[committee] Restrictions on group applications for freshers

[Luke Williams]

Come on guys, this is going around in circles.

If a prospective group member doesn't know committee well enough to
feel confident to apply and defend their application, what good will
it do to bring it to vote at a committee meeting? Trustworthiness is
in the eye of the beholder; the beholder that matters is committee.

Vouch for the applicant or raise your concerns. Realise that trust
comes from experience and quit trying to reason why anyone is
trustworthy.

Luke

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Jonathan Van buren <vanbujm at gmail.com> wrote:
> The thing is Cain (and other freshers) HAS shown to be trustworthy on many
> occasions. Yes his list does not stand up to Ash's but he is an active club
> member (he is here almost as much as me), he is polite and actually fairly
> well knowing. For instance i recall one time  he needed a refund for a bad
> dispense (this was shortly after the new dispense came in) and when he asked
> me I said i was not quite sure how to use the new refund system. What
> surprised me was instead of giving up or harassing me to learn to do it, he
> simply looked up how to do it himself then showed me. The only reason i am
> emailing back and forth for this cause is i do NOT believe he is being given
> a fair application here. He displays many of the traits that would make him
> and excellent coke memeber (and a good door member for that fact) and yet is
> being turned down because of this stigma that 6 months is the minimum time
> to earn peoples trust. I'm not sure about other people but i say he HAS
> earned many peoples trust and has time and time again shown himself to be
> more responsible then i would expect from any fresher (and most other club
> memebers). While i do not speak for everyone i sencerily wish that you
> atleast give him the chance to speak for himself at a committee meeting and
> maybe attempt to get to know him as a person before you shut him down over
> this 6 month thing.
>
> [odf]
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