Mermaids have appointed a new CEO

[Birdsweepsin]

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.

Best of British luck to Lauren. Could be a very bumpy ride indeed.

Lauren has already protected her tweets.

I note that her tweets are already protected.

Great minds and all that...

🤣

What’s their history?

Cut from the same cloth, methinks.

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.

What does any of that actually mean?

I see there's still no transparency then.

What are the issues is anyone gonna say?

Advocacy, disability and LGBTQ+ rights, often all at once. She/her.

According to her twitter bio

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

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

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

X posted Errol- that stood out for me too.

Has she deleted her LinkedIn as well?

I do love a bit of transparency

SV2

They is heavily involved in roller derby.

Roller Derby got hammered. fairplayforwomen.com/rderby/

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

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

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

Mermaids: 100 Days Of Stoner

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

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.

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

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