Sorry, Barb, but this is not good enough - If you need more help, ask someone to help - It is at least irresponsible if not worse - and to justify not being responsible because the publication is put together by volunteers just makes it worse - This was not an 'ops' sorry, typo, mis-statement .... not by a long shot! Joan
Barb Hoorman wrote: > In a message dated 6/21/02 10:32:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > << And I have no interest in criticizing anyone who was involved in this *by > name* -- with > > the possible exeption of Bob Hochberg, who should have known better and > should have had enough of a sense of responsibility to the Club as a whole > (not to mention his own committee!!) - to know something about the > organization for which he - in the name of the Club's Ethics committee - was > asking members to send petitions and donations. > > > To characterize what happened as an "innocent gesture" runs the risk of > encouraging a grave injustice to breeders and dogs everywhere in the US. (By > the way, I'm not a breeder but even I knew about the DDAL!) As a Club > member I can say that I have the right to trust in the accuracy of what the > Club communicates to its members in an *official* Club publication. And > anyone connected with an official Club publication has a responsibility to > ensure this to the best of their ability - if this requires doing a bit of > > due diligence before publishing something, so be it. If they do not, the > result cannot be characterized as "innocent." Was it deliberate? NO, I'm > sure it was not. Was it *ignorant* and *irresponsible*? Evidently. > > > I hope that what happened will not end in simply publishing an explanation, > apology or whatever in the next issue of the Bulletin, but will produce > something positive for the future: namely, a revision of current policies, > leading to improved editorial control and accountability. >> > > YIKES > As editor of the yearbook for 12 years I get real taken aback at some of > these comments. I assume I am lumped in the above comments as you mention all > official publications. Do you REALLY think Jan (Bulletin editor) and I want > to see mistakes in what we print? Do you know Jan has done her job for free > for at least 8 years? Do you know how many hours go into making sure that we > proof and proof again? Do you know how much information is provided to us for > each edition by outside sources - those we rely on to make things flow? Jan > has volunteers who proof and I have volunteers who proof - but you know what > - things slip through. > > I am trying to get my blood pressure back down now :o) > Barb Hoorman > Benchmark Cavaliers - TX > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
