> I'm sorry, my friend, but I'll have to disagree with your remark > that this is just 'business', as you put it. > > When an organization of the caliber of TABD posts and/or claims > to put its support behind something **publicly** they're NOT at > liberty to backtrack on that! ONLY if in an *official* committee > of its members AND at their request can they change their minds, > so to speak. >
In an ideal world that's true. In the real world, well...... I had a case 6 months ago where a reviewer blatantly lied on a grant proposal, and probably cost us the proposal. Not a minor difference of opinion, mind you, but an outright factual lie about a letter of support. Is there anything I can do about it? NO! Is there any way I can reverse the decision? NO! Is the agency going to do anything about it? NO! Is there any way I can make our "boilerplate" more rock-solid to head of such a situation in the future? YES! Am I going to do it? YES! That's business in 2003. Nat >
