Tori, I wish I had better words to say in such a conversation. But, tis better to stand on your feet than knees. It is usually the ones who stand against the "viruses" of a "system" that later turn out to be those who fixed the failure points of the system, even bringing more efficiency.
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Torrie Fischer <tdfisc...@hackerbots.net>wrote: > Hi, hakkers. > > I'm taking a hiatus from SYNHAK. > > There are some poisonous people here within the community. They've offended > me, balked at acknowledging their wrongs let alone apologizing, made it > clear > that they think of me as less than human, shown incredible disrespect, and > fought me at every step of the way on the path to building a space that is > welcoming and safe for all. > > I'm tired of the fighting, the bickering, and the bureaucratic bullshit > that > prevents me from taking on creative endeavors, so I'm leaving SYNHAK for a > while. I've received the message loud and clear: members would rather not > make > waves instead of trying to stand up for what is best for the space and > would > rather see an active contributor get pushed away by a few loud individuals. > > I don't plan on returning until I can once again feel comfortable being at > 48 S. Summit on my own, or able to send a mail to discuss@ without having > bylaws and rules quoted as if that contributes to discussion. > > I will still pay dues, be Treasurer, and work with the champions+secretary > to > keep SYNHAK financially afloat. I will not participate in the community > that > I have grown to dislike, and I will not be visiting a space where I am > consistently put down for making genuine efforts to improve it and vilified > when I would rather Get Things Done than waste time paying attention to > those > who refuse to participate in the community. > > Here's some further media that would do wonders to help fix SYNHAK: > > * http://www.ashedryden.com/the-risk-in-speaking-up > * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSFDm3UYkeE > * http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_anti-harassment/Policy > * http://communitywiki.org/cw/DoOcracy > * http://communitywiki.org/en/CategoryConflict > * http://communitywiki.org/en/ModerateInclusiveness > > > SYNHAK is no longer fun, so I'll go have fun elsewhere. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Sincerely, Tomm Smith God bless
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