Sarah
Paton and the taster days…
NORTH REGIONAL DIRECTOR
RIVERSIDE
HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Dear
Ms Paton
Thank
for your offer. It sounds really interesting.
You
say you have vacancies in your national resident involvement committees… and
you want me to apply.
As I
said Ms Paton, this sounds really interesting.
You say
the vacancies are for the Federation Executive Committee, the National Scrutiny
Committee (now called the Federation
Scrutiny Panel), the Tenant Inspector Steering Group and the Tenant Compliant
Panel.
My
goodness Ms Paton, what a mouthful. Certainly quite a menu to take in for me,
just an ordinary tenant of Riverside. It`s
all coming a bit too much for me .
No
bother, you say. You offer help with
that problem.You call the help “taster days”.(It sounds like Bake Off!)
You
say you have organised six of these taster days where I can find out more of what you call
“these opportunities”. You say that the opportunities are that I can
learn new skills, get training and you will pay my fare to get to one of
them…York. Liverpool, Leicester, London, Irvine and Carlisle.
(Possibly
Ms Paton , you will throw in an overnight stay at an hotel as well . You did
this a year or so ago when you invited me to a similar Riverside event.
It was
in Chester and there was lots and lots
of free gift goodies.What a lavish jamboree it was!!)
However,
as I said earlier, your offer is very interesting. But I am sorry, I have to
decline.
You
may wonder why I wish to decline , Ms Paton. Particularly when there is a chance to better myself with new skills and
training.
And I am sure there will also be the chance of
more lavish Chester jamborees to come with lots of goodies.
It is
all very tempting, Ms Paton.
But I
have to say this: Looking back on the lavish Chester jamboree ,I have come to
the conclusion that it was all a a waste
of your money- that is the money you collect in rent from your 50,000
tenants (including me).And I don`t like that.
| Getting ready for nodding |
And there is the problem of the nodding donkeys which you may have heard of.
Nodding
donkeys is the name they give to Riverside`s yes-men, the tenants who agree
with everything Riverside says.
Your
committees are full of nodding donkeys.
I
don`t want to be a nodding donkey.
Yours sincerely
A.Tenant
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Yours sincerely
A.Tenant
Carlisle Tenants` and Residents` Federation publishes this blog. Information about the Federation is available on 01228 522277 or 01228 532803.
