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+KM welcomed us to a meeting to support Majk Stokes after the outcome
+of the appointment process.
+
+KM invited Majk to share how he was feeling.  
+
+Assistant Manager for 12 years, and Acting Manager for 4 months,
+promotion was the obvious next step.
+
+'New perspective?' Discounts all the hard work and experience, counted against to me
+
+Still quite raw.
+
+Delay in email at the time.
+
+Signalled interest in the job at the beginning of the summer, wasn't
+given any help or feedback at all.>
+
+--------
+
+KM: Full and open procedure, equal treatment: In the end panel choose
+more depth and breadth of experience in person management and venue
+management.
+
+Giving feedback even now, panel hopes is useful going forewords.
+
+Personal feedback should have happened right away, you were owed that,
+and the panel apologises.
+
+Absence of Majk's line manager meant the person normally responsible
+for helping him wasn't there, and MC failed to step in and do that
+job.
+
+JP: New perspective?  Something you were looking for?  No, not going
+in, it was something that emerged in the interview process.
+
+Coming into a new situation allows new ideas
+
+_But_ new perspective wasn't the starting point, or the primary point.
+
+M&B interviewed very well, but so did the other candidates.  We had a
+very hard time making the decision.
+
+Majk still struggling to see why he and Beth couldn't have done this
+as well or better.
+
+And it now looks like I'm being pushed back to Ass't Mgr and showing
+how everything works, that's hard to take.
+
+Delay in panel response was bad, but it was _very_ hard to reply in
+writing.  Agreed that retaining Acting pay for the first month a
+reasonable request.
+
+Forward:
+
+Miranda changed to not being paid for lunch break
+
+Like to go down to a two-day week.  Three monhts in?  Start in January
+better?
+
+Like to have a more environmental or creative focus: recycling/energy
+efficiency aspect perhaps. C-venues were a mess, they don't learn from
+their mistakes, Greenside would have been a better bet, make my job
+more about planning for and managing "Venue 40", that would be much
+more satisfying.  That's obviously a whole conversation to be ha
+
+So having a project, taking the lead on something, for example V40 or
+environmental, that would be great.
+
+RF: New managers would be really excited to hear that.
+
+Easy to lose sight of the environmental stuff, so having someone
+actually pushing that on staff will also this is a great time to get
+that going.
+
+Sabbatical?  Maybe...
+
+Beth's thoughts?
+
+Not the historical connection, so not the same emotional investment,
+angry on Majk's behalf.  Would have found ways to do the job well.
+
+Not here because this meeting is for Majk, looking at other avenues
+for new work.
+
+[Beth not interested in pursuing the casual post]
+
+There's an open door for further discussion.
+
+M proposes to support S&A for up to 3 months, paid for it, go down to 2 days,
+considered for sabbatical.
+
+MC will get back to you ASAP.
+
+M will let S&A know that he applied for the job, but has no animus
+towards them personally.
+
+JP&MH are happy to continue to support.
+