[10046] in APO-L
My apologies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn BB Hillis)
Mon Nov 7 00:41:34 1994
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 1994 00:41:48 -0500
Reply-To: Shawn BB Hillis <ind00471@PEGASUS.CC.UCF.EDU>
From: Shawn BB Hillis <ind00471@PEGASUS.CC.UCF.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9411062308.A29362-0100000@pegasus>
--Dear Brothers, et al, and especially Yvonne:
Yes, I agree. The way I presented *this* part of my argument is
weak. It wasn't quite how I meant to put it.
> What I do have a problem with is this statement used to support your
argument:
>
> "And I think that some statute of limitation has past on a promise made
> almost 20 years ago."
I wasn't referring in this passage to a promise made by the
convention or the Fraternity to the members or the Chapters, but rather
the other way around. An alumni/advisor at our chapter was one of the
many women initiated before 1976. She was at least at both the '74 and
'76 conventions. From her I have the understanding that those who pushed
for full-membership for women agreed/promised that they wouldn't push for
further changes in regards to gender issues. They were content to have
just been made full-Brothers.
It's this *promise* that I speak of. And I believe that that
promise is not applicable to us today. Those who made it are, almost to a
Brother, no longer active. I don't believe _their_ promise is binding to
us today. They achieved what *they* wanted and were content. That
doesn't change or affect what *we* want today.
My apologies for the lack of clarification.
And my thanks to the many Brothers who e-mailed me in agreement
and support.
Your Brother,
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--Shawn BB Hillis |"Thanks to the interstate highway system, |
University of |it is now possible to travel across the |
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