Council deigns to acknowledge website
As I will be posting shortly, it’s no longer my place to editorialise here. But I will one last time (perhaps the second last time), as I have only now, almost two months after section 19 of the LMS 2833 Bylaws requires they be delivered, received the minutes of the 17 November Council meeting.
I had been told at the time that this website was discussed at length, and that some members of Council are vehemently opposed to its existence. One can’t help but wonder why, but the minutes are of no help. Despite considerable time and spittle apparently being expended on the matter, it received only two sentences in the minutes — well, only one, really — and an attractive boxed and bolded disclaimer which is almost identical to the disclaimer at the top of the home page and in the sidebar of every page on this website; namely that this site is unofficial. I had also been told to expect a letter, but sadly one never materialised.
Anyway, because this will be brief (due to the very short shrift in the minutes), I will rebut the one sentence clause by clause:
- “The Strata Council noted that promotion of communication is always desirable”: Ha! This is just bald-faced hypocrisy, and exactly why the website was set up in the first place.
- “… a concern was expressed about the manner in which it was presented as well as the publication of information that may lead to privacy concerns.” Give me a break! The website looks very professional (not that I can take credit for the design, but I can for the organisation) and everything I have written is above reproach, even if a little sarcastic at times when (I should emphasise) it could certainly be more pointed and critical. (After all, this is a personal website to the extent that it is managed by one person and contributed to by other individuals. It is not a corporate website, and the tone reflects this reality.) Even the stuff eventually written by others (so far) is tepid at best. (Owners aren’t stupid.) As for privacy: I address that on the evolving privacy page.
Apart from the fact that my departure was imminent and known by Council at that point, all someone had to do to address any concerns about “the manner” of the website and privacy was to talk to me. Nobody did, so I can only assume cowardice.
This is the kind of hypocritical, superior attitude that you can expect should you not toe the line at Trinity Place. I say that with some confidence, as I know I’m not the only one to be a target.
Clip of minutes of Strata Council meeting, 2011-11-17
In: Administration · Tagged with: by-laws, free speech, strata council