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Dear OUSU.
It was unsurprising, but nevertheless disappointing, to receive a letter on the subject of Freshers' Fair from you on Wednesday of this week asking for a decision and the return of the enclosed form by Friday. In fact it arrived in college on Tuesday, but as you had for some unknown reason addressed it to the college secretary instead of to me, the MCR president, it didn't reach me until the next day. Fortunately, the last line of your letter included both an e-mail address and a telephone number where a person should, you said, not hesitate to contact you if she had queries she wished to discuss in advance of returning the form.
The thing is, when you get such queries, you need to ANSWER THEM. I wrote you an actually very pleasant e-mail on Wednesday as soon as I received your letter, explaining a) the timing and addressing issues I mentioned above and b) a couple of reasons why we might not be able to return the form by Friday as you asked. Not having heard from you all day Thursday or Friday (the deadline day!), I called the office number -- where the young man who answered the phone told me all the forms were received yesterday and were being processed, and I should have the response early next week. 'Well, no', I said, 'you didn't receive my form, because you still haven't answered my questions.' He was professional enough to take my number, but I have no -- repeat, ZERO -- confidence that I'll actually hear from you today or at any time this weekend, which means two things: first, I'll have to chase you up again on Monday; and second, my incoming freshers are once again going to get screwed with regard to Freshers' Fair tickets.
And it will be your fault. Congratulations on your continued efforts to persuade us to reaffiliate.
best regards,
a member of the Rebel Alliance
It was unsurprising, but nevertheless disappointing, to receive a letter on the subject of Freshers' Fair from you on Wednesday of this week asking for a decision and the return of the enclosed form by Friday. In fact it arrived in college on Tuesday, but as you had for some unknown reason addressed it to the college secretary instead of to me, the MCR president, it didn't reach me until the next day. Fortunately, the last line of your letter included both an e-mail address and a telephone number where a person should, you said, not hesitate to contact you if she had queries she wished to discuss in advance of returning the form.
The thing is, when you get such queries, you need to ANSWER THEM. I wrote you an actually very pleasant e-mail on Wednesday as soon as I received your letter, explaining a) the timing and addressing issues I mentioned above and b) a couple of reasons why we might not be able to return the form by Friday as you asked. Not having heard from you all day Thursday or Friday (the deadline day!), I called the office number -- where the young man who answered the phone told me all the forms were received yesterday and were being processed, and I should have the response early next week. 'Well, no', I said, 'you didn't receive my form, because you still haven't answered my questions.' He was professional enough to take my number, but I have no -- repeat, ZERO -- confidence that I'll actually hear from you today or at any time this weekend, which means two things: first, I'll have to chase you up again on Monday; and second, my incoming freshers are once again going to get screwed with regard to Freshers' Fair tickets.
And it will be your fault. Congratulations on your continued efforts to persuade us to reaffiliate.
best regards,
a member of the Rebel Alliance
