[HPforGrownups] Re: Gringotts, Harry's gold and broomsticks (Was Nimbus 2000)

[CARRIE MUNGAI]

No: HPFGUIDX 37009


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: uncmark 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 5:21 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Gringotts, Harry's gold and broomsticks (Was Nimbus 2000)


  --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "CARRIE MUNGAI" <spottydog at w...> wrote:
  > 
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: uncmark 
  >   To: HPforGrownups at y... 
  >   Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:06 PM
  >   Subject: [HPforGrownups] Gringotts, Harry's gold and broomsticks 
  (Was Nimbus 2000)
  > 
  > 
  >   Concerning Harry's Nimbus 2000
  >   Gretchen wrote:
  >   >This small detail has been nagging at me for a few years now. 
  >   > Where did the Nimbus 2000 come from? We know that 
  >   > McGonagall "sent" it to Harry, but who paid for it? Would she 
  have 
  >   > paid for it herself? Would she have made arrangements for the 
  >   > money to be taken out of Harry's vault at the bank? Can she do 
  >   IMO, the broom came from the "same place" that school equipment 
  always comes from. The budget. Every school I have ever attended, 
  from kindergarten through grad school, has periodically replaced worn 
  out equipment with newer stuff. It seems obvious that Prof. 
  McGonagall, recognizing Harry's talent at flying and wanting to 
  maximize her houses' chance at the Quidditch Cup, uses a portion of 
  her houses' allotment of the budget to aquire a Nimbus 2000. Spottydog
  > 
  So a first year student gets special dispensation to fly AND house 
  funds to buy a state of the art flying broom? I realize the 
  Potterverse is not america, but I think they do have the concepts of 
  Conflict of Interest, favoritism, and misuse of funds.

  Considering Lucius Malfoy is on the Board of Governor's in books 1 & 
  2, if McGonagall had used house funds for Harry's broom, she would 
  soon have to justify her actions before the board. She would at least 
  have her position at risk, almost certainly losing the Head of House 
  position and possibly her teaching credentials. Considering Malfoy's 
  connections, she might be accused of embezzlement and who knows what 
  kind of accusations a Death Eater could think up.

  Uncmark

  In defense of my position, teachers are allowed input into the use of funds for school equipment. As long as Dumbledore approved, there is no conflict of interest and no embezzlement. And I doubt very seriously that this happened without Dumbledore's knowledge and complete approval. The other heads of houses can choose to spend their funds as they see fit. I don't see how Mr. Malfoy could object considering he gave 7 new Nimbus 2001 to the Slytherin team. Perhaps Snape just spent his house's funds on other equipment, and McGonigall, who strikes me as being pretty shrewd, had been saving for just such a possibility. It's not that far-fetched, considering the other plot-lines. As an example, when researchers are given a grant, they spend the money to further their field and give an accounting to the board of governors not, necessarily, to the endowing party. 
  Spottydog

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