Thursday 16th January 2003
A Lack of Communication
Communications have been an issue within the Union for some time, to the point where the setting up of a "Communictions Working Group" was recommended in the aftermath of my disciplinary. In true comic style, nobody knows when it meets, what its mandate is, or who is allowed to attend. That shows the need for the working group I guess.
The lack of communication leads to a mistrust of the Union officers; rumours spread around, and we don’t know what’s going on. But I’ve come to the opinion that while I harp on about communication most of all, it may merely be a consequence of the previous four items that I’ve addressed - the lack of respect, responsibility, transparency and perspective. After all, we have a fully functioning webserver, mechanisms for minutes publication, email addresses for all the sabbaticals, various student newspapers; we have all the communication infrastructure that we need to ensure smooth distribution of information. But until the Union officers garner the required attitude to their jobs and duty, then the infrastructure will be wasted - the official Union news site that I developed is a perfect example - fully working infrastructure that is not being used.