[MR] re: Value of membership - a request

[Susan and Frank Downs]

I previously wrote:

> Knee-jerk reactions to those
> decisions by members who didn't bother to attend or convey their comments
> beforehand therefore appear extremely boorish to me.

To which Pedro responded:

> Actually, I was among the 525 who sent in written comments on the
> issue. 

In that case, my lord, I'm clearly not talking about you.  For what it's
worth, I appreciate your efforts to communicate your opinions to those
making the decisions.  I at least partially agree with your later post that
a huge problem facing the society is the difficulty in communication between
members and the BoD.  One aspect of that problem is a large number of people
who choose not to communicate ahead of time, then react vociferously to
decisions they don't like.  These are the people whose behavior I find
boorish.

-- 
Takenoshita Naro
Frank Downs