Nov 21, 2008 15:35
Back story: Last year, when Women in Informatics was forming, I was very interested in helping found it and recruiting members and everything. But the girl that became president, Kim, left me out of everything. I really think she has hated me from the beginning. Kim would schedule meetings at times that I couldn't attend and not send me emails about events or anything. So I was like, "Fine, the club doesn't want me, so I wont join." Then Maureen, the club adviser, asked me why I wasn't involved with club because I was taking computer classes and working for the campus IT. I never really gave a reason, so Maureen added me to the listserv.
I started getting more involved, but I wasn't allowed to be an officer because I wasn't a CS or CIT major. Which didn't make sense to me because I was minoring in CIT and working for IT. But that didn't matter to Kim. Maureen went out of her way to invite me to meetings and things, trying to keep me involved, the whole time not being able to figure out why I wasn't making it to meetings and events. Kevin can attest to this, when I knew nothing of a bake sale that they put on. Out of the loop.
This semester, like September, I arranged an event for my mom to come and talk to Women in Informatics in January (because my mom has been a project manager and working in IT since 1978, so she's qualified to come talk). Last night we had a "Leader Meeting" at 5:30 (it was originally at 6, but Kim had something to do at 6 so she changed the time)... We were talking about guest speakers and I find out that Kim had SCHEDULED OVER MY MOM. She totally dropped my mom and got a professor from NKU instead. When I asked if my mom was not coming to speak, she had the nerve to ask if my mom would come in the Fall. I told that bitch, "NO because I am graduating in May." Kim said that she didn't know if my mom was still coming because I didn't come to the last leader meeting (which I didn't come to because I was working on a show FOR A GRADE). This is no excuse. Bitch has my phone number, email address, and my GODDAMN FACEBOOK. There is no reason why she could drop me a quick line asking if my mom was coming. Furthermore! the person she scheduled instead of my mom could come back in the fall, she's not going anywhere!!!
Today, I went to talk to Maureen about all this. I mean, maybe it's just me, but it feels like a conspiracy. Maureen agreed that it was absolutely messed up that she scheduled over my mom because this has been arranged since SEPTEMBER. Maureen said that she would discreetly fish around and see what she finds. And she doesn't blame me for wanting to drop this friggin' club all together. But Maureen asked me to wait before I quit, to see what happens. I respect Maureen, so I will wait.
From the beginning, I have had the feeling that Kim didn't like me. Maybe she feels like I am a threat. All this nonsense is pissing me off.