Power corrupts

What do you do with people who misrepresent your organization?

In the past few months, our organization has been having problems with its country coordinator. She has not been very visible in our meetings and we’ve had very few updates from her, which I can count in one hand. She informed us that the international organization has appointed her as the country coordinator. Right after the change of officers and Board members, she told us that she has relayed the information to the international organization including the names of the new board members. The bad thing in all these is we’re dealing with several government agencies as well as NGOs. She has not been able to bring in resources for our disposal as what she should have done ages ago. There have been cases wherein we’ve received complains since she has not given our partner agencies the information and resources that she has promised in behalf of our organization. In fact, there’s a sticky situation wherein a government agency has been insulted since she has relayed several invitations to NGOs and localities without informing the national government. And although she attended the national convention, but has not resurfaced until this December when we gave her an ultimatum. To top it all, she misled us into thinking that she’s irreplaceable.

Since we’ve been having problems with her, the Chairman contacted the international agency directly. Lo and behold! Not only do we have the authority to replace her, but the international agency did not even choose her. She volunteered and so they accepted. But at any time at all, we could replace her. In fact, the international agency mentioned that it was high time we had a change in officers and even representatives. The agency also informed us that they were never informed of the change in officers. And once we have already replaced the country coordinator, who kept insisting she didn’t want to be country coordinator anymore and has told the international agency such, there arose another problem.

Apparently, she talked to a former volunteer and told him we instituted her replacement behind her back. She also informed him that we had some personal grudge against her. And now she’s even talking about how the Board members were illegally placed and whatnot wreaking chaos and havoc into the organization. And she says she wanted out as country coordinator. What’s up with that?

Whoever said that power corrupts, you're right. Absolute power does corrupt absolutely.