National Townhalls

[WestlandScout]

@Giminion

To be proper about it, Wg Cdr Jill Matterface.

There could be many Jills

[Wizzle]

I thought the host made it this evening…

Quick bit of feedback, as we hear different things - do we change nights, stick to Wednesday? Fix on a different night?

• Rotate them to different days
• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday

[AlexCorbin]

Thanks for being proactive with this.

[WestlandScout]

Parade nights aside, Wednesday is the worst day of the week for people being away for work too!

[bob1]

Host was crap, bring Ken back.

[AlexCorbin]

I think this is one of those things where theres no right answer

[redowling]

If everyone is equally unhappy it’s probably the right answer.

[themajor]

Can’t access this link

[themajor]

33:45, commenting about this ACC Thread, is the soundbite of the session for me, not sure in the remainder anyone will improve on it.

@AMW

Can’t say I have to be honest sir, I am a lowly APO after all, and in truth I don’t know all the POCs at HQ - I would probably get slapped down from on high by the OC Wg if I dared communicate with Clan Cranwell.

@Wing Commander Jill Matterface

As far as I’m concerned, one of the things that always amazes me is yes, I’m in the military and I have to be bound by rank, but you’re volunteers.

[Chief_Tech]

I cheered when I heard that comment - someone who gets it!

though I bet there are a few oc wgs who aren’t happy!

[Giminion]

Odd, still works for me

[themajor]

Maybe because you were in the meeting whilst I wasn’t.

[Giminion]

@Chief_Tech

cheered when I heard that comment

I too was very pleased to hear that attitude when it was said. I missed the initial context of why it came up, but I was snapped out of whatever was distracting me at the sound of those words, followed up with:

I’ve got no preconception. Speaking to anybody, I would rather someone get in contact with me on Teams give me the feedback or feed it back into the loop because you’ve all got such incredible backgrounds in your primary duties. It would be really naïve of me to turn around and say no

[WellIbedammed]

To be fair whatever night it happens some will be unable make it, hence the request to rotate the days is probably the best compromise. At least there are recordings afterwards so people and catch up or rewatch. Also good to see lots of +ve comments on here.

[Giminion]

@themajor

you were in the meeting whilst I wasn’t

That could be it I guess. Though I wasn’t in the CAC meeting and managed to watch that one on Streams. Don’t know, it was mainly just the introduction and Jill talking about herself anyway so it’s not too much of a loss to miss the preamble.

[AMW]

@themajor

33:45, commenting about this ACC Thread , is the soundbite of the session for me, not sure in the remainder anyone will improve on it.

@AMW

Can’t say I have to be honest sir, I am a lowly APO after all, and in truth I don’t know all the POCs at HQ - I would probably get slapped down from on high by the OC Wg if I dared communicate with Clan Cranwell.

As far as I’m concerned, one of the things that always amazes me is yes, I’m in the military and I have to be bound by rank, but you’re volunteers.

This is pretty incredible to see… I’m hoping that attitude filters down through HQAC and senior CFAV more broadly.

[WhiskeyNovember]

Catching up through these comments and it’s nice to see that there’s a reason to be cheerful after a town hall - and all it took was a little bit of respect and understanding from up on high.

Hopefully this marks the turning of a corner. There are definitely some senior bods who could do with taking a lesson from Jill’s book.

[Jacques]

Watched the recording and was pleasantly surprised, especially the write-up which summarised all the key points, Q&As. More of this please!

[JoeBloggs]

Only 200 people in tonight’s meeting! Given the topic of communication, I’d thought there would be many more.

[themajor]

I’ll catch up on the recording, I find finishing work at 6 and then cooking dinner disappearing again for cadet stuff doesn’t go down well with OC Home