rejection of each applicant began to be reviewed by the board members.

“Ms. Kennard, as always your work is impeccable. As Chairman I make a motion to accept Ms. Kennard’s recommendations on rejection of applicants to Mountain Lake.”

The motion put forth by the Chairman was voted upon and passed by 2/3 majority and so it was noted in the monthly minutes.

Ok thought Tina that was the easy part now comes the difficult part of this job for me today.

Removing 1 lone file from her briefcase she said, “this applicant has been recommended for treatment here at Mountain Lake by the court. If Ms. Porter is not accepted into our treatment program here as a pro bono case she is facing a long prison term in addition to an even longer amount of probation upon her release.”

“After reviewing her file I noted that she had been in and out of various treatment programs during her long addiction history. However, I feel in my professional opinion Ms. Porter would greatly benefit from and extended stay here at Mountain View.”

“Our treatment program here at Mountain Lake is by far the most progressive and has a higher success rate when compared to other rehab facilities across the nation. As you can see from reviewing her case file Ms. Porter was once a successful gallery owner and the acting director of the CAC. Millions of dollars of

valuable art were entrusted to her care. Many famous artists that are so well known today in the more influential circles have Elizabeth Porter to thank for that because she took a chance on them when they were unknown to showcase their work in her gallery or at the CAC.”