Work is Shirting Me Bigtime.
So there is this stupid email that I got today and I just need to reply to it, but I can't.
So this is me telling someone to pull their head in, over an email that they directed at someone else but CC-ed to the whole group...
Hi Everyone,
Just want to make sure that we are all CRYSTAL CLEAR about how this decision was made. It was NOT a decision made by one person.
For the past four days, emails have been flying back and forth between members of our group. Those emails were in response to a request for permission by our Chairperson, to persue QUOTES for an independent mediator.
Seven members agreed, three against.
The decision to get a list of quotes was a decision made by the MAJORITY of members.
The Chair sent an email detailing the exact action that she would take on the basis of that vote, and the member votes were recorded in that email.
To accuse the Chair of making autonomous decisions therefore strikes me as incredibly strange, and rather rude. The Chair acted in the proper manner and all discussion took place in the public arena.
Secondly, there have been issues within this group for the past three years. Frankly, I find the insinuation that the Chair is pushing her own agenda to be highly insulting to the entire executive, of which I am a member. This is a democratic organisation, with clear rules and bylaws. No one member has the right or ability under those rules to dominate this group, and as a member of the executive I can assure all members that there is balanced debate on each issue that comes before us.
While I understand that there are some members who have been part of the group for only a short time. It may be prudent for those members to do some research in to the issues that have arisen in the past before making a judgement on other members.
I realise that it is difficult not to feel empathy for a party with whom one shares a personal bond, when that party feels that they are being poorly treated.
But we are a professional organisation, and I for one would like to see our correspondence reflect that.
Kind Regards,
Sass.
God, that feels better!
