Thank You For Your Interest But F**k Off

We have a "facebook" type of site for use in my company called Neo. It's actually pretty cool and has let me meet a lot more people in the company and get a better idea of who does what etc.

Today I saw a group call "Women in Technology" that I thought would be interesting to join and see what other groups were involved in. Being a media producer which I think falls into the technology portion of the title and a woman (which I'm really good at BTW) I was under the assumption that this was a slam dunk. Here's the response I received.

Thank you for your request to join the group Women in Technology. I'm afraid that we've decided to limit membership to this group so you won't be able to join it for the time being. Please feel free to get in touch with me if you'd like to and I'll try and answer any questions you have about the group.

Sincerely,
Someone better than you (That's my addition)

I LOVE these types of responses that send me right back to high school. Actually, this has more of a grade school feel to it. The feelings coursing through my solar plexus right now are exhilarating. I hope I feel like this all day. Not.

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Update

I took her up on her offer to request more information:

Hello A******** -

Well, since I’m a woman in technology, I guess I’d be interested to know the purpose of the group.

It might be better if you updated the name of the group to avoid having to send out messages like this to other employees.

Thanks,

Amy

Her quick reply

Hi Amy-

This a group for women working in the PT division of , we tried to be clear in our mission but I can see where it would be confusing. We are a grass roots effort that is just getting off the ground, right now we are offering programming funded by our division and in the infancy stages of development. We do hope to open membership to others in once we get organized. We are just starting small. Thanks for the feedback

A*******

Here's the mission. Lead by example sister!! Lead by example.

W.I.T. (Women in Technology) is a Technology group whose charter is to provide a platform for women to excel in their technical profession by providing resources that educate, empower and inspire. We strive to create an internal forum where people can exchange information on women's issues, participate in community outreach and educational opportunities, both in and in the technology industry.