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Anyone know why the JREF director of communications has resigned, out of protest?

Yeh, it's a bit counter-productive to do it out of protest and then not tell anyone what the protest is!
 
I sincerely hope it's nothing melodramatic. Hopefully it's something as simple as someone continually nicking her lunch from the JREF fridge.
 
Memo:

There are rumors of a lack of communication on the work floor. Why wasn't I told this?
 
monoman said:
I sincerely hope it's nothing melodramatic. Hopefully it's something as simple as someone continually nicking her lunch from the JREF fridge.
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Well, if you call nicking the baggie of Tim Tams and leaving the rest NOT melodramatic...:eek:
 
Nicking the TimTams should be a firing offense!
 
monoman said:
See here on Carrie Poppy's twitter.
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One example is that your link does not work. Has the page being deleted? Or is this an example of poor communications?

Edit. However this link does work https://twitter.com/search?q=CarriePoppyYES

Hi. Yes, I resigned out of protest. I'm sorry I can't say more right now. Please bear with me, and thanks for the outpouring of support.
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Edit3. Better link https://twitter.com/CarriePoppyYES/status/273502255708250112
 
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rjh01 said:
My dictionary says that the definition of the word protest includes



Is that what you were referring to?
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Actually it was a very heavily veiled reference to the scene in the Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, where Ford tells Arthur that he is "safe" and Arthur says that it must be an obscure alternate usage of "safe" that he was previously unfamiliar with.
 
zooterkin said:
I wonder if the Director of Communications is responsible for the website, because she's currently still listed as being on the staff.

So, has anyone found out why she left? I notice there is an interview with her on the skepchick website.
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I was going to mention that. Also this is the website that at least 2 years or so ago, they said was going to get a design overhaul. Let's face it , as Joomla sites go. it's pretty dull and uninspiring.
According to her tweet she would have resigned 10 days or more ago but kept quiet about it. I think she's gone to work for Peta , if she wasn't already doing so, as that was one of her causes.

Carrie Poppy ‏@CarriePoppyYES
@BladderBarnacle I quit in protest. But now I'm going to go work in animal rights and I am thrilled.
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But indeed . Gone on protest of what?
 
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RoseMontague said:
They would probably tell us but that would require communication. My bet is that they don't fill the position.
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Really? Why not?

I expect they will, but it seems they have a fairly high turnover of staff for such a small organisation, and there often (from what little hints I've seen dropped) seems to be a difference of opinion involved, rather than people simply moving on to another job. Obviously, though, this is not a place that those people are going to discuss it.
 
Nah, we don't get much communication from JREF, apart from the usual requests for money around this time of year.
 
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Rrose Selavy said:
Nah, we don't get much communication from JREF, apart from the usual requests for money around this time of year.
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Soapy Sam said:
Hmm.

https://twitter.com/search?q=CarriePoppyYES
I thought I posted a load of incomprehensible nonsense until I read that.
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I used to commend people who "'put the E into JREF.

I am considering a similar commendation for those who "put the twit into twitter" but am pretty sure I am not the first to come up with that joke.

I admit that I do not care for twitter as a form of communication.
I thus rarely access tweets. (I do run across a lot of twits but that's a different matter).

I am thus not in a position to determine whether or not her comments are more standard twit-prose, or more standard twitter-prose. :D

Director of communications: with that title, I'd be sure to make my public communications succinct, clear, and incisive. As I'm not in that job ... this is peanut gallery sniping. :p
 
Carrie Poppy ‏@CarriePoppyYES
@BladderBarnacle I quit in protest. But now I'm going to go work in animal rights and I am thrilled.
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Is it possible she's talking about a different job, as in she had more than one?
 
Soapy Sam said:
Hmm.

https://twitter.com/search?q=CarriePoppyYES
I thought I posted a load of incomprehensible nonsense until I read that.
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To be fair, she did say on 27th:
Welcome, new followers. You will be disappointed. It's mostly one-liners with IRONIC SHOUTING.
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There are several different ways to use Twitter, and some of them seem to depend on which client you use how well they work. Some people seem to have conversations with it, but I've not really got the hang of that (and having a conversation that everyone can see seems daft to me, anyway). I just follow some interesting people, tweet alerts about some upcoming events (mainly Skeptics in the Pub), and follow a couple of hashtags.
 
Darth Rotor said:
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I used to commend people who "'put the E into JREF.

I am considering a similar commendation for those who "put the twit into twitter" but am pretty sure I am not the first to come up with that joke.

I admit that I do not care for twitter as a form of communication.
I thus rarely access tweets. (I do run across a lot of twits but that's a different matter).

I am thus not in a position to determine whether or not her comments are more standard twit-prose, or more standard twitter-prose. :D

Director of communications: with that title, I'd be sure to make my public communications succinct, clear, and incisive. As I'm not in that job ... this is peanut gallery sniping. :p
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And you've never been prosecuted? Quick, what's the secret?
 
Acleron said:
And you've never been prosecuted? Quick, what's the secret?
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Run across means encounter, not run over.

Are you a non-native English speaker?

Not all prepositions have identical meanings, ya see. :D

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Hmm, maybe this thread ought to be full of congratulations for her getting a new job with PETA?
 
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Looks like she's going to work for PETA. Given that, it's anybody's guess what the "protest" was regarding, but I have some suspicions.
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
Where does that say what/where she resigned from?

I'm not saying she didn't. I have no clue. I'm just saying there may be other possibilities here.
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rjh01 said:
Edit. I also agree with Skeptic Ginger. Cannot see where she explicitly mentions JREF. But she does not mention any other organisation either.
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The one that the OP linked to originally did say that she had resigned from the JREF in protest (specifically naming the organization) but Ms. Poppy apparently deleted it. However, it was still showing up in Google Cache a few days ago when I looked. It said, "I resigned from my position at JREF out of protest. I wish them all well and continue to respect and admire Randi. Thx for support."
 
