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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: veritas on October 31, 2015, 04:42:54 PM

Title: what does chairperson mean?
Post by: veritas on October 31, 2015, 04:42:54 PM

Does it mean CEO ?

Title: Re: what does chairperson mean?
Post by: Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants on October 31, 2015, 08:20:35 PM

I tend to see it as a more transitory title than CEO.   Not set in stone. 

Title: Re: what does chairperson mean?
Post by: veritas on November 01, 2015, 03:15:37 PM

oh ok. I see. seems a wierd title.

Title: Re: what does chairperson mean?
Post by: Sibuor on November 01, 2015, 04:15:56 PM

If you want to be 'politically correct', instead of using chairman or chairwoman (depending of gender), you use chair or chairperson. Remember some countries  have 3 legally recognized genders - male, female and transgender

Title: Re: what does chairperson mean?
Post by: veritas on November 01, 2015, 06:44:22 PM

I see. I was looking at a business card and it had "chairperson" -a lady. I think "chair" would be strange.

E.g.

Samantha Thomson
Chair

Sounds like she's an actual "chair" like a sitting chair and declaring herself a "chair" like f u I'M A CHAIRRR ¡¡¡¡

I think I might put that on my business card just to throw people off.