On 25 June 1999, Gene Marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Obviously, we're not. It was a distraction in Berlin, and they don't want
>it repeated.
>
>Gene...
>+++
>Hi Richard J. Sexton, you wrote on 6/25/99 5:13:24 PM:
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>>How are we supposed to ask a question or make a comment to the
>>meeting.
i will point out that the webcast was VERY helpful. However, I sent an
email to the appropriate address about an hour before I arrived at the
convention center. They got around to brushing aside my email at least
30 minutes after I arrived.
This is no criticism of the folks who took the effort to provide this
service; rather, it's one of how the board handled the interaction.
The web page read as though these e-mails would be treated with the
same gravity as they would were the correspondent face-to-face in the
same room with the board. They weren't.
Or, perhaps they were. I'm not too sure how much impact the people
physically present had on anyone. It is, however, quite telling that
almost to a person, everyone who addressed the board did so in staunch
criticism of their plunge forward without adequate representation of
all concerned.
--
Mark C. Langston
