[Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges be made public

[Paul M. King]

Hi Phil,

I'm an airshifter at WEFT and I've been involved in AWARE in
the past. I currently host The Courier on Wednesdays. I'm not
a board member, but I know for certain that Dave's opinion
does not represent mine. Just like no one member speaks for
all of AWARE, no one member speaks for all of WEFT,
particularly on an open listserv. Dave has expressed a
personal opinion. Period. To ask for the Board of Directors to
issue an apology for this is unnecessarily quarrelsome and
contentious.

Please, let's work for peace. We do not need to create this
rift between our organizations. WEFT is a good place with lots
of good people. Let's not forget the tremendous good it has
brought to our community when it undergoes difficult episodes
in its history. AWARE and WEFT are unique organizations that
have done so much good. I believe the true stength of our
organizations comes from the fact that our ideals, passions
and aspirations transcend individual personalities.

I'm sorry that Dave may have hurt your feelings.

Sincerely,
..:: Paul King



---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:17:58 -0500
>From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>  
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all
charges be made public  
>To: peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>
>Hello Chas,
>
>Mr. Madden's email came out of the blue to AWARE's
Peace-Discuss list, and 
>since he apparently is not a list subscriber (since Linda had
to forward 
>it), we have NO WAY of knowing what his intentions are, or
who he 
>respresents, nor do we really care, except that if he appears
to speak for 
>WEFT as some kind of emissary to AWARE (which is a
reasonable, if incorrect, 
>assumption) and speaks a bunch of crap, we'd like
confirmation of whether he 
>is indeed speaking on behalf of WEFT.  You have not answered
that question 
>to my satisfaction since you do not claim to represent WEFT.
 A simple 
>statement from WEFT board members that he does not represent
the views of 
>WEFT or their associates WOULD be satisfactory.
>
>--Phil Stinard
>
>>Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:53:43 -0500
>>From: "Chas. 'Mark' Bee" <c-bee1 at itg.uiuc.edu>
>>Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all
>>	charges be	madepublic
>>To: <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>Message-ID: <00a701c5badf$322f9660$b87e7e82 at scribe>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>	reply-type=response
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Phil Stinard" <pstinard at hotmail.com>
>>To: <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>>Cc: <wefta at weftfm.org>; <mwoolf at prairienet.org>;
<witzany at uiuc.edu>;
>><DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org>
>>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 10:15 AM
>>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all
charges be
>>madepublic
>>
>>
>> > Dear Linda,
>> >
>> > Thanks for bringing this to the attention of AWARE, "for
what it's 
>>worth."
>> > Mr. Madden apparently is claiming that he is speaking on
behalf of WEFT 
>>when
>> > he states that "You [Randall] are so thoroughly loathed
that even if you 
>>are
>> > not recalled as a board member, you will not be permitted
onto the 
>>premises
>> > at 113 N Market Street" and when he refers to "A.W.A.R.E
peacemongers 
>>(btw,
>> > nice peace you're creating around here)."  If he is not
speaking on 
>>behalf
>> > of WEFT, then I ask WEFT to issue a clarification and an
apology.  If he 
>>is
>> > speaking on behalf of WEFT, then I would ask WEFT to
remember that they 
>>sent
>> > a group of board members to an AWARE meeting during their
pledge drive
>> > earlier this year and took a collection, to which many
AWARE members
>> > contributed.  Randall has spoken to AWARE in support of
WEFT on many
>> > occasions, and he has shown no signs of the psychological
problems
>> > attributed to him by Mr. Madden.  I have also been a paid
member of WEFT 
>>for
>> > the past two years.  If a formal apology for Mr. Madden's
outburst is 
>>not
>> > forthcoming, I will not be contributing to WEFT in the
future, and if 
>>WEFT
>> > sends people to AWARE meetings asking for money, I'll be
sure to remind 
>>them
>> > of the dog that bit the hand that fed them.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Phil Stinard
>> > WEFT Member (for now)
>>
>>   Why would anyone think for one second that an e-mail to
an open list, 
>>from
>>someone with no office or authority at WEFT at all, just
another of our 
>>many,
>>variously wacky Associates, would possibly be speaking for
WEFT?  Or that 
>>WEFT
>>is responsible for his opinions?  We put out FM, not mind
