All good points - but lets keep in mind that, despite the whining of Mr. Bassing (who got into the Academy by his own admission with far fewer credits than many of those who have for these many decades been excluded), the Academy is not actually just kicking out old white men. It is purging its membership of people who have not been active in any way for a long time. I suspect that this process will result in the elimination of a relative few number of people, all of whom have done nothing for then or more years than fill in Oscar ballots checked for the names of people they recognize as friends or at least as people like themselves. Don't worry, there will still be lots of old white (rich) guys in the Academy for quite a while now...
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Karen Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking at it from the point of view of the other work that the >> Academy does besides the awards shows, the older members >> may be current donors or plan to leave bequests of money, >> films, memorabilia, etc to the film archive, library and/or >> new museum. Older members are more likely to be the >> people who have the time to volunteer in various capacities >> to support these Academy activities including their educational >> programs and support for new young filmmakers. >> Based on personal experience with volunteer organizations >> that my parents or I have belonged to, it's not a good idea >> to dump or ignore members, especially active members, >> just because of age. >> > > The problem of introducing diversity in hiring or membership is one that > many companies and organizations are facing today. The organization will > recognize that their membership is not diverse and make a motion or make an > internal decision that they they need to increase diversity. The motion or > decision are applauded by the current membership and then nothing happens. > It turns out that good intentions are not enough to solve the problems. > Eventually diversifying the membership is made a priority and then it turns > out that new diverse people are going to have to replace current people (in > leadership if there are no limits to the number of members). So while > everybody wants diversity, when it becomes a reality, somebody is going to > lose his or her privileges. The Academy is not the first or only > organization to deal with these tensions and AFAIK there is no universal > answer. > > I empathize with Mr. Bassing. At his age he is looking for any opportunity > to feel that he can be useful and play a part. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
