Kim


Dear Kim my name is <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PERSON> and I one of three trustees for a local community group known as ONAC, standing for Otara Network Action Committee.
We are a currently registered charitable trust. ONAC has been around for a very long time in the community. ONAC aim is wide a varied in the community. We have always hosted the community Network meeting and the communities Safety Network meeting, both are run on a monthly basis.
Both meeting are very well attended. In addition we also are instrumental in addressing issues that effect our community in a advocacy type role. ONAC reputation is widely known to the p[oint where were have a very close working relationship with our local board. Once a month ONAC chair and local board chair meet to discuss issues that ONAC is wanting to address with Local board. In a nut shell that is ONAC.
One a the recent events that ONAC was involved in was the celebration of Materiki. Local board had given Otara a sum of money to be share between Papatoetoe and Otara to run Materiki type events. ONAC was part of the organising committee, lead by Nita Riki, another long time resident and works locally in the Otara community, because of ONAC status and reputation local board were very pleased to have the considerable amount of funding given to ONAC to manage and be accountable for.
To see that Papatoetoe were also included in these events monies was also allocated to them through one of your librarians Alice from Papatoetoe Library.
 Having preamble context at this point I wanted to just divert for a moment so that you understand about the complaint regarding Alice.
Firstly, through my wife who is second cousin to Alice I or rather we have had previous relationships with Alice in the community. Many of us, including myself have had headed conversation with her as Alice preference in dealing with people has always been very combative, especially when things do not go her way.
As I mentioned earlier regarding ONAC following is the makeup of Committee members for ONAC. us four trustees there is the following.
•	Jane Loto, Chair
•	Myself
•	Huia
•	Judy Speight
Tuesday the 18th July we had our monthly ONAC trustee committee meeting. In that meeting I was not really surprised when reported by Judy of Alice disrespectful and utter rude manner in which she carried on a conversation with Judy, who was part of the organising committee for the Materiki celebration. The conversation got so abrasive at one point that Jane asked Judy to step out of any further conversation with Alice, like both of us we are used to been in conversation with Alice and are able to give back as good as she is giving it, but not Judy. Judy has aways maintained her respect for other and her dignity and I found it repugnant that Alice would speak to her like that. 
Again, Alice was not getting her way and so she reverted to the jungle, which as I said earlier that is where Alice usually defaults too when things don’t go her way.
Also for a public servant to act in this way I think Alice is so far out of touch with reality that she continues to act in this way. I think Alice needs a reality check because she is a public servant and supposed to be serving our community. I very surprised that she feels she can act in this way in her current position.
We write to you today in the hopes that you could remind her that when dealing with community she can not act in this way .