Twittergate still seems to be rumbling on and my attempt to summarise what I believed had happened and to help draw a line under events may actually have caused confusion, for which I apologise. Perhaps, in order to FINALLY draw a line under the whole thing we can get answers to the following from Management Guru, which will then mean we had had a definitive communication from the Board, which I am sure would be appreciated by everyone that has the best interest of the club at heart. I have tried to keep the questions related only to facts and not opinions and as requested by Management Guru, have assumed collective Board responsibility rather than a focus only on the Chairman.
1) When actually was the decision taken to change the password? Before, during or after the Stalybridge match?
2) Who took the decision at that time? The whole Board or some of the Board and were you as the Communications holder personally party to the decision at the time it was first taken?
3) Why was the decision taken and if ‘precautionary’, what was it that was assumed might happen?
4) What was the actual event or the actual wording used that triggered the decision to change the password after 25 minutes of the match?
5) What discussions took place with the two volunteers either prior to or after the event and when did these take place? Were these discussions seen as ample by the Board?
6) Did the Board see it as appropriate, that another volunteer who admitted to be was suffering from health problems and had no previous experience was drafted in as a replacement?
7) Do the Board value Twitter? Value Volunteers and Value open communication with supporters on issues such as this?
What future plans do the Board have for the Twitter account?
Let us hope that the open communication promised by the Board as part of the Strategic Review outcome is put into practice, so that FINALLY we can all move on from Twittergate and maybe some of the supporters that have decided to leave, may come back.
Full and frank answers to the above will be a good start in achieving more trust which can only be good for the club.