Distance’s General Manager position is no more

Jaqueline Eade, the General Manager of Massey at Distance (M@D), has chosen to take a voluntary redundancy from her position. The position will not be refilled, with Jacalyn Clare and Jax Watt, the Co-Presidents of M@D saying “it became increasingly more evident that there was no need for a General Manager and the work she did could easily be absorbed by the association”.

Jacalyn and Jax told Massive, “The association has one employee and no permanent or major assets. We do not require a General Manager and this has been clear for quite some time. It was recognised that this position would likely be downgraded or removed in the future through single SLA negotiations.”

Eade says, “I agree with services being streamlined. We were an entirely remote organisation and when communications fell over for the last time we were not able to stand them up again. This is because there were many changes going on and the environment had become too complex to navigate. I believe all parties went through a significant amount of stress as a result of this.”

She expresses her gratitude at the Distance association because “there I developed skills that I would not have otherwise. I hope my involvement gave students support during their study. I am a Massey girl through and through and wouldn’t be where I am today if I had not started my study with the University.”

This is the third General Manager to have left various Massey students’ associations this year after the departure of MAWSA’s and MUSA’s GMs.

The student associations seem to be gearing up for an upcoming merge, despite no promises of that merge ever actually becoming a reality, especially if student consultation is negative.