Web Mistress Lost
March 5th, 2010
This is my final post to Gender Mosaic.
I started this group a little over twenty years ago, to find and link up with a few kindred souls like me.
For the first two years, I held meetings at my place and the group was much different than it is today.
There where no Bylaws, Presidents or Committees - just friends.
Today there seems to be so much in-fighting! That did not happen then. What did happen was that lifetime friendships were forged.
What is not widely known is that I left the group because of one member. We had five or so at that time and I felt it better to lose one than risk all.
I rejoined GM in 2008, two years ago, when Kelly came to me and asked for help.
The group was, at that time, being run by a group of Transsexuals who were spending large sums of group money and providing little to the members.
A carefully-placed notice on the E-List started the group talking and the result was, as expected, a change in management.
I worked effectively with the current Executive until Christmas of last year. At that time an alleged e-mail breach was discovered. The root cause remains undiscovered. In fact, it’s not even known if there was actually a breach at all.
The result of the uproar, however, has been to ostracize me and make me a leper to the group.
Starting with Lacy May, then Maggie James, and now me, there has been a systematic campaign to discredit and slur group members who have stood up to the current executive on key issues.
Those who have challenged the Exec have been Judged, found Guilty and Punished in a kangaroo court, by a self-serving, dictatorial Executive. Or, rather, by two members of the Exec who currently run the show.
Power politics, pushing personal agendas and empire building are not what Gender Mosaic is supposed to be about! It’s supposed to be about what the GM Mission Statement says: “…a safe, supportive, non-judgmental environment where individuals can feel free to express themselves and pursue personal growth. We seek to empower our members through knowledge and educate the community in which we live through outreach activities.”
The current Exec has totally lost sight of the group’s core mandate. And that’s a tragedy!
I hold no ill will to anyone and hope the best for the group.
We get in the order of 25 thousand visitors a year to our web site.
This is not because of the curent EXEC or any to come.
Your Web Mistresses have made this happen.
In closing… Another twenty years of banishment is a small price for me to pay. Perhaps it’s for the best. My departure forced the group together the first time I left. Maybe my departure will have the same effect now.
Your Former Faithful Web Mistress,
- Judy Kearns
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