OTW

[branchandroot]

FUCK.

ETA, this time with slightly more eloquence: We are screwed. We are all so fucking screwed. Oh my god, even after she made such a godawful balls-up of the archive for her own personal project, she actually still got elected? Oh my god.

Comments

[ldybastet]

Butting in ... You mean you see people who are backpedalling now that she's in? :( :( :( That really shows the kind of invisible but very real power that exists...

[unjapanologist]

Also butting in: I only saw bookshop backpedalling, are there others?

I don't think we're screwed, really, but yeah. This isn't going to help.

[ldybastet]

*nods* At least some things are out in the open now? Harder to sweep volunteer burnout (for example) under the rug now that so many have talked about it.

Also, LOL your icon! <3

[unjapanologist]

I'm pretty optimistic. Things are indeed in the open now, and from what people with ngo experience have been saying, this isn't precisely a unique sort of horribleness to befall a young organization. The OTW isn't like a website where a single person can pull the plug in a snit or something. We'll fix this.

Thanks :D

[scribblesinink]

I'm currently in "wait and see" mode. None of the problems are unique to OTW (though I suspect the fact that OTW consists almost entirely in virtual space with very limited face-to-face contact isn't making things easier). And yes, issues being brought into the open is the first step toward fixing them. Can't fix things when you don't know they're broke, right?

[bookshop]

late comment is late!

i never backpedaled on any of my stated opinions in my election posts. but i also never meant any of them personally, and my wish was always to support the org as a whole. also since i joined staff, it was, especially, not to hurt the feelings of anyone i might have to work directly with at some point in the future.