I repeat, can he see the NAG archives if he's not a member?
David McFarlane writes:
> For the record, here is the request that I just put to our APA President.
>
> Subject: Comparison table of union dues
>
> Maury,
>
> I don't know if you have tuned in to the discussion about APA dues on the
> MSUNAG mailing list. Throughout this discussion, I have requested one
> little thing in order to give me some perspective. I just want to see a
> table that lists *all* the bargaining units on campus, along with what the
> monthly dues would be for an imagined member earning, say, $50,000/year
> (even if no one in fact earns that much). I would not mind if it also
> came with explanatory footnotes, as I suspect such a table may not
> represent the true complexity of matters, but I insist on this as a start
> to my thinking.
>
> Now folks on the MSUNAG list seem to think that if I want such a table
> then I should do the research and prepare it myself. I beg to differ. I
> am not yet a partisan in this matter, so this is not my job. Rather, I am
> still the proverbial "undecided" member whom others wish to recruit to
> their view. And if these partisans want to recruit me, then it is *their*
> job to provide the needed facts in a form suitable to *me*. Until then I
> suspect the partisans to be more driven by ideology than fact, and I
> remain firmly on the sidelines. (Or perhaps that is where they all prefer
> me to stay?)
>
> Anyway, it might be appropriate for an APA staff member or officer to
> compile the figures I need here. Any chance that you could provide any
> help?
>
> Thanks,
> -- dkm
>
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