I do wonder how terrifyingly difficult it would be for HQAC to use SM to tell staff that they need to check SP within the next 48 hours…
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It’s been suggested before, but the response is “that’s not a message for the public” or some such idiocy.
“Watch this space! HQAC has some exciting announcements planned this Thursday… staff can have a sneak preview by checking sharepoint.”
Doesn’t feel like an inappropriate message…
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That would require imagination and planning.
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I don’t understand why we can’t just have a direct email from HQAC with a link to the relevant documents along with some spiel
Our CEO at work can manage it, and the bader team are quite good at it.
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That ability is available and has been used. Just not enough.
are you sure HQAC would use those three words together??
at least two of those words are alien to the Ivory Towers
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@Tango_Foxtrot Spot on the company I work (and no doubt countless others) for has managed to disseminate the most menial to the most devastating news via company email without even the slightest nod to SM. Whereas HQAC and the ATC in general can’t seem to manage anything without reverting to SM, when we have a perfectly adequate email system. it’s almost like they enjoy spreading
We had a missive when we went through the 08 crash that anyone passing company news via SM before it had been communicated officially, would be summarily disciplined with being sacked on the table.
From what I’ve seen personally and heard from others, the HQRAFAC Media Team are completely incompetent.
Would I be right in stating though, that the entire SM debacle started with, and was perpetuated by, the Twitter Queen and the current situation is now considered acceptable in the minds of those incompetents? If so, how does the average CFAV make their feelings known that it isn’t acceptable for stuff to be released before they’re told themselves? Does Denise even consider the staff at the coal-face? Whatever makes her think that a message to ‘check SP’ is even adequate given the amount of documentation stored on there?
If they were my media team…well, they wouldn’t BE my media team as I’d have P45’d them a long time ago.
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Well pass your thoughts to your Wing MCO and Wing CO and encourage everyone to do the same.
Don’t get your pants in a twist too much over the current SM debacle.
I’m sure they will trump it in a few weeks when they start posting pictures of activities with cadets and staff doing activities that are breaking Covid rules.
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From everything I’ve heard about them, they seem to actively not care. They believe their content is for the public, not those actually in the organisation.
I guess it comes down to whether they’re an internal communications team, or a social media team.
Apart from Training Tuesday, of course!
And a “back to business” message that requires inside knowledge to know that it’s not actually back to business…
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Have just received my alert email for the 4 Aug Update… looks like the entry was edited and the RAFAC Announcements Push Notifications changed from “Send Emails” to “Routine No Email Sent”
I don’t think “Send Emails” actually works!
Same here, received about an hour ago. Had nothing before about it.
A legal beagle question to anyone who has the knowledge - it’s my understanding that the guidance on the Govt pages is actually the law (under Schedule 22 of the Coronavirus Act 2020) as it is a declaration published (para 8(3)).
Am I correct in that interpretation (i.e. you could in principle, although unlikely in practice, be prosecuted for not following the guidance)?
I don’t think guidance is the same as directions. If it’s guidance (you should) then it’s not prosecutable. If it’s a direction (you must) then according to Schedule 22 you could be prosecuted, yes. I believe that also for it to be a ‘direction’ as defined in Schedual 22, it must be published in the Gazette.
It’s my understanding that the ‘declaration’ to be published in the gazette is only to declare the serious and imminent threat to public health. This gives the secretary of state the powers described in Schedule 22 to limit gatherings, and it says that the direction to limit said gatherings can be published in any way they see fit to bring it to the attention of people who need to know.
Am I correct? So it seems to me the only way to identify what’s law and what’s guidance is the words on the web of ‘must’ and ‘should’?
We’re now on v5.0 and 2.0!
5.2. In England, face coverings are now required by law to be worn in shops, supermarkets, indoor transport hubs, indoor shopping centres, banks, building societies, post offices, on public transport and importantly community centres. The law now requires all those over 11yrs to wear a face covering unless with good reason when attending youth sector activities. We strongly recommend that you wear a face covering in any enclosed public space where there are people you do not normally meet.
Into Key Docs finally
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