Re: [atlarge-discuss] Texas economy and awards

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Joop and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 02:15 p.m. 20/10/2002 -0700, NameCritic wrote:
> >Being democratic is one thing, but an organization has to have rules in
> >place to deal with members misrepresenting themselves to other members and
> >to the public when posting as a member of this organization.
>
> I agree with that.

  I also agree.

>
>
> >Any organization is a strong as it's weakest link.
>
> No, fortunately that is not so.  An organization is not a (serial) chain.

  Joop, your right here.  I think Chris is thinking in some other terms of
context that do not apply to this organization or other organizations
of it's type.

>
> An organization derives strength from its strongest members.

  Yes this is one and ONLY one place where an organization derives
it's strength.  An organization such as this one is supposed to be or
become, also derives it's greatest strength from the continuity of it's
collective membership.  E Plurbis Unium - From many one...

> If strong and
> credible members dominate the total picture, the weaker elements can be
> ignored.

  Wrong!  Weaker members or the sheep also are members despite
their shyness, weakness or other inadequacies of various sorts.  The
cannot be ignored if this organization is to be strong and vibrant.

>
> At most we need a procedure to challenge identities that are doubles or
> multiples of single individuals.

  We don't need this at all.  Rather Chris has a good point in that we
do need safe, fair, honest, and most of all independent, methods
of determining members status or future members status as
viable entities or individuals.

>
>
> --Joop
>
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