Re: [atlarge-discuss] Provisional Membership Committee

["Micheal Sherrill" <micheal@beethoven.com>]

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and 
stress of our advocacy. The popular type and exponent of obstinacy is the mule, a 
most intelligent animal. 
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>
Date:  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 19:02:54 -0400

Hello Micheal:
You wrote:

> 1.  a mailbox is not a physical address and has little weight for
verification

1) My mailbox is the place to mail things to me. They get to me. (Including
the precious bank account statement that PayPal uses to verify me) I am me.
If you send a Restricted Delivery letter to me with a verification code, I
will get it, return the code and you will be able to verify me.

> 2.  anybody can have a phone number and answer as Jeff Williams (even you)

2) Anyone can have a phone number and answer as Micheal Sherrill (even you),
but I would know if it was your dog that answered. (You may also be
surprised to find that real people often answer the phone with their name,
as in Ron Sherwood, Jeff Williams... How do you answer yours?)

> 3.  Jeff Williams was never verified

3) I am satisfied that Jeff Williams exists. No one else tried. (What a sad
reflection on the personal integrity of those that claim him to be
unverified).

> 4.  you defied the repeated requests of many of the committee members to
not include
> Jeff Williams in our internal communications because he was not verified

4) I asked questions of the few who had a private agenda that had nothing to
do with verification. It is interesting that you would see that as defiant.
(Besides, we are a transparent organization and all those messages are
available for public review).

By the way, Micheal you are wrong again (is it genetic?). If you check your
mail you will find that it was _not_ I who added Jeff Williams to the cc
email list. Although I do approve of the inclusive nature of such
correspondence.

My, how you do wriggle,  are you sure you tried to verify Jeff Williams
before declaring him unverified?

Regards, Ron



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