Re: foundation application..

[Magdalen Berns <m berns thismagpie com>]

> On the face of it this seems to be purely about
> reducing paper work for the membership committee (i.e. fewer applications
> means less work for them).

On the face of it, this statement is fairly offensive for the
membership committee.

You've read the email that Andrea sent about the
reasons of the membership committee, and I'm sure there's no part of
that email that says that the "buffer period" is there to reduce the
committee's workload. 

I'm sure that's not your intention, but you should probably find a
better way to word it.

It is not my intention to cause offence and objectively that statement that seems a lot less controversial than any of the alternative theories for what else could motivates the committees decision which is one reason I figured it was worth pointing out. This could be as innocent as that. Personally do not believe that it is, but it could be...

Had you considered how offensive the statement that committees decision makes itself, may be to the contributions that interns make before you decided that statement was offensive to the people imposing it?

Magdalen