Re: AUGD: Do you trust your leaders?
Re: AUGD: Do you trust your leaders?
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Do you trust your leaders?
- From: Paul Richards <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:03:18 -0400
On Oct 24, 2006, at 5:25 AM, Amaya Gergoff Bengoa wrote:
I wanted to get this topic on board since it is not the first time
I heard a group dealing with the ego and "power" a president or
group leader get at his/her role.
Hmm. First off, this topic rather implies that the members are
mindless sheep that do what they're told like good little lambs. I
have been in a situation in another small organization (nothing to do
with UGs) where there was a power play, and the membership simply
dried up.
What UG do to make sure your leaders wont "hijack" your database
and start another group, how you protect your members data, how you
keep control of your group contacts and information?
An updated membership contact list is available to our Core members
for use for club purposes. Isn't this as it should be? Shouldn't we
trust our Core volunteers and leaders to do the right thing? Getting
into a framework of distrust could be a sign the group is in trouble
anyway.
Do you backup your mailing list?
Do you backup your database and more than one person have access to
it?
Our membership chair has the most current info, and he backs it up.
Another individual gets the current mailing list from him monthly for
use with the newsletters, and he backs that up as well.
Who control the access to the Apple Locator database, one person,
more than one?
One has it, and the person he got the access info from probably still
has the info buried away somewhere. Passwords have never been changed.
Does a group "hijacked" need to go to a legal action to prevent
members information be used without permission?
Again, I would think that a person misusing the info would be hard
pressed to remain in a leadership position over the group whose info
is being misused.
How to control power freak ego of leaders?
It's a destructive behavior. If that's what is really happening, I
believe the group will self-adjust. It will either collapse or it
will bring in new leadership again the next time around. On the other
hand, that "power freak ego" view may just be the perception of the
current "regime" of the group and a change of power maybe exactly
what the members want and the group needs.
Paul Richards, Ambassador
Syracuse Macintosh Users Group
Syracuse, NY, USA
http://www.iSMUG.com
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