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[celtastars] IH Bogotá: discussion closed

Tom **SURNAME** <== email address removed ==> 3 September 2009 15:25
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Hi everyone:

With regret, and knowing that not everyone will agree with this, as Group Moderator, I have decided to prevent further posts on the subject of IH Bogotá.

Three further posts on the subject have been blocked, and not sent to CeltaStars. They come from previous posters and also from another ex-IH Bogotá teacher, who agrees with the complaints made. These have not been "approved" by me, meaning not that I agree or disagree with their content but that I have decided not to allow them through the moderation filter.

The reason for this is that I think that further discussion of the subject is probably of interest to very few of us. If I "approve" these, and were then to invite someone from IH to comment "officially" on them; and then... the mutual disagreements would go on for ever, and be sent to 800 people. Which was precisely the reason why we brought in "comment moderation..."

CeltaStars has, I believe, fulfilled its function: it posted the job ad, and got (negative) feedback from people who had worked there. In addition, it got a response from IH on the comments (and James, among others, disagrees strongly with what is said in the response).

But -- unless anyone wants to disagree and say what a fantastic place IH Bogotá is to work... only kidding ,-)! -- I can't see that most of us are going to gain much from further discussion.

My sincere thanks to James and others, however, in this and all cases, for feedback -- positive or negative -- on this and any school we post jobs ads for. Feedback makes the service CeltaStars provides so much better.

Closing this thread (ie not allowing further posts on it) is not an attempt on my part to censor criticism of an IH organization; if it was, none of the original criticisms would have been allowed in the first place.

Censorship on CeltaStars is a possibility, but is only really likely in the case of vulgarity, sexist remarks, highly personal criticisms etc. But, although I am an employee of IH Barcelona, CeltaStars does enjoy a certain autonomy (ie yours truly makes all the decisions about it) and long may it continue that way.

If anyone is interested in the further comments made about IH Bogota, contact me and I will be happy to send them all to you.

If anyone wishes to address any further comments to a perhaps more appropriate place than CeltaStars, then do contact the Director of the IHLS Group, Jonathan **SURNAME**, at:
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Believe me, he's interested in the comments, which have all been forwarded to him: no manager could afford not to be... and a good manager will consider what changes and improvements can be made in the light of them.

I'd be happy to respond personally to further comments on either IH Bogota or on whether or not closing the discussion was the right call -- but would almost certainly be doing so "off-list".

Tom
CeltaStars Group Moderator

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