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Subject: Feedback to the Forth Interest Group
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Date: 18 Mar 91 03:27:23 GMT
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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Category 1,  Topic 2
Message 124       Sun Mar 17, 1991
B.RODRIGUEZ2 [Brad]          at 10:49 EST
 
Thank you, John, for clarifying the history of this saga and FIG's official
position.

I said in an earlier message that FIG may well have the authority to suspend a
Chapter Coordinator without hearing, and if this is the case I wasn't
objecting.  (I've had to run volunteer organizations too.)  My objection was
that, once this action was taken, rather than simply say "yep, he was sacked,"
Dennis tried to deflect criticism by saying that Jack was terminated after a
hearing. (Please note that the root of "hearing" is "to hear," implying that
the subject of the hearing or his designated representative is present.)  I
suspect that this faux pas has made Dennis quite uncomfortable lately, to
which end he still hasn't given me a yes or no answer on whether Jack got a
hearing.

Your reply has now set this straight.  Come back, Dennis!  We forgive you your
slip of the keyboard!

Allow me to disagree with one of your points, John: as a dutiful, paid-up (and
intending to remain so!) FIG member here in the outer boondocks, I rely on
GEnie to keep in touch with the Forth community and to remain informed.  I
would be VERY displeased if discussions of FIG business matters were blocked
or even "steered away" from GEnie.  This is why we have this "feedback" topic,
no?

- Brad
 Brad Rodriguez        | brad%candice@maccs.uucp      (God willing)
 B.RODRIGUEZ2 on GEnie | brad%candice@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
 "Shoes for industry!" | bradford@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca  (archaic)


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