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From: sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney)
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Subject: Re: DECUS badge-pulling decisions (was re: Ray Ka
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Date: 5 Feb 91 15:59:51 GMT
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In article <10166@lmrc.uucp>, hassinger@lmrc.uucp (Bob Hassinger) writes:

>Through the By-laws we give the Board great latitude to deal with things like
>this.  The only check and balance for the membership is the electoral process.
>Basically, the Board members have been refusing to talk about what they did. 

How come? Maybe that's the big mystery. You had this whole thing called
Update.Daily being pumped out. Had the DECUS BoD published a statement as to
what happened and why, I think it would have sat better. 

>I
>suggest those who are concerned should be sure it is an issue in the upcoming
>election and I suggest they withhold their votes from any candidate, challenger
>or incumbent, who fails to address the issue to their satisfaction.  That is
>the only real recourse any of us have.  Lets leave it at that.

You betcha. When do elections roll around?

 Doug Mohney, Operations Manager, CAD Lab/ME, Univ. of Maryland College Park
	        *       Ray Kaplan for DECUS president     *
                          SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU