[Imc-web] what's up with anna epelbaum?

[Sascha Meinrath]

hi all,

just wanted to pass this along since i too have now had my own interaction 
with anna epelbaum.  given that i directly answered both her questions, i 
have no idea if she's insane or simply incredibly rude.  but either way, 
given her continuing rudeness to pretty much everyone in the organization, 
i certainly will be ignoring her requests for assistance in the future.

just keeping everyone in the loop,

--sascha

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 14:02:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anna Epelbaum <aepelbaum at yahoo.com>
To: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
Subject: Re: [Wefta] BoD re-election candidacy announcement:

           Sascha, you didn't answer any of my questions. By the way, I 
didn't ask you to lecture me. Sorry, but I think that I am at least twice 
your age, and I know what, when and why I wrote to imc editors and 
volunteers, and, sorry, but nest time , if you communicate me without ANY 
desire to answer my questions and instead intending to curse me, to teach 
me how to behave (it would be natural, at that point, for me to teach you, 
pertinent to the ages difference, not vice versa), etc., you better don't 
do it, as it wouldn't work.

            If you want to initiate scandal and get promotion on it, choose 
someone else, I wouldn't let you do it, using me. Trust me on it!

           You referred to some web site, hoping to inspire people to 
re-elect you, and I asked you how to get to that web site.

           I saw you name, as an editor, who hides some articles, like 
articles of John Anderson on imc web site were hidden by you, for example, 
etc..

          So, that is why I thought that you were the one who left my 
article in Newswire , not ML this time. Even if I was wrong, it is not 
your place to lecture me, you can simply answer that you were not the 
editor who ignored the request from my summary.

          Once more, if you decide in the future to communicate me either 
on my request or on your own initiative, you better answer my question in 
the first case, and be polite in the both cases. Currently, I am not going 
to vote either for your re-election or, especially, for your promotion, as 
I have no possibility to get to the web site, you have referred to in your 
initial sending to find out anything about you.
               Anna

Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org> wrote:
Hi Anna,

> This is Anna V. Epelbaum. I am a pretty new weftier, and I was trying to
> access your web site, but was locked out and required to use 'Coolie".
> As I don't know what it means under described circumstances, I would
> like to be explained, please. Also I suspect that you are the one
> (Sascha is a pretty unique woman's name here), who didn't allow my
> today's posting on IMC web to go to current news, though its content is
> very relevant to the events of the most current importance. Besides, art
> (s) is always much more eloquent and convincing that the simple
> presentation of current facts. So, please, get back to me, answering my
> questions:
>
> 1. How to get to your web site, you referred as your material for
> re-election?

All people who are signed up for WEFTA have a password that is e-mailed to
them when they join the list. Your password is in that e-mail. You also
will receive monthly e-mail reminders of your password. Finally, you can
always contact the list admin to get your password sent to you if all else
fails.

> 2. Why did you find necessary to hide my poem and its illustration from
> wide attention , placing it in Newswire column instead of current news
> column as I suggested in my summary to this posting?

I have nothing to do with moving your poem but have read other e-mail from
you where you have wrongly accused people of various offenses. If you
would like to discuss IMC webwork, I suggest that you e-mail that list
directly . News _starts_ in the newswire and is moved
to the feature column when editors decide to move it there. My article
also started in the right-hand column and was moved to the center column.

I know nothing about your poem and resent your implication that I was
somehow involved in either hiding or moving your piece. If this was the
first time you had wrongly accused someone I would be much more
understanding; but your behavior towards me is part of a larger pattern
where you have falsely accused IMC volunteers, berated IMC editors, and
been disrespectful to participants in the organization. I hope that you
will continue to add your media to the IMC website. I also hope you
recognize that people have been incredibly accomodating given your
antagonizing behavior towards them and that you are unlikely to receive
the ongoing support of people who you wrongfully accuse.

--Sascha

> Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I originally ran for a vacant Board-elected position on the WEFT Board in
> April 2003 (my original bio info and statement are here:
> http://lists.cu.groogroo.com/cgi-bin/private/wefta/2003-April/000585.html)
> and am seeking a second term on the Board to complete the projects that I
> set out to do while on the board. As I orginally wrote, "My main reasons
> for wishing to run for the WEFT Board are to help bring some of my
> fundraising skills and contacts to WEFT; help out with any financial areas
> where I can be of assistance; and find ways to make some of the
> longer-term visions and capital improvements a reality."
>
> Reforms I have been working on range from the mundane (e.g., clarifying
> the Board's voting proceedures) to the important (e.g., I coordinated the
> effort to bring Internet connectivity to the station) to the mission
> critical (e.g., revamping our finances to mirror standard accounting
> practices). Since joining the board I have worked with Peter Miller, Paul
> Riismandel and others to raise our pledge drive goals (first to $31,000
> then to $40,000) -- goals that helped raise back-to-back record pledge
> amounts. And over the past year, many people have worked hard to bring
> the station to it's current level of (uprecedented) financial health. At
> the same time, the station has undergone needed structural improvements.
> Taken together, WEFT is in better shape today than at any other point in
> its history.
>
> However, our internal book-keeping needs the same level of attention and
> improvement. Mick has valiantly kept our finances utilizing extremely
> outdated software that do not meet WEFT's current needs. During the past
> year we've begun the process of revamping our financial books -- but much
> still remains to be done. If elected, I would like to spend my tenure
> facilitating this transition. These changes will allow Associates and
> Board members alike far greater access to needed reports and information
> while simultaneously lessening the workload on WEFT's station manager.
> This is a win-win situation that I believe will support WEFT's long-term
> growth and sustainability as an organization.
>
> As always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions,
>
> --Sascha
>
>

-- 
Sascha Meinrath
Project Manager & Pres. * Project Coordinator * Project Manager
Acorn Worker Collective *** CU Wireless Network *** Eggplant Active Media
www.acorncollective.com * www.cuwireless.net * www.eggplantmedia.com


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