[ILUG] my comments on the constitution

[Ross Lynch]

John Kelly wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Ross Lynch wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps censorship was the wrong word then. I am far from an expert on
> > constitutions or other official documents, but I think it would be a
> > little futile to put this in as being legally binding. I mean, if we
> > were to get _that_ technical about it, couldn't someone just
> > unsubscribe, go tell RTE what it is they have to say while 'claiming' to
> > be from ILUG, and then resubscribe? It just seems like a strange legal
> > issue over such a small unlikelihood. How many people are going to say
> > on TV or elsewhere that all ILUGers hate Microsoft for example?
> >
> > Ross.
> 
> Like yourself, I'm not an expert on the legal system and official
> documents, but I know that one thing they strive to protect themselves
> against is misrepresentation, such as the example that you gave.  However,
> in the example you gave, of the person unsubscribing, saying things in the
> name of the ILUG, and then resubscribing, the person is not a member when
> he says whatever it is he has to say, and so does not represent the views
> of the ILUG.  And since even if he was a member when he said them, his
> views do not represent those held by the ILUG, because of the clause in
> the constitution that started this whole thing.
> 
> I personally think that the entry in the constitution, although sounding a
> little anal, is one of the more important entries in it.
> 
> - John

Yes, I know, okay. It just seems to be a little trivial that's all. So
all that's required is a clause that says that anything said by anyone
other than the PRO or a PRO-appointed representative (and/or possibly
any other member of the committee) should not be taken to be the views
of ILUG as a group. I don't understand this legal business of people
having to be bound, as it were, not to speak on behalf on ILUG - like,
what's going to happen to them if they do?

Hmm, there are probably more pressing issues in the draft to be
discussed ;-)

Ross.

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Ross Lynch
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