On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 07:21:41 UTC, 588 wrote:

: Ian Johnston wrote:
: On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 20:41:08 UTC, Jack wrote:
:
: : Probably because it is SSA business, and this is a public, not an SSA,
: : site.
:
: Yet the announcement was posted here...

: Ian, you've apparently missed some of the discussion. Notice (of the
: message to members) was posted here so that members would find the
: message in the members-only section of the SSA website.

Sorry, I was unclear. That's what I meant by "the announcement".

: The message itself was posted here, seemingly within seconds, due only
: to the insensitivity of an individual. I can not imagine such
: impropriety coming out of Germany (perhaps the UK). Not that it would
: ever have been kept a secret, nor escaped being a topic of energetic
: discussion for weeks here on r.a.s. in any event.

If SSA want to use ras as a private messageboard for some things, they
can't be terribly surprised if it's used for others as well.

On the whole I think it's probably much better that the whole thing
was posted here, as it will have saved much speculation and rumour
mongering.

Ian


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