There is a reason why I have a tendency to apologize AFTER I do something.
...because apologizing first would violate causality?
If this is about starting the ISP group without asking the director, I don't really see that you've got anything to apologize for. It's not as if he has some kind of authority over us—Beata's "Once an Isp, always an Isp" is not legally binding. :-) As long as you don't claim the LinkedIn group is somehow official, you're fine.
Order of operations
...because apologizing first would violate causality?
If this is about starting the ISP group without asking the director, I don't really see that you've got anything to apologize for. It's not as if he has some kind of authority over us—Beata's "Once an Isp, always an Isp" is not legally binding. :-) As long as you don't claim the LinkedIn group is somehow official, you're fine.