This is a response from an anonymous supporter that summarizes our position:
why is it that - despite of a clear explanation of what BAG's "anonymity" conveys and why it has been established as a form to FORCE management to face the ISSUES, not the NAMES (see B_Nieuws), management insists on shielding itself from taking responsibility for the unrest and distrust it has instilled in our community?
Why is it that a collective voice --of many or of a handful-- is suddenly not a voice unless it has a big, important name attached to it? Is it because management itself believes that REAL ISSUES can only be real, and hence be taken seriously if they are voiced by BIG NAMES such as OCW, NWO, MVRVD, etc? (These are also acronyms, btw)
Why does management (and I take that the previous post really comes from Witze, "our" Witze) believe that -because claims and complaints are made by an action group (sufficiently identified as precisely that) they can be dealt with and solved "over coffee"? This shows a complete disconnection of management's perception and the REAL feeling of unrest in our community. These claims have been extracted from a series of public documents (available online) and the REAL feeling of dissatisfaction in the way that management has dealt with us in this dark, difficult period since the fire. I suggest to have coffee with Witze and see if that is really all there is to be done to regain these items that management has "managed" to dissolve in our community:
1. CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION, DIALOGUE
2. RESPECT (not for celebrities but for regular STAFF & STUDENTS - do you need names? look at your registration systems, your payrolls, your unending ID lists...)
3. UNIFIED VISIONS for the FUTURE of our community (more than glitzy parties, flying buildings and soft-tech hallucinations)
4. CLEAR OBJECTIVES for our educational curriculum, our research priorities, etc
5. CLEAR EXPLANATIONS of the consequences and implications of (necessary) budget cuts as well as JUSTIFIED actions that concern US ALL.
But most importantly, TRUST. Face it, nobody trusts you management boys anymore. Unrest is growing, you've spread dissatisfaction... AND THAT IS A FACT. As this week's Archined opinion article suggests: There is trouble in paradise, and you will have to face it: disdainful puns, belittling language, superficiality and poor quotations of Engels or Marx will not do this time.
We are all watching your moves now, we are judging your responses, we are expecting convincing explanations of what caused this UNREST, whether we are an active part of BAG or not, we are all part of the BK COMMUNITY.
And yes, I CHOOSE to signing this "anonymously" - in support of BAG.
Why does management (and I take that the previous post really comes from Witze, "our" Witze) believe that -because claims and complaints are made by an action group (sufficiently identified as precisely that) they can be dealt with and solved "over coffee"? This shows a complete disconnection of management's perception and the REAL feeling of unrest in our community. These claims have been extracted from a series of public documents (available online) and the REAL feeling of dissatisfaction in the way that management has dealt with us in this dark, difficult period since the fire. I suggest to have coffee with Witze and see if that is really all there is to be done to regain these items that management has "managed" to dissolve in our community:
1. CONFIDENCE, COMMUNICATION, DIALOGUE
2. RESPECT (not for celebrities but for regular STAFF & STUDENTS - do you need names? look at your registration systems, your payrolls, your unending ID lists...)
3. UNIFIED VISIONS for the FUTURE of our community (more than glitzy parties, flying buildings and soft-tech hallucinations)
4. CLEAR OBJECTIVES for our educational curriculum, our research priorities, etc
5. CLEAR EXPLANATIONS of the consequences and implications of (necessary) budget cuts as well as JUSTIFIED actions that concern US ALL.
But most importantly, TRUST. Face it, nobody trusts you management boys anymore. Unrest is growing, you've spread dissatisfaction... AND THAT IS A FACT. As this week's Archined opinion article suggests: There is trouble in paradise, and you will have to face it: disdainful puns, belittling language, superficiality and poor quotations of Engels or Marx will not do this time.
We are all watching your moves now, we are judging your responses, we are expecting convincing explanations of what caused this UNREST, whether we are an active part of BAG or not, we are all part of the BK COMMUNITY.
And yes, I CHOOSE to signing this "anonymously" - in support of BAG.
2 comments:
b-nieuws is concerned on the anonymity of BAG
to them here is this question: "do you know how your breakfast gets into your table?"
perhaps a banana came all over from costa rica, by means of exploitation of latin american workers, genetically modifying harvests, crazy co2 emmissions by transporting the thing from one continent to another, 'chiquita banana' asphyxiating small local producers, and without going further we already find that the processes that sustain our life are so complex that the possibility of a fair confrontation between those who accumulate and those who are dispossessed is far in the horizon.
we agree that our breakfast is there everyday, don't we?
we know the name of the ceo of albert heijn, but you won't make him responsible of the way your banana gets to your table.
it is our numbness and addiction to confort that is perpetuating the system as it is. for this reason, it is precisely attempts for a realization of our contemporary condition that are of vital importance today. and we need more of them, mobilizations, agitations, confrontations: dissent.
because a social movement extends up to wherever there is someone discussing on the issue, we're all BAG.
transparency is only a device to validate hidden agendas, indeed
it has no value in this case, way to go bag!
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