John, please don't get your shorts all bunched up.  I believe I AM a member
of Open-MPE, and when notified, I'll vote for board members.

BTW I'm also an Interex member, which actually costs money.  Other than
getting me a better entry price for the Solutions Symposium and HPWorld, at
which there actually ARE at least a few HP3000-relevant presentations, it's
pretty hard to justify, as we (the GGBHTD) thus I don't stand to benefit
from anything positive about Interex, specifically the SIG-to-HP
relationships.

Tracy Pierce



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan M. Backus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:39 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Membership
>
>
> Tracy,
>
>       Fair statement.  Let me ask one, do you belong to any
> group of people?  By
> this I mean it could be a country, state, county, city,
> church, association,
> stock in a company, etc.  When you elect somebody in these
> organizations are
> you aware of every conversation, discussion, statement, or
> dialog these
> people have as they are happening?  Or, do you elect them to
> represent you
> in these activities and when you don't like how they are
> representing you
> attempt to vote somebody else into that position that better
> represents your
> values, opinions, etc.?  Do you believe that any of these
> people do not
> enter into formal and/or informal non-disclosures with other
> people and
> organizations during discussions so they can gain a great
> degree of access
> to information and they can make a better, more informed,
> decision?  The
> minutes from the board meetings are posted to the web site
> (granted they are
> sometimes a little late be posted and we are working on
> that).  The general
> activates and topics are listed.
>
>       If you are not a member then when we hold elections in
> a couple of weeks on
> four of the board seats, you won't get to "attempt to vote
> somebody else
> into that position", assuming the existing board is not
> representing your
> values and opinions in a way that is acceptable to you.  I'm
> not saying you
> "have to" like the approach or results of the existing board.
>  I'm saying to
> be in a position to change it you need to be able to vote for
> something
> else.  If you do like the approach and results then you need
> to be in a
> position to vote the existing people (assuming they are
> running) back into
> office.  This is a community controlled organization.  This
> is one of your
> chances to get involved.
>
> Thanx,
>       Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: Membership
>
>
> One possible reason might be the strong desire for knowledge of, but
> steadfast refusal to endorse via membership the unknown,
> behind-closed-doors
> activity that's gone on.
>
> Tracy Pierce
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan M. Backus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 8:59 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Membership
> >
> >
> >         I have a question, can anybody tell me a "good"
> > reason for belonging to the
> > OpenMPE-L and not wanting to be an OpenMPE member (especially since
> > membership is at zero cost)?  I've not heard any (good or
> > bad) reasons but I
> > know there is a difference in the number of people in the
> > OpenMPE-L and the
> > number of people that have registered for membership.
> >
> > Thanx,
> >   Jonathan (Jon) M. Backus, MPE-CSM ~ Chairman
> >   OpenMPE ~ 15 Catawba Place ~ Hagerstown, MD ~ 21742-6515
> >   Email: [log in to unmask] ~ AIM: JMBackus
> >   Vmail: 301.988.0614 ~ Fmail: 301.714.1854
> >   Web: www.OpenMPE.org
> >
>
>