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comment by elizabeth
elizabeth  ·  1357 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 8, 2020

Thank you! I see from afar neighbouring community imploding on the matter right now - trying to avoid the pitfalls over here. My personal feelings on the matter are quite scattered right now. We're not the event producers, we're the board (that has been mostly a formality until not too long ago). So my qualms with the process is who the fuck are we to decide on policies that we then push onto producers to enforce - and let them be the bad guys. If I needed to be the bad guy, I'd rather be the bad guy on my own terms. Consent is important, we have our part to play in this as the board - but when I push back on how much of it is OUR part to play I think i look uncooperative? When from my point of view, I'm trying to find a way to handle this that doesn't accomplish anything beyond causing backlash. Suggestions like mandatory consent training for camp leads from a board 95% of people don't know even exists make me angry.

And holy fuck if the way my "experienced ranger" partner handled a harassment complaint didn't make me question the usefulness of the department on matters beyond first responding. Buddy didn't even want to write an incident report because he felt it wasn't too important. I have such a love-hate relationship with rangering... the work can be cool, but also too many self important mansplainers and corporate ladder climbers.

Thank god for the Pubski where I can vent my edge case community frustrations :) And your perspective's always a cool way to look at things, I appreciate it.