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Re: [atlarge-discuss] role of voting

On 2002-05-28 17:29:48 -0400, Joanna Lane wrote:

>How dare the GA Chair *insist* that all members of the GA keep him 
>informed of their contacts with the press, or has he singled out  
>Jamie Love for special treatment? 

I asked for something which I consider a matter of courtesy and fair 
play: That I get a copy of possible press releases (back then, I  
suspected that one had been made; this suspicion turned out to be  
wrong) concerning a vote of the GA at the same time as such press  
releases are made.

>Even if Thomas Roessler has never heard of the First Amendment,  
>(which I doubt), it shows extremely poor judgment to try to crush  
>outreach in this issue in this way, not to mention the Chair has  
>zero authority to unilaterally dictate Outreach Policies on behalf 
>of the General Assembly. This is not a personal attack, it's an  
>observation of abuse of power as well as a flag.

Garbage.

By the way, may I suggest that you move this discussion to the GA  
itself?

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Thomas Roessler                        <roessler@does-not-exist.org>

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