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Fix this textJANUARY 1992 ISSUE 25
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Fix this textCATH PHILLIPS SACKED!
Fix this textOn Friday December 13 Cath Phillips was sacked from her
Fix this textposition as General Manager of Mardi Gras. A statement issued
Fix this textby the Mardi Gras board on December 18 reads as follows:
Fix this text"Cath Phillips ceased to be General Manager of Sydney Gay &
Fix this textLesbian Mardi Gras on Friday, 13 December 1991, Mardi Gras
Fix this textPresident Richard Cobden has announced.
Fix this text'Cath became Acting General Manager in late 1990 and was
Fix this textappointed General Manager in March 1991, having previously
Fix this textserved as a Committee member, Board member and President'.
Fix this text'One of Cath's great achievements with Mardi Gras was her
Fix this textcrucial role in the greater involvement of lesbians with the
Fix this textorganisation. That involvement continues as strongly as ever
Fix this textthroughout the Board, staff and committee.' "
Fix this textIn an interview conducted the same day as the statement's
Fix this textrelease, Cath said "I don't know why it happened. I've been
Fix this textgiven no reason other than irreconcilable differences." She said
Fix this textshe doesn't know what these are.
Fix this textCath had recently been on holidays and was told that while she
Fix this textwas away the Board would discuss Board-staff relations and
Fix this textalso her performance review. When she returned on Monday
Fix this textDec. 9 she was given a letter containing what she called "spurious
Fix this textallegations" and which changed the terms of her duties. Neither
Fix this textCath nor Mardi Gras president Richard Cobden disclosed the
Fix this textletter's contents to LOTL.
Fix this textCath sent the Board a reply saying she rejected their letter but
Fix this textwas happy to discuss matters with a mediator present. The
Fix this textboard met on Thursday night and passed a motion asking for
Fix this text2010 's Tenth Birthday Dec 15
Fix this textPhoto: Dianne Fairweather
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Fix this textCath was asked to
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Fix this textwithout a mediator
Fix this texton Friday morning.
Fix this textAt the meeting Cath
Fix this textsaid she'd be happy
Fix this textto discuss problems
Fix this textwith a mediator, but
Fix this textshe was asked to
Fix this textleave without
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Fix this textIn a subsequent
Fix this textinterview Richard
Fix this textCobden said that
Fix this textCath's grounds for
Fix this textdismissal are being
Fix this textcommunicated to
Fix this texther by letter. He said that he "didn't consider the press a forum
Fix this textto discuss someone's performance and was not about to engage
Fix this textin a public slanging match." He also said it's the Board's job to
Fix this textCath Phillips with Kimberley O'Sullivan at the Australia
Fix this textand Beyond Launch Dec. 16
Fix this textPhoto: Dianne Fairweather
Fix this textreview an employee's performance, LOTL don't have the whole
Fix this textstory and that no one person is more important than Mardi Gras
Fix this textitself.
Fix this textA meeting of Cath's supporters was being held on Friday
Fix this textDecember 20 to look for more facts and to consider options. One
Fix this textof its convenors, ex-board member Sue Brooks, called Cath's
Fix this textdismissal an "astonishing decision". She said, "the Board's left
Fix this textthe community in a quandary. What does it do for women's
Fix this textinvolvement in Mardi Gras?"
Fix this textCath is looking at a range of options with a view to reinstatement.
Fix this textShe said that under the company's procedures it's possible to
Fix this textappeal dismissal. Cath feels that the Board's decision is partly
Fix this text"based on an unwillingness to accept a strong woman in (the
Fix this textGeneral Manager's) position". She thinks that Mardi Gras has
Fix this textnever addressed issues of sexism and still needs to do more for
Fix this textwomen. "It can't pat itself on the back over one woman DJ at
Fix this textSleaze." Cath still believes "coalition politics is the way to get
Fix this textthere - but it's a rocky road". She also passionately believes in
Fix this textMardi Gras and is concerned for its future. "It needs to be seen
Fix this textas stable, viable and well-organised and incidents such as this
Fix this textdon't let people think that."
Fix this textRichard denied that Mardi Gras was sexist saying that they
Fix this textwere looking at who holds positions of power at the parties. He
Fix this textsaid that the board would consult with the staff the following
Fix this textweek and then make a decision about filling the vacant position.
Fix this textIt's possible, he said, that Mardi Gras could survive through
Fix this textFebruary without a General Manager.
Fix this textFrances Rand
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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