A team takes credit for chairman's for something they didn't do?

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Originally Posted by GreyingJay

I would submit that "there is no I in team" applies here. If this person did something on behalf of the team, with the team in mind, while he was a member of the team, then it could be argued that "the team" did it. I, as a software developer, work for a particular company, and the products are sold and attributed to "the company", even if I quit.

There was a lot of effort from this mentor on the behalf of the community. The team originally told him they were not sure they would even want to be part of the building. They would have to sit down and talk about it and get back to the mentor.

I don't think this would be in question were it not for the unfortunate spin that the team and the individual appear to have parted ways on negative terms.

That being said, I have found that when only one person champions something, and that person leaves, one of two things will happen. The rest of the team will pick it up and keep going (making the claim legitimate), or, with nobody who knows how to keep it going, it will eventually disappear.

The original mentor that started the community center is still at the community center. He is still working to move this place ahead in spite of the "negative terms".