> > At 08:53 p.m. 11/09/2002 -0400, Joanna Lane wrote:
> > >Joop,
> > >Are you going to send this ballot out or not? If not, why not?
> >
> > Hi Joanna,
> >
> > I am not aware of what the Panel has decided. I received no email
> > about it..
>
> Joop,
>
> As the Chair, it is my role to coordinate the Panel in the
> execution of their wishes. In this case, the Panel have decided
> to consult the full membership about the name of the organization
> and I do not accept that it is the webmaster's job to coordinate
> the Panel in the Chair's place, neither to interpret management
> decisions, nor stand in judgment of the Chair's decisions, so
> that on a whim, the webmaster may use his/her personal judgment
> to refuse to comply with reasonable requests made of them,
> especially in situations when the webmaster has a vested interest
> in the result, such as this one.
>
This is getting bizarre.> Let me add one thing on which you can rely. It doesn't matter how
> much grief you give me, how many obstacles you throw in my path,
> how much delay you cause, how little this organization can
> accomplish because of your obstructive behavior, I am not going
> anywhere.
You are indeed not going anywhere as long as you cannot back up this
rhetoric with facts. False accusations are not the way to ensure that
diverse individualistic people will cooperate in harmony. And eventually, no member of this organization will
> have the capability to prevent an elected Board, acting through
> its Chair, from dealing directly with its membership whenever and
> however it sees fit.
>
By the release of the email list, each Panel member has been given the
opportunity to do so, acting through their Chair, or directly.