[edited to add: I’m second-guessing myself and have edited a bit because I don’t remember ever actually doing this. I think I should develop a clearer policy here.]
I’d like to provide a picture of how this might play out. (To be clear, I’m making up pretend examples, not referring to Linda specifically.)
If you share specifics with me and want me to keep them specific, I will. So if you tell me in confidence that you’re struggling with addiction or have messed up your job or whatever, I won’t share those facts with anyone.
But if a funder asked for my opinion about funding your work, I’d probably give them some general indication of how excited (or unexcited) I was about your fit for that work.
I’m not sure this has ever actually happened based on material the person themselves told me, rather than my own observations and things other people told me about them.
The fact that talking to you can affect funding decisions is bad.
You don’t seem to understand how important funding decisions are to community members, which is baffling given your role. Or you do understand and that’s why this information is not public, which is deceptive, and also very bad.
Reporting interpersonal conflicts almost always makes everyone involved look bad, at least a bit. I don’t feel safe talking to someone who is also an evaluator. This is rely basic!
[edited to add: I’m second-guessing myself and have edited a bit because I don’t remember ever actually doing this. I think I should develop a clearer policy here.]
I’d like to provide a picture of how this might play out. (To be clear, I’m making up pretend examples, not referring to Linda specifically.)
If you share specifics with me and want me to keep them specific, I will. So if you tell me in confidence that you’re struggling with addiction or have messed up your job or whatever, I won’t share those facts with anyone.
But if a funder asked for my opinion about funding your work, I’d probably give them some general indication of how excited (or unexcited) I was about your fit for that work.
I’m not sure this has ever actually happened based on material the person themselves told me, rather than my own observations and things other people told me about them.
The fact that talking to you can affect funding decisions is bad.
You don’t seem to understand how important funding decisions are to community members, which is baffling given your role. Or you do understand and that’s why this information is not public, which is deceptive, and also very bad.
Reporting interpersonal conflicts almost always makes everyone involved look bad, at least a bit. I don’t feel safe talking to someone who is also an evaluator. This is rely basic!