There are people up in the ConCom who probably should think long and hard about whether they should continue on in their positions. Some individuals who may be in over their heads, and that issues, significant ones, have arisen from their inability to deal with the responsibilities properly. It would be unfair, not to mention petty, to name names. Those people know who they are, and I hope they understand the message isn't deliverd with malice, but merely with concern and frank honesty.
Sure, I guess this is impolitic, but what it mostly comes across as is completely unhelpful. You're expecting people who you've already decided are incompetent and/or irresponsible to be competent enough to pick up that you're talking about *them*, and subsequently responsible enough to step down of their own free will. This seems unlikely at best.
The list of a given year's Committee can be found in the back of the Souvenir Book (http://2008.arisia.org/sites/arisia.d5.stonekeep.com/files/A08_SouvenirBook.pdf). If someone does a bad job, informing the person a step above them on the chain isn't a bad idea. Email aliases for various '08 Divisions can be found here (http://2008.arisia.org/contacts). Dropping in on a gripe session also isn't a bad idea. If you're talking about someone at the Division Head level, try sending email to conchair@arisia.org, which goes to the Chairwoman and her Assistant Chairs. If the people you're talking about are on that list, contact the Corporate President at president@arisia.org.
Last, but best of all - if you have a better way, please, join the ConCom, or the Corporation, and show it to us. I am in favor of a more awesome Arisia, and I am not the only one. Come help us.
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Sure, I guess this is impolitic, but what it mostly comes across as is completely unhelpful. You're expecting people who you've already decided are incompetent and/or irresponsible to be competent enough to pick up that you're talking about *them*, and subsequently responsible enough to step down of their own free will. This seems unlikely at best.
The list of a given year's Committee can be found in the back of the Souvenir Book (http://2008.arisia.org/sites/arisia.d5.stonekeep.com/files/A08_SouvenirBook.pdf). If someone does a bad job, informing the person a step above them on the chain isn't a bad idea. Email aliases for various '08 Divisions can be found here (http://2008.arisia.org/contacts). Dropping in on a gripe session also isn't a bad idea. If you're talking about someone at the Division Head level, try sending email to conchair@arisia.org, which goes to the Chairwoman and her Assistant Chairs. If the people you're talking about are on that list, contact the Corporate President at president@arisia.org.
Last, but best of all - if you have a better way, please, join the ConCom, or the Corporation, and show it to us. I am in favor of a more awesome Arisia, and I am not the only one. Come help us.