Just to set the record straight, here are a few corrections
to the claims made about PPERRIA.
(1) "misquoted in the organization's newsletter"
What is probably referred to is PPERRIA's meeting minutes
that are published in the newsletter. I don't believe that the
author was mentioned in the newsletter otherwise. On
several occasions when approval of minutes is considered
at the next meeting, the author has said that he was
either misquoted or his position has been misrepresented.
Sometimes the meeting has voted to change the minutes
but at other times the meeting has voted to keep the
minutes as written.
(2) "PPERRIA's president tried to have me physically ejected"
What that leaves out is that there was a meeting rule adopted
by the members that prohibited recording. I, as President, was
trying to enforce that rule. At one point it was pointed out that
the majority of the members at the meeting were saying that
they did not like being recorded and he was asked to
voluntarily not do it even if he felt that it was his right to do so.
He declined.
Another reply said that audio recording wouldn't be bad, "unless
you're running around getting in the face of everyone who talks.
Video can be pretty intimidating." At least at one meeting it
was video recording and the cameras LITERALLY were in
people's faces. At least until the recording was done with
surpeptious equipment, pointing of the microphone was done.
I have heard people say that they believe that intimidation is
exactly the intent of the recording. When the recording is
combined with regular statements about "I can sue" the
intent may be more evident.
(3) "I have the right to do this because PPERRIA ... is thus
subject to the open meeting law"
All PPERRIA meetings are open to the public. The issue
is not whether the meetings are open but whether someone
may be disruptive (as in "intimidating") at a meeting. The
meeting is open but that law gives no one the right to be
disruptive at that open meeting.
(4) "NRP Sucks"
The rules of this forum include a rule prohibiting "inflamed
speech for the sake of personal argument." In response, I
would just observe that the author follows this forum's rules
about as well as the rules of PPERRIA or the rules of simple
courtesy.
Thank you to all readers considering this thread.
Steve Cross
President, PPERRIA
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