[Peace-discuss] Legal support

[Alfred Kagan]

When it looked like we had finished the discussion of the guidelines, 
I specifically asked if we were now all OK with them after the two 
revisions. Linda, as facilitator, specifically acknowledged that.  Of 
course, we can always revisit our decisions.


From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
To: <peace-discuss at lists.groogroo.com>
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] legal support guidelines
Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 14:07:44 -0500

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legal support guidelinesI must say that I don't recall any expression of =
approval by the meeting as a whole. I do recall expressions of both =
approval and dissent. In any case, I was not asked if I objected. If I =
was, I would have said yes and others may have as well.

Now, I agree with Carl that when the rubber meets the road in future =
cases, the course of events will very likely outrun and circumvent the =
proposed guidelines, policies and procedures below. Given that, it might =
be suggested that I have little motivation to object. There would be =
some truth to that, but I'm concerned about the precedent this is =
setting.

This all seems to me rather arbitrary and unnecessarily restrictive =
bureaucracy - exactly the kind of thing AWARE has a history of =
successfully avoiding, to its great credit. I could now proceed to =
outline my objections to various individual provisions of the proposed =
guidelines, policies and procedures below, but instead, I would like to =
suggest the material below not yet be formally adopted, that it be set =
aside for now and that it be further discussed and debated once Lori's =
legal fight is resolved.

R
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
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