[Ammi]

…this is really very sad and to me it’s not just about this particular charity…but will surely be something that has to be addressed and ‘navigated’ and compromised on going forward for any charity/non profit organisation in terms of heavily relying on volunteers…because those volunteers are very often retired/older people…?…and not so aware of all inclusivity in terms of pronouns …there must be and have been ways around this that the preferred pronouns were inserted in those emails while the wording/content used still was that of and represented Fran Itkoff…/…or that they were proofed before sent so that they represented both her and the charity…I mean, there are ways around these things and it also requires some understanding from the recipients of the emails in terms of Fran’s age and that it was something she personally didn’t intend any offence by…but wished to continue with her volunteering…there has to be a balance and there has to be a compromise otherwise as a society which is aiming for diversity and inclusivity etc…we won’t go forward…it’ll all reach stops and regress backwards…

…I hope this is looked at and addressed so that the lady can continue to volunteer because she finely represents the blood that runs through the veins of charity organisations and this charity will be looked closely at by others as to their actions….