Forwarded message: Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 12:58:07 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: patrick l mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OPE-L:3639] ASSA meetings and proposition 209 X-Comment: Outline on Political Economy X-UID: 897 OPE-Lers: This is a posting that I originally forwarded to NEA-L (National Economics Association List). NEA-L (Patrick L. Mason, list manager) has a large number of African American economists. The list has no official tie with the National Economics Association, which publishes the Review of Black Political Economy. Anyway, the proposition below has received some support among NEA-L members and I'd like to know the reaction of OPE-L members. Please send you posts to directly to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] since this really isn't a topic of direct relevance to OPE-L. Also, please forward to femecon, pen-l, and other groups which might be interested in the issue. peace, patrick l mason >Given California's approval of prop 209, should we begin lobbying for west >coast ASSA conventions to be held somewhere other than California. There was >a little discussion of this among NEA members last year but not in >sufficient time to do anything. I don't know when the next date is for a >west coast meeting of the ASSA but it would seem that for persons (such as >myself) interested in boycotting all conventions held in California, there >is plenty of time for networking with others. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]