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Why Don’t You Just Apologize Already?
Nov. 30th, 2018 12:33 pmThis is very long. I will cut the whole thing so as to not blow up your reading page. It was hard to write. Despite its length I have more to say on this topic. I've had this checked by an insider who confirmed that I am not revealing any confidential information, a thing I worry about a lot these days.
Background, for those who are not actually submerged in All Things Arisia: past leaders of the organization mishandled some serious incident reports. People got really hurt. I still believe that no one acted with malice, but impact matters a lot more than intent and when you've hurt someone you need to apologize.
We did issue an apology. You can read it here: https://corp.arisia.org/Apology-2018-11-23
This entry recounts part of what happened between November 11th, when the new Executive Board was elected, and November 23, when the apology appeared. During that time there were a lot of insistent voices saying "why don't you just apologize already?" as if that was a simple matter. As if it was like you'd stepped on someone's foot. They say "ow" and you say "sorry." It's not like that at all, and some of the loudest voices were from people who I think should know better. This post is public in part so they might read it and so that you can refer people to it. I hope it helps; I intend to continue blogging my adventures as Arisia VP whenever I can.
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Background, for those who are not actually submerged in All Things Arisia: past leaders of the organization mishandled some serious incident reports. People got really hurt. I still believe that no one acted with malice, but impact matters a lot more than intent and when you've hurt someone you need to apologize.
We did issue an apology. You can read it here: https://corp.arisia.org/Apology-2018-11-23
This entry recounts part of what happened between November 11th, when the new Executive Board was elected, and November 23, when the apology appeared. During that time there were a lot of insistent voices saying "why don't you just apologize already?" as if that was a simple matter. As if it was like you'd stepped on someone's foot. They say "ow" and you say "sorry." It's not like that at all, and some of the loudest voices were from people who I think should know better. This post is public in part so they might read it and so that you can refer people to it. I hope it helps; I intend to continue blogging my adventures as Arisia VP whenever I can.
( wall of history crits you )
