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Bill - Good to see you participating on this list. I hope you find it to be
(on balance) a useful forum for exchanging ideas. Right now I'm (trying to)
stay off because I am overloaded in a number of areas. I'll be back when we
move to a new thread that hasn't been beat to death.>
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>In response to Mark Olson's comments...
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>Mark, I think you are right that a lot of energies have been diverted from
>more worthwhile activities over this whole issue.
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>At the recent national board meetings, Bob Klay, (CIPS Calgary President)
>told me that he and Steve Gallinger had a conversation in which Steve
>reportedly said, "I don't want to be re-instated, I just want a review".
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>You make the observation that passing motion 1 would simply reinstate an
>untenable position, and you are correct. My conversations with nat. bd.
>members leads me to the conclusion that Steve G. brought no policy
>proposals or vision to the position. My personal belief (which I've stated
>publicly in the past) is that Steve was not prepared for the job, and no
>understanding of how a board operates. He's done good volunteer work, but
>he's not a board member, and certainly not a  leader. You can't be a loner
>in a world where consensus is everything.
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>I have sympathy for those board members who, having experienced several
>months of the VP's behaviour which led us all to this point, declare that
>they have no intention of sticking around for more if he is reinstated.
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>Bill Ross
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