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In article <1992Dec16.074932.1066@beckman.com> dsroberts@beckman.com writes:
>My, this discussion has gotten far afield of standards, hasn't it?

Ah but such an interesting discussion. :-)

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>participants in electronic forums.  DECUServe's efforts to get their small part
>of the newsletter (the DECUServe Journal) electronically published had been
>stonewalled by small minded, petty members of leadership who have no desire to
>serve the membership, but rather protect their own prejudicial notions of what
>is "right for DECUS".

Interesting that you would say this when as far as I can tell, no one
has stone walled this publication.  Legitimate questions have been
asked and as far as I can tell a reasonable compromise has been
reached that addresses the problems that were raised.

I find it interesting that people continue to use degrading and
belittling terms when talking about unnamed people.  Calling people
"small minded" and "petty" with no justification attached is sure to
make the people you are talking about listen carefully to what you are
trying to say. :-)  Since I suspect I am at least one if not all of
the people you are referring to here, it certainly makes me want to
pay attention to you. :-)

>On standards:

>I, for one, am one member who really doesn't care that much that DECUS
>participate in standards.  But I would not presume to put my opinion over that
>of the rest of the membership.  However, we should all recognise that DECUS is
>VERY short on cash and there is NO SUGAR DADDY waiting in the wings to pay our
>bills.

This is exactly correct.  DECUS (U.S. Chapter) can not continue to
"soak" the Symposium attendee and Digital certainly is in no condition
to increase its support of the Society.  In fact, for those of you
that have not heard, during the most recent set of Digital layoffs,
the Digital/DECUS staff was reduced by 6 positions.

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