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Subject: Open Letter to New FIG President
Message-ID: <2492.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 12 Mar 91 03:22:12 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 8,  Topic 4
Message 2         Mon Mar 11, 1991
F.SERGEANT [Frank]           at 02:16 CST
 
 JW>Frank Sargeant [sic], winner of the Harris RealTime Express 
 JW>contest, has spoken in qualified support of my position
 .
 Jax, I hope in my attempt to present a reasoned, moderate view I  didn't give
the impression that my support for your position is weaker  than it actually
is.  I believe you and I are in almost complete  agreement.  The exceptions as
I see them are (1) whether Fig should  ever consider borrowing money (I think
it should not - I'd rather it go  to newsprint Forth Dimension first, if it
had to, rather than borrow),  (2) whether Fig had a right to "can" you (I
think it had the right, but  that doing so was an error).  I can see that your
(forgive me)  tactlessness could have rubbed the board the wrong way.  I
don't,  however, see how that interferes with co-ordinating chapters.  I can 
also see that, since you are/were a volunteer, rather than a salaried 
employee, that you could feel you have the right to speak the truth as  you
see it, regardless of whether it rubs people the wrong way.  (There  *is* (or
used to be) a first amendment to the U.S. constitution, after  all.)  
 .
 Furthermore, I was surprised to see your kind offer to accept  re-instatement
as chapter co-ordinator (it was an offer, right?  You're  not just going to
say no if the board re-instates you, are you?).  I'm  surprised because I,
myself, probably wouldn't be so good-hearted in  similar circumstances.  I
wish all of us in Fig good luck, and await  further events.
 .
 -- Frank
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