[ST] Hygiene Ninja (Forwarded)

[Walter Kahn]

Hi everyone,

Thank you Collette for coming forth and taking responsibility for  
this incident.

I've known Collette for a very long time and I'm convinced she did  
not mean any harm. I personally don't think she should be removed  
from Staff. Just the fact that she took responsibility for it shows  
her character.

Right now I think the most important thing we can do is for Arisia to  
make an official apology to this person and to any other person that  
has been assaulted by the "Hygiene Ninja". Also, I think that someone  
should email Kris and maybe even put an official apology on the  
Webpage if the Con Senior Staff and/ or Corporation sees fit to do that.

 From this point on, since we now know what happened,  I think this  
discussion should be moved to the Corporate list, or at the very  
least The Corporate list should be included in the discussions.

I also want to thank Kris for bringing this to the Con's attention.

I think Kris has said best as how I feel being a former social  
outcast so I won't get into that.

Walter

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Walter Kahn
Arisia 2007 Innkeeper
innkeeper at arisia.org
hotel at arisia.org

www.arisia.org


On Jan 16, 2007, at 1:05 PM, Colette H. Fozard wrote:

Just to clear the air: this did happen, and the person on Ops staff  
who "sicced" the hygiene ninja on the volunteer in question (assuming  
we are talking about the same person, which I imagine we are) was me.

It was meant as a gentle way to get a serious point across.  The  
timing ended up a little off (from my recollection, it ended up  
happening in Operations), but I did not mean harm, and talked with  
the volunteer at about the time they were approached by the ninja and  
ensured that they understood the intention, and to also be sure they  
were being given the chance to relax and get a chance to shower/etc.   
The volunteer in question said he had showered and was completely  
conscious of the issue, and mentioned that it was a particular piece  
of outerwear he was wearing that he wears during work and "can't get  
the smell out of it."  He removed said article of clothing later and  
all was fine.

I know why I did it, I know that I meant no harm, and I believe that  
the staffer did not take any lasting insult from the incident.  I am  
very sorry that my action offended others and has caused people to  
look down upon the "hygiene ninja" (which in my mind has generally  
been a gentle and humorous reminder that in a hotel packed full of  
people, this issue is more important than usual).

I leave it to the powers that be to decide whether this action  
necessitates my removal from staff, but I certainly felt I should let  
folks know that this incident did happen, though with not the malice  
assumed in the original complaint.

--Colette H. Fozard

----- Original Message ----
From: Dave Belfer-Shevett <dbs at homeport.org>
To: jude-arisia at genericdomain.net
Cc: staff at arisia.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:02:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Hygiene Ninja (Forwarded)


jude-arisia at genericdomain.net wrote:
> This was posted to the Arisia LJ community by con member (and  
> friend of
> mine and many of us) Kriss Barnhart, who requested it be sent to the
> staff list.  For the record, I agree with her and I think this is a
> great letter.

I have replied to it as well, and as long as we're keeping this going,
here's my reply.

I am not speaking in any official capacity, as this year I was not even
a div head. But as someone fairly involved in concom activities, I have
never ever heard that ops endorses or 'sics' the hygiene ninja on  
anyone.

I have seen this character once or twice, and in fact mediated an
encounter where someone was offended by the targeting. Said ninja, and
several other staff members assured the jest was random, and was not
targeting specific people.

I have no capacity to apologize on anyones behalf, but I will say that
it is MY impression you may be misinformed as to the circumstances
surrounding this encounter.

     -dbs
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