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This is not outrageous, but standard society practice,
typical of any group.  Proxies may be appointed typically
from within a membership.  Non-members of any society have
no business at meetings unless invited.

Dennis Miller
dennis.miller@home.com or
dennis.miller@cgi.ca or
dmiller@cips.ca
WEB: http://members.home.net/dennis.miller/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CIPS General Discussion List
> [mailto:CIPS-L@hermes.csd.unb.ca]On
> Behalf Of john_beamish@my-dejanews.com
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 7:23 PM
> To: CIPS-L@hermes.csd.unb.ca
> Subject: CIPS is *not* for its members
>
>
> There can no longer be any doubt:  CIPS doesn't
> operate for its members, only
> for the various executives.
>
> There is a special general meeting for the
> Toronto section.  My wife, a CIPS
> member and an I.S.P., is not able to attend and
> wanted me to vote by proxy for
> her.  Fortunately, she checked ahead and asked
> Meta Ferguson about the process
> for getting a proxy.  Meta spoke with Rick Penton
> and he has said that a proxy
> cannot be given to a non-member.
>
> This is outrageous.  But, considering how CIPS
> operates, not unexpected.
>
> By the way, the November, December and January
> minutes of the Toronto branch
> still have not been posted.
>
> John Beamish
> former CIPS member
>
>
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