[committee] Restrictions on group applications for freshers

[Adrian Chadd]

This is starting to sound like an election platform for next year...


Adrian

On Fri, May 20, 2011, Jonathan Van buren 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]