I am sad to announce that after deep deliberation I have decided to step down as Chair of Digital Media. I am afraid that the values and atmosphere I once cherished at Dallas Makerspace have slowly been pulled out of the day to day operations of the space. With constant fighting over funds, with distrust and a lack of communication running rampant and an outright attack on the foundation of our space, our teachers, I have decided I simply cannot take part.
I cannot support a board that refuses to communicate clearly and ethically. I cannot support a space that removes people from positions without even the decency to speak with them first. This type of leadership, in my opinion, is not fit to lead. I have been busy in Las Vegas starting a company and itās where my focus feels most deserved. I hope when I come back DMS will have regained some of the compassion that once made it a place I was proud to be a part of.
We implemented āBoard Office Hoursā at the beginning of the 2019-2020 Board term to provide (at a minimum) monthly open forums available for all members to communicate face-to-face with the Board regarding any/all discussion topics.
To my knowledge, nobody in any Leadership positions have been removed. If youāre referring to the Boardās decision to not appoint āpeople in waitingā for a Leadership position, then your argument needs to be better constructed/worded. Leadership deciding not to appoint a Committee Chair nominee for a leadership position is not the same thing as āremoving people from positions.ā
But I suppose it makes for a more tantalizing story, even if itās not true.
Scott, Kris was stripped from chair, my credit card was canceled, you tried removing me as procurement officer and this morning I got a alert saying Iām no longer an admin on Facebook. All of those were with no warning and no conversationā¦
But please continue to tell me I donāt know what Iām talking about and instead verify exactly what my post was talking about
And that is doesnāt count the egregigious move of making infrastructure a group without consulting the membership, calls for CFO and CTO that weāre not listed publicly or given any attempt to ask membership to apply. There have been decisions to cut classes and dishonest answers given as to why.
And now you are attacking my resignation postā¦
Itās disgusting that you think this is suitable for a board member
My problem was not with my inability to talk to the board. I went to those office hours. Nobody even hinted that they were planning on removing procurement officers within the days following.
Not a peep.
Transparency is not waiting around for people to ask you what you are doing, transparency is taking the first step and making sure your motives are known
You have failed in doing that and left campaign promises empty and left to dry.
It is why I stopped volunteering for infra and the calender ā¦ I hear ya ā¦ right now Iām not doing anything for the space ā¦ Iām waiting ā¦ perhaps things will get better ā¦
One must have possession of something in order for it to be āstrippedā. You canāt lose what you never had.
Your credit card was suspended, set to zero, canceled (whatever the Finance team decided) due to concerns over past transactions on your card. The suspension of your Card privileges and Procurement member privileges are tied to this concern.
As for your FB Admin. privileges, Iāll defer to @yashsedai.
Againā¦ all without a a peep, not a conversation.
Good job Scott glad to see you can now have conversations with people.
(PSā¦ winning an election is earning a chairā¦
Not appointing someone is stripping them of their winā¦ we can argue semantics all day but you knew exactly what I was referring to because truth rings clearer than word games)
Adnan, while I appreciate your attempts at walking back your bare criticism of the board and those running the day to day operations, it is a fact that you too share in the changes that have occured. There have been many opportunities for you to communicate, help improve, etc. Iāve seen little in the way of anything that looked like an effort from you to help.
As hard for you to understand, āwinningā does not equal being appointed. DMS APPOINTS chair people. Elections are merely the committees vote that they would like that person appointed. The ultimate choice is the boards.
It is obvious you didnt āfeelā that this board lined up with your āviewsā. Thats ok. But denigrating them for doing their duty to right the ship. Nah, thats not ok.
The lack of trust came from the previous board and MULTIPLE members making extremely questionable purchases, along w/ the obvious abuse of the honorarium system. Unfortunately that āless than excellentā behavior has forced current leadership into difficult decisions. If you donāt like the results or outcome, this board has offered many avenues in which to address concerns. Sorry to see you go, best of luck on your new adventures.
Believe it or not, kris lack of appointment was not the basis of this. Just a small addition to the total overhaul of culture that weāve been experiencing. If it was my main point, I would have named her explicitly.
We can choose to deflect my post in any way we wantā¦ Iāve made my point clear.
glad to see you can now have conversations with people.
And good luck