Re: RC: RE: RE: $5.00 Donation

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 10:38:11 -0800, "Steph Teeter" <step@fsr.com>
wrote:

>>> O.K how about the rest of you on the Board
>who read this forum lending some support.

>We (whoever is on the board at a given time) can't
>please everybody all of the time. Period. Except
>for the office staff, AERC is run by volunteers
>who are trying to do the right thing. I
>really doubt if very many will be upset by the $5
>donation, even if it is a misnomer. 

In anything like this, only a few people will be heard from.  I
suspect a majority of people won't like it, but you'll only hear from
a few.

>If it turns out to
>be a major fiasco and we have pickets and riots 
>outside the door, I suspect we'll try a different
>approach next time. 

I hope you're saying this "tongue in cheek," that it wouldn't really
take pickets and riots for the Board to reconsider their decision.

Hmmm ... Teddy, will you supply the signs?  ; ^ >

>Personally - I was much more moved to reconsider
>our decision by Roger's post than by the posts
>that had exclamation marks and capital letters and
>the same old accusations that AERC is evil. Do
>you really think you guys are accomplishing anything
>by your tirades??? 

Point well taken.  I'm one of those who overdoes it, I know.  But I do
feel strongly about these issues, and I know there are others who do
as well.  For the record I don't think anyone in AERC is "evil."  The
Board is trying to do their best and I appreciate their work and
sacrifices.  But mistakes are made, and when they come to light they
should be corrected.

-- 

Joe Long
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