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Subject: FIG Suspends Chapter Coordinator!
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Date: 2 Jul 90 23:26:35 GMT
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Category 8,  Topic 24
Message 55        Mon Jul 02, 1990
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 Item 12 by Luther Huffman (luther), on Sat, Jun 16, 1990 (08:43)
 FIG Question

 1 new of 2 responses total.

 #12.2 (2) by Luther Huffman (luther), on Sat Jun 30 07:19:12 1990:
  I've been reading a lot about this "jax" guy who was suspended.  Now he
  is going to run for office in FIG.  What can you tell me about this guy?

 Response by Gary Smith:
 >You already noted you read 'Embedded Systems Programming' in an earlier 
 >topic. Jax is the Jack Woehr that is employed by Vesta Technologies, and
 >writes articles for 'ESP'.
 >Jax refers to himself as a balding hippie, so he is a self-acknowledged
 >iconoclast. He wants changes in FIG. He feels the current FIG board is
 >drowning in its own lethargy. He made more waves than he probably should
 >have, and the board suspended him. He is now running for one of the open
 >positions on the FIG board.
 >I don't agree with some of Jax' methods, but I like him personally. He is
 >fairwitness on the WELL's forth.conf and was instrumental in helping me
 >get ForthNet rolling - at least the nixpub branch of it. He is also SysOp
 >of the Real-Time Control Forth Board in Denver, sponsored by Vesta. RCFB
 >is one of the pc-board arms in that branch of ForthNet.
 >So, while jax has been suspended as FIG Chapter Coordinator, he is far
 >from out of the FIG picture. He is also a frequent flier at our Thursday
 >FIGGY BAR open conferences I conduct on the GEnie Forth RoundTable.
 > 
 >Other than that, I can't tell you a thing about jax. :-)
 >  gars
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