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From: Steven M. Bellovin
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 17:15
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1989 17:15
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In article <1074@mtxinu.UUCP>, shore@mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) writes: > Actually, what bothers me about all this is that the nominations > that come out of the committee are largely irrelevant, given that it > is trivial to petition to be on the ballot (*5* signatures?!) and > that in the past nominations from the committee and nominations > through petition haven't been distinguished on the ballot. In many volunteer organizations, the trick is finding people who are willing to serve, though perhaps only if their arms are twisted enough. It's rare that people are clamoring for a seat on the board; for most folks, their attitude is more ``well, I guess it's my turn to do the work now''.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: nominating committee Message-ID: <12503@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> Date: 15 Dec 89 17:15:19 GMT References: <1073@mtxinu.UUCP> <3806@ccnysci.UUCP> <1074@mtxinu.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 12