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SOSA WINDS DOWN

Dear Members,
“it is with regret that we have to advise that SOSA was wound up at the special general meeting held on
11 January 2011 held at the Lakehouse, Takapuna.

We had to come to this decision because there have been no nominations for the position of President
or Secretary. None of the members present at the SGM were able to commit to any of the two positions and the
running of the trust and even more so the organization of events such as a summit require a significant
investment of time.

After paying all outstanding bills the remaining assets will, following clause 26.0 of the trust deed, be donated
to Rape Prevention Education, PO Box 78 307, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1245. The SOSA Website will be

online until April 2011 as a resource to survivors. The SOSA facebook page will also be withdrawn in the

coming weeks.

 

This email address will remain active for you if you have specific support needs. We will endeavour to

respond to emails received.

 

All the best 

SOSA NZ
Survivors of Sexual Abuse New Zealand
Charitable Trust
PO BOX 33-986
TAKAPUNA, 0740

The group was unsafe. Case in point: This email was sent to every single person on their database (not just members). What's so wrong with that? Well your email address was listed for all to see. Now every single person has YOUR contact details... If they couldn't even get the basics right, then ending SOSA was a good thing. 

Shush? No one is listening anyhow!

On December 1st - 1 week ago - I posted my controversial posting "time to get your head out of your ass" on both the SOSA Facebook page and Members only Facebook page. The post called into question the authenticity of the group and its members. 


Here is My soon to be deleted post?. 


The irony lays in their posted statement - their mission statement if you will:

"We want to put an end to the silence...."

My assumption/purpose of setting up a Facebook page is to spread your escapement of potential "sexual abuse survivors" and I do think Facebook is a great place for people to log into a site for support and the potential to get them more positively involved with their own healing. Well I don't know about you, but that's the reason why I joined. The fact that no one, and I mean no one, has even deleted my post (which has been published now for nearly a week) says a lot. 


It says a lot about the group itself. You want help? Well you've come to the wrong place. Someone to talk to, support you? Wrong again my friend. No, there is no one there to even monitor if someone was to need immediate help or support. There's no one there to even delete posts that might make you think the group is crap. Anyone can join. Anyone. And they post what they jolly well like and if you don't like what they post - gee, let me think - like a defensive child molester for one - no one is going to care cause no one monitors their site to ensure your safety.


Is this really what you pay your annual membership fees for?