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Mermaids have appointed a new CEO

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Birdsweepsin · 12/12/2022 13:33

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/mermaids-appoints-interim-ceo/

Lauren Stoner - this is from her 'hello team' letter:

Key areas for me to focus on are ensuring that we understand our future direction and have the right people, right culture, right systems and processes to enable us to achieve that.

These are all big challenges and change can’t happen overnight, but I’m positive that as a team, and with support of our board, we can achieve our goals. We’ll share our progress and the lessons that we’ve learned openly.

I’m not going to promise to resolve all of those challenges between now and the end of March. Instead, in 100 days’ time, I want to know that we’ve identified the root causes of our challenges, have a clear plan in place and are starting to address them in a prioritised way.

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SerenityLoveLamb · 12/12/2022 15:41

The purity helter-skelter is going to be a rough ride for LS...

twitter.com/TransActivismUK/status/1602273040225955840?t=i9rmXBMjFdmrv0UDVi-mWw&s=19

She's already not trans enough, nor focussed on the needs of the staff enough...

Hoppinggreen · 12/12/2022 15:36

Roller Derby is full contact
Playing against men is as dangerous if not more dangerous than rugby. I think MM is going to just be more of the same

PaleBlueMoonlight · 12/12/2022 15:33

That statement is impressive in being totally devoid of content.

Ch3wylemon · 12/12/2022 15:28

Birdsweepsin · 12/12/2022 14:09

Roller Derby got hammered. fairplayforwomen.com/rderby/

And a more comprehensive history from North America: 4w.pub/roller-derby-story/

That roller history link is something.

pattihews · 12/12/2022 15:24

ErrolTheDragon · 12/12/2022 13:58

This doesn't bode too well
. I officiate roller derby, an explicitly trans-inclusive contact sport played on roller skates,

That's not good. I was out leafletting and banner-waving a year or two ago and the only threats and real nastiness we experienced was from a small group of women involved in roller derby. I'd spoken to one woman about single-sex spaces and she told me to piss off, then phoned her friends and they came and shouted in our faces. Roller derby is very violent. Having men shoving women about is going to be dangerous.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 12/12/2022 15:16

I know nothing about this sort of stuff, so am prepared to be corrected, but this is an interim appointment. Is it not likely they looked for someone coming to the end of a current temporary assignment? As I think I posted elsewhere, I used to be slightly acquainted with a chap who seemed to change senior jobs within the NHS at bewildering speed, but eventually I grasped that he was a turnaround specialist. He took jobs for a year, two years at most, and then moved on. Very lucrative in his case, I think. Could this be the equivalent in the charity sector? LS does seem to have moved jobs several times.

KatMcBundleFace · 12/12/2022 15:03

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Sophoclesthefox · 12/12/2022 14:52

I do wonder what calibre of a CEO level person would be available to start at such short notice…it’s, what, two or three weeks since Susie was defenestrated? (or self defenestrated)

Seems…quick.

BloodyHellKen · 12/12/2022 14:44

It's an understatement to say she doesn't look very approachable on that photo or on her CV😂

I wonder what she has against smiling?

WorkingItOutAsIGo · 12/12/2022 14:35

It’s ridiculous to think they could appoint someone to a CEO position so rapidly. Most bizarre.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 12/12/2022 14:33

ArabellaScott · 12/12/2022 14:22

'The LinkedIn profile you’re looking for isn’t public or doesn’t exist.'

Maybe you have to be logged in as a registered user to see it?

Sophoclesthefox · 12/12/2022 14:32

Not so much a new job as a hospital pass for Lauren there. A poisoned chalice filled with rainbows. Good luck!

Jingerlo · 12/12/2022 14:31

Officiating at Roller Derby will be a useful skill and big bonus points in the trans ally stakes. It still might not appease those who would have preferred a trans person at the helm. Lets hope she brings her whistle with her. At least they have some charity and advocacy experience.

LaughingPriest · 12/12/2022 14:29

Instead, in 100 days’ time, I want to know that we’ve identified the root causes of our challenges

You could save yourself 99 days, Lauren, if you just pop over to Mumsnet sometime Grin

AutumnCrow · 12/12/2022 14:22

Mermaids: 100 Days Of Stoner

ArabellaScott · 12/12/2022 14:22

'The LinkedIn profile you’re looking for isn’t public or doesn’t exist.'

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 12/12/2022 14:16

No, still there. www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-stoner/

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Birdsweepsin · 12/12/2022 14:09

Roller Derby got hammered. fairplayforwomen.com/rderby/

And a more comprehensive history from North America: 4w.pub/roller-derby-story/

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ArabellaScott · 12/12/2022 14:09

KittensNotMittens · 12/12/2022 13:48

What’s their history?

They is heavily involved in roller derby.

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Birdsweepsin · 12/12/2022 14:04

SV2

Mermaids have appointed a new CEO
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PronounssheRa · 12/12/2022 14:04

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 12/12/2022 13:50

All on Linkedin. Has just left a CEO role at a charity working with victims of sexual violence in the Midlands. Has worked in fundraising and years ago as a call handler for NHS 24.

Has she deleted her LinkedIn as well?

I do love a bit of transparency

LizzieSiddal · 12/12/2022 14:02

X posted Errol- that stood out for me too.

LizzieSiddal · 12/12/2022 14:02

All you doubters- she organised skating sessions for trans people so she seems very well qualified!

ErrolTheDragon · 12/12/2022 13:58

This doesn't bode too well
. I officiate roller derby, an explicitly trans-inclusive contact sport played on roller skates,

ResisterRex · 12/12/2022 13:52

It's management-speak bingo and they're in for a full house there!!

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