Re: [wg-c] Compromise proposal

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 11:48 PM 9/3/99 , Robert F. Connelly wrote:
>At 12:34 03-09-1999 -0700, Dave Crocker wrote:
>>The pre-sales by CORE members that I have seen have been for 
>>high-priority treatment BY THAT MEMBER and have been quite explicit that 
>>they do not carry any guarantee of priority by CORE, as the above claim 
>>implies.
>
>Dear Dave:
>
>You are essentially correct.  However, I wonder about the word "sold"?

Since a) the purpose of the false claim is to distract from constructive 
dialogue, and b) these sorts of threads are rearely subject to careful or 
precise language, I was not overly concerned with debating the fine point 
you raise, but rather the basic question of a) responsibility for the cited 
action, and b) the degree of promise in the action.

aThat said, yes, the language I've seen used by the CORE members did not 
include "sold."

>CORE Excom is very concerned that some former CORE members continue to 
>take applications (I don't know whether there is any charge), and imply 
>that they are still members of CORE.  Some of those ex-members could be 
>the source of Tony's statement.

Interesting.

sigh.

d/

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