Max Evidence 10 March Newsletter Ann Were Bartolotti/Allegations

Max Evidence 10 Ann Were on March Newsletter

To: 'Max Wallis' <WallisMK@cardiff.ac.uk>
From: ann were <ann_were12@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 12/03/2013 11:30
Cc: "wgprc@lists.greenparty.org.uk" <wgprc@lists.greenparty.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [WGPC] FW: Wales Green Party Newsletter / Special Conference

Max,

It is unacceptable for you to abuse your position as WGP Newsletter Editor in this way. You have used it as a mouthpiece for your own particular grievances and to make spurious allegations against individuals and the Party as a whole, neither of which have the opportunity to defend themselves.

The honourable thing for you to do now would be to resign from both of your posts on WGPC.

With the agreement of WGPC I will send out a statement from us in due course.

  Ann Were. 

From: pippa bartolotti <pippa@pippa-bartolotti.co.uk>
To: 'Max Wallis' <WallisMK@cardiff.ac.uk>
Cc: wgprc@lists.greenparty.org.uk
Sent: Monday, 11 March 2013, 16:11
Subject: Re: [WGPC] FW: Wales Green Party Newsletter / Special Conference

Confidential to WGPC only.
Max, you will be aware of the items I am referring to - the ones regarding
gossip on @greenleaks (the newsletter is not a place for gossip) and the
GPRC 'secret courts' comment which is an opinion which you might hold
(though without having been through the process yourself, and therefore
uttered in the absence of first hand information), but which is entirely
defamatory of the Green Party as a whole, and a long standing process which
has been respected for some years. Perhaps you are suggesting that GPRC has
been working on disputes very well in all cases, except the two you mention,
either way, the newsletter is not a vehicle for mischief or personal opinion.

Mark France, who is not known to me, and as far as I'm aware has nothing to
do with Wales, was a member who was expelled for repeatedly calling for use
of guns and violent revolution, as well as intimidating the local party -
including standing in front of member's houses wearing face-mask and
balaclava. Hardly the behaviour expected of a Green Party member. I have no
idea why you brought this case up, except to show just how well GPRC is working.

Also singled out for your special attention was Anne Greagsby, who continues to make unfounded and defamatory assertions about members of the Green Party, and indeed the Green Party in general. Someone with the interests and philosophy of the Green Party at heart would simply not act this way. This is yet another example of how well GPRC is working.

Using the members newsletter as a campaigning device to ask members to contact the very hard pressed David Murray on issues outside his remit is misleading and unproductive.

Really Max, it seems to me you are trying to force the Green Party in Wales
to break apart by encouraging inward looking fault finding and griping about
individuals, rather than outward looking support, which is essentially what we are about.

There are some really good people doing some really excellent work in Wales, why did you not highlight them? Or perhaps one of the up beat resolutions passed at conference.

Matters such as wrong addresses, inaccuracies etc have been dealt with by others.

Now, if you'll forgive me, I would like to get back to the work of furthering the interest and appeal of the Wales Green Party, which is what we are all elected to do. Please do not turn this into a ping pong of opinions, for that will only take up time, of which most of us have little to spare. I hope you will be issuing the necessary changes to the newsletter shortly.
   Pippa

From: Max Wallis [mailto:WallisMK@cardiff.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 March 2013 23:23
To: pippa bartolotti
Cc: wgprc@lists.greenparty.org.uk
Subject: Re: [WGPC] FW: Wales Green Party Newsletter / Special Conference

Dear Pippa,
I feel sure you didn't want to be confrontational.
Please say which parts you dislike or are "plain wrong" so they can be
amended.
  Hwyl / max

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To: <wgprc@lists.greenparty.org.uk>
From: "pippa bartolotti"
Date: 10/03/2013 20:06
Subject: [WGPC] FW: Wales Green Party Newsletter / Special Conference
I'm sorry to say that parts of this newsletter are just plain wrong, and
completely out of order. The editor does not appear to be able to act with
propriety or truthfulness. I back John's call to put this issue on the
agenda.
   Pippa