control
>>ays...  -cmb
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:04:38 -0700 (PDT)
>> >>From: Linda Evans <veganlinda at yahoo.com>
>> >>Subject: [Peace-discuss] Fwd: Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton
asks all
>> >> charges be made public
>> >>To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> >>Message-ID:
<20050916010438.58638.qmail at web60714.mail.yahoo.com>
>> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>> >>
>> >>Since this was addressed to AWARE, I thought some on
>> >>this list might want to see it...for what it is worth.
>> >>
>> >>Linda
>> >>--- DJM <DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:40:19 -0700 (PDT)
>> >> > From: DJM <DarkMatter at hypocrisy.org>
>> >> > To: "WEFT  Aa" <wefta at weftfm.org>
>> >> > Subject: Re: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges
>> >> > be made public
>> >> >
>> >> > To: Randall Cotton, as well as any interested
>> >> > wefties and/or A.W.A.R.E peacemongers (btw, nice
>> >> > peace you're creating around here);
>> >> >
>> >> > I came to this process with an open mind, ok, an
>> >> > ignorant mind--didn't know nothin' 'bout none of it.
>> >> > In the beginning I was actually "for" you, whatever
>> >> > that means--heck, you've still got me on your
>> >> > special list of supposed supporters (gee, should
>> >> > those little notices be made public too?). However,
>> >> > with absolutely no help from anyone else, you have
>> >> > convinced me that you have some serious emotional
>> >> > dragons that you're trying to slay via WEFT as
>> >> > proxy. What else but emotional and mental
>> >> > dysfunction would compell a person to fight so hard
>> >> > to stay where so many don't want him. You are so
>> >> > thoroughly loathed that even if you are not recalled
>> >> > as a board member, you will not be permitted onto
>> >> > the premises at 113 N Market Street. All this
>> >> > crapola you're throwing around has turned from smoke
>> >> > screen to smoke signal, and it screams HELP ME!
>> >> > Randall, sincerely, how may we help? (and, please,
>> >> > get a clue, don't rehash all your weft-a clutter,
>> >> > spare yourself the embarassment and quit wasting the
>> >> > time of those who actually care about WEFT, and may
>> >> > even care about you. I do, or I wouldn't bother
>> >> > hangin' my ass out like this so your "supporters"
>> >> > can take bites out of it)
>> >> > What's keeping you from throwing your energy into
>> >> > helping Radio Free Urbana? Randall, just think of
>> >> > all that expertise you'd bring to the table, and you
>> >> > may even be welcome.  A.W.A.R.E. must need you too.
>> >> > Please, Randall, think about what you're doing. No,
>> >> > not about you and/or what you're saying--think about
>> >> > what you are doing. You can manage that without
>> >> > speaking out loud or typing, trust me.
>> >> > Kind Regards,
>> >> > David J Madden
>> >> >
>> >> > --- "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
>> >> > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:58:17 -0500
>> >> > To: <wefta at lists.chambana.net>
>> >> > Subject: [Wefta] Randall Cotton asks all charges be
>> >> > made public
>> >> >
>> >> > For the sake of fairness, I call for the immediate
>> >> > airing of all complaints
>> >> > and allegations against me so that they can be
>> >> > discussed, evaluated and
>> >> > perhaps proven or refuted prior to the recall vote
>> >> > on Sep. 20th.
>> >> >
>> >> > Rhonda and Euan have made some complaints and
>> >> > charges. Jason Greenly (the
>> >> > third person calling for my recall) hasn't spoken
>> >> > yet. David Witzany has
>> >> > suggested he may speak against me. I appeal to these
>> >> > folks and anyone else
>> >> > who may speak against me to reveal all allegations
>> >> > and complaints now.
>> >> >
>> >> > It would be grossly unfair to wait until the Sep.
>> >> > 20th meeting for this. In
>> >> > particular, I would not be able to prepare an
>> >> > adequate defense against
>> >> > charges sprung during the meeting. While those who
>> >> > accuse me would have
>> >> > unrestricted time and resources to prepare their
>> >> > case against me, I would
>> >> > only be limited to on-the-spot remarks within a
>> >> > short, timed verbal response
>> >> > under extreme emotional pressure without the benefit
>> >> > of witnesses, evidence
>> >> > or the time necessary to assemble these into an
>> >> > adequate rebuttal.
>> >> >
>> >> > In the spirit of due process and plain common-sense
>> >> > fairness, I deserve to
>> >> > know the complaints and allegations against me ahead
>> >> > of time.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > R
>> >> >
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