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LashL said:
The one that the OP linked to originally did say that she had resigned from the JREF in protest (specifically naming the organization) but Ms. Poppy apparently deleted it. However, it was still showing up in Google Cache a few days ago when I looked. It said, "I resigned from my position at JREF out of protest. I wish them all well and continue to respect and admire Randi. Thx for support."
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Thanks for the clarification.

I wonder why she'd delete that it was from the JREF but not that, "I resigned in protest"?

Anyway, I'll just lurk now until there is more to go on. :)
 
Cleon said:
Looks like she's going to work for PETA. Given that, it's anybody's guess what the "protest" was regarding, but I have some suspicions.
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Given all the love the majority of JREFers regularly show for PETA, I'm totally stumped...:eye-poppi
 
As evidenced here:

http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1482515168&targetid=profile

She appears to have worked for (or at least with) PETA before she worked with JREF. It should come as no surprise that she would continue to work for (or with) them whether she's at JREF or not. I also find it hard to believe (argument from incredulity) that she was unaware of the feelings of many skeptics about PETA before she took the JREF job. In other words, I don't think PETA has anything to do with any of this.

Time will tell (hopefully),

Ward
 
wardenclyffe said:
As evidenced here:

http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=1482515168&targetid=profile

She appears to have worked for (or at least with) PETA before she worked with JREF. It should come as no surprise that she would continue to work for (or with) them whether she's at JREF or not. I also find it hard to believe (argument from incredulity) that she was unaware of the feelings of many skeptics about PETA before she took the JREF job. In other words, I don't think PETA has anything to do with any of this.

Time will tell (hopefully),

Ward
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From what I can say it is not only the skeptic which consider the PETA a bunch of twit. Look up online the number of page ridiculing PETA, calling them out for their support of ALF, and similar. Too many to be "skeptic only". PETA isn't especially well liked from what I can tell, and it is a general feeling.

PS: I forwarded twitter domains a facebook domains a long time ago to 127.0.0.1 and such thread remind me always why.
 
Totally true, which suggests that her feelings about PETA probably had nothing to do with her resignation from JREF, since (some) skeptics are not unique in their derision of PETA. Also, I doubt her feelings about PETA were any secret when JREF hired her in the first place. I don't see a connection.

Ward
 
Aepervius said:
From what I can say it is not only the skeptic which consider the PETA a bunch of twit. Look up online the number of page ridiculing PETA, calling them out for their support of ALF, and similar. Too many to be "skeptic only". PETA isn't especially well liked from what I can tell, and it is a general feeling.

PS: I forwarded twitter domains a facebook domains a long time ago to 127.0.0.1 and such thread remind me always why.
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ALF?
People Enabling Terrorist Activity!
 
I know absolutely nothing about this. If anybody is looking for facts they should skip to the next post where there is a chance he might find some.

Before I saw this thread I didn't even know that JREF had a director of communications or that somebody named Carry Poppy (Is that a real name?) worked for JREF. However my complete lack of knowledge about the Carry Poppy situation will not preclude me from speculating about it:

Carry Poppy was working on an event and she wanted JREF to let her publicize the event on their site and they wouldn't let her do it. So she quit.

Almost certainly wrong, but I did warn you if you wanted facts you should have skipped to the next post.
 
davefoc said:
I know absolutely nothing about this. If anybody is looking for facts they should skip to the next post where there is a chance he might find some.

Before I saw this thread I didn't even know that JREF had a director of communications or that somebody named Carry Poppy (Is that a real name?) worked for JREF. However my complete lack of knowledge about the Carry Poppy situation will not preclude me from speculating about it:

Carry Poppy was working on an event and she wanted JREF to let her publicize the event on their site and they wouldn't let her do it. So she quit.

Almost certainly wrong, but I did warn you if you wanted facts you should have skipped to the next post.
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Good to cross your path again Dave, hope you have been well. On facebook she describes her job situation as winning the lottery, losing the ticket, and then finding it again. She sure seems to be active and perhaps activist would be a good description. Nice article on skepchick. Good on her. With as many causes she supports and some of those being somewhat controversial, I am not surprised that she found herself in a dispute over one of them at the JREF. You might be right, maybe we will find out.
 
RoseMontague said:
Good to cross your path again Dave, hope you have been well. On facebook she describes her job situation as winning the lottery, losing the ticket, and then finding it again. She sure seems to be active and perhaps activist would be a good description. Nice article on skepchick. Good on her. With as many causes she supports and some of those being somewhat controversial, I am not surprised that she found herself in a dispute over one of them at the JREF. You might be right, maybe we will find out.
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Nice to hear from you again also. Hope all is well for you. I haven't followed the Amanda Knox case much since the acquittal. I lurked for awhile in the thread but eventually I lost interest. There were miscellaneous loose ends when I stopped following it and it would be interesting to see where things stand today.

I was a little embarrassed that you happened by to see such a lame post by me, but I wanted to subscribe to the thread and I didn't have anything to say so I thought I'd just make something up.

As to something remotely related to the topic: She seems like an interesting woman, I hope all goes well for her in her new ventures.
 
zooterkin said:
You can also click on "Thread Tools" and select "Subscribe".
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I always figured there was some way but never went looking. Thanks, although it eliminates one excuse I had for writing something despite a complete absence of knowledge or evidence on the subject. I don't think this will stop me though, I will just need to find another excuse.
 
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