--- Forwarded Message from Ben-Nahum David <[log in to unmask]> ---

>From: Ben-Nahum David <[log in to unmask]>
>To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #4933 apologies to non-US IALL folks
>Date: Wed, 24 Mar 99 08:57:00 PST
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Well, Ursula, Americans, like all human beings, have their good sides and
their less good ones. Their U.S.-centric perspective is well-known. Since
my mother-in-law moved from Kentucky to Israel a year and a half ago I
have to help her deal with the banks and other institutions in the U.S.
from overseas and it is not easy. I, for one, don't take offence. What is
more important, IMHO, is that there still are so few IALL members who are
not from North America or Japan. Maybe IALL should run a campaign or
think of strategies to enlist more members from the other parts of the
world. That would make it more international. The wording of the election
letter or the price of the stamp mentioned are, really, at least for me,
no big deal.

Happy Pesach,
David Ben-Nahum
Director of Language Laboratories
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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 --- Forwarded Message from Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 11:37:32 -0500
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>From: Ursula Williams <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: apologies to non-US IALL folks

Hi all. I don't usually think of myself as US-centric, but a couple of
things in the IALL election letter and accompanying materials were
overlooked, and they shouldn't have been. I want to apologize to our
valued
members who don't happen to live on US soil.

First, the "USA" was left off the address on the return postcard and out
of
the letter, and then the place for the stamp said "I need a 20-cent
stamp."
I should have taken the time to rephrase that instead of assuming that
our
international members would simply expect to put the thing in an envelope
and pay more. Even our good friends in Canada probably had to pay more
than
20 cents postcard rate.

It was the kind of oversight that simply shouldn't have happened. I will
make the correction and pass the information along to the person who does
this next.

I am truly sorry for any offense I might have brought about. I hope you
will forgive me and we'll get back to being one big happy INTERNATIONAL
family.

Ursula Williams
Elections Chair 1999