Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mtxinu!shore
From: shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore)
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix
Subject: Re: USENIX and South Africa
Message-ID: <1239@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jun 90 01:14:08 GMT
References: <1990Jun4.141811.1075@world.std.com> <13051@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: shore@mtxinu.com (Melinda Shore)
Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley
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In article <13051@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>I wasn't aware that USENIX membership elected officers to do their
>political, social, or religious thinking and value judgment for them.

How do you make your voting decisions?  I certainly tend not to
vote for politically conservative candidates because issues like
South African participation inevitably do arise.  While I found
Peter's language to be unfortunately fervent (sorry, Peter), the
issue itself is real and I would not like to see it ignored.

>Why don't you stick to functionally relevant business.

The issue is functionally relevant.  Every interaction and transaction
is based on some assumptions and has some effect.  I'm glad to know
that the directors are at least thinking about some of the issues
involved in interacting with other businesses and organizations.  Usenix
does not exist in a vacuum.
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Melinda Shore                             shore@mtxinu.com
mt Xinu                          ..!uunet!mtxinu.com!shore