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  UK Elders. Recommendation Letters.. Freedom of Information Act.

  by kramer in

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  from my experience, elders dont want to reveal the contents of a recommendation letter.

  but as each congregation is a legally constituted charity and hence public body they are open to all the disclosure obligations of other public bodes.

  do any uk elders or ex elders have any experience of people who demanded or wanted to see their recommendation letters, or who have gone through the process of a freedom of information request to get to see these?.

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  krejames

  In the UK the Freedom of Information Act only relates to public authorities (i.e. tax-payer funded organisations). FOI does not apply to personal information.

  I think maybe you're thinking of the data protection act 98. Under that Act anyone can request a copy of ALL their own personal information held by ANY organisation (not just public sector) except in very limited circumstances e.g. if the information would tip you off that you're about to be arrested for a crime. You just need to write a letter and request it (they have the right to chargeyou up to £10). It would be a criminal offence if they destroyed any information after you have requested it. It's possible that the letter of recommendation would fall under an odd exemption which relates to references (e.g. job references), which means the person who gave the reference doesn't need to disclose it but the person who received it must provide it. My gut feeling is that the elders are advised by the WT to destroy these kind of letters as soon as they have served their purpose.
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  I hate it that I have to lie so much to fade...

  by ILoveTTATT in

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  i am feeling down... i feel trapped, and don't know what to do... just need to vent here i guess.... so my mom calls me today, and asks how i am doing.

  "how are you doing spiritually?

  " i respond... yeah, you know, the usuals... service, meeting, etc.... she tells me that she's doing a lot of service with my dad... i say, "great!"...

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  krejames

  Feeling for you ILoveTATT - i hate it too
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  AGM 5 OCTOBER 2013 (UNOFFICIAL RUMORS)

  by WatchTower87 in

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  - 23 day to go .. annual meeting unofficial rumors.

  - new bible.

  - new nwt (revision).

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  krejames

  Heard from a very reliable source today that the new Bible will indeed have "slightly updated" language.

  Also from a less connected but not completely unreliable source, that there are widespread rumours in JW-Dom that there will be noo light on 1 Thess 5:3.
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  If You Were A Bro(tm) Did You Enjoy The Prestiage Of Giving A Talk? Do You Miss It?

  by LoisLane looking for Superman in

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  i was a sister(tm).

  i was only allowed to give talks to my householder.. you brother's(tm), all eyes were on you.. what was that like?.

  did you enjoy it?.

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  krejames

  I got very nervous. Once I got down to it I used to love the preparation and "research" (I use that term loosely) because I would make it my personal challenge to make whatever material it was feel like a warm hug to the congregation. I would always get compliments on my items and that gave me a buzz if I'm honest.

  What I absolutely hated was doing the announcements. I never understood how some brothers managed to string it out for 15 minutes or whatever. I would just say the announcements and get off the platform. One day the PO came up to me after the meeting and said to me that if there weren't enough announcements I should do the day's text with the congregation. Can you imagine?! I mentioned this to another elder and he said, "don't bother - no one's going to complain if the meeting finishes early for once". hehe. They don't have any announcements these days.
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  If anyone is interested in my 'Coming out' video on Youtube....

  by Newly Enlightened in

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hx5mghrvbs.

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  Well done Kim. Short. to the point. not full of yourself. How can anyone take objection to your video? Just right, in my opinion. Thanks so much.
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  BBC3 Sun Sea and Suspicious Parents - NOW

  by krejames in

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  awful car crash tv.

  teenagers on vacation getting drunk having sex etc.

  parents secretly watch.

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  krejames

  Couldn't watch Don't Tell the Bride as the BBC iplayer won't let me :( Tho, Google did throw up some interesting discussions about it from about a year ago when it was aired.
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  BBC3 Sun Sea and Suspicious Parents - NOW

  by krejames in

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  awful car crash tv.

  teenagers on vacation getting drunk having sex etc.

  parents secretly watch.

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  krejames

  haha I'm going to check that out Konceptual! Thanks for the link.

  With SS&SP I couldn't help wonder how the parents were going to get "counselled" for doing the show. They seemed quite sweet actually. They obviously can't be uber dubs.
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  BBC3 Sun Sea and Suspicious Parents - NOW

  by krejames in

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  awful car crash tv.

  teenagers on vacation getting drunk having sex etc.

  parents secretly watch.

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  krejames

  Awful car crash TV. Teenagers on vacation getting drunk having sex etc. Parents secretly watch. Then confront them at the end of the show. It turns out the parents of one of the girls are JWs! And they're just finding out what their daughter's really like! too funny!
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  My introduction

  by zakharijah in

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  ok i think its time i introduce myself... and sorry, its going to be verrry long.. .

  i am 32, married, 2 children.

  i am french but i live in scotland.. .

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  krejames

  welcome! :)
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  Faders shunned now?

  by Sammy Jenkis in

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  hi all so my family had their c.a.

  last weekend and my mother dropped this one on me, she'll now be treating me as a df'd person per info she received from a talk at the assembly.

  apparently a fader should be treated as "bad association" given the fact they up and left the holy "truth" to splash around in vomit.. .

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  krejames

  Reminds me of how I used to be. I remember backing off my best friend because she stopped comnig to meetings and going on FS because she was "depressed". I thought she was just trying to find excuses so to my shame I backed off to try and guilt her into reactivating and the friendship faded temorarily. Thankfully it didn't last long because I kept in touch ironically when she moved away. But I remember the judgemental attitude of myself and others.

  I also have family members who have sour grapes about people who "play the system" - i.e. fade without Da ing or DF ing - and will ignore them.

  Finally a fairly recent CO talk (within last 3 years) directly said to have nothing to do with those who have "fallen away" without being D/Fd or D/A if they were leading an immoral life..heartwarming.