See, this is the problem with Bill raising this clearly actionable story without any context at all, and John "Pitbull" Stratton, Defense lawyer extraordinaire, thus enabled and champing at the bit. 1. I never saw any teenybopper at any time. There was only an angry hand model photographer with steam coming out of his ears, about to assault and batter me because I was handling the lights for the Lively Arts Society screening of something Really Important and I happened -- without any intent at all to do so -- to (twice) plunge the hand models into pitch darkness in the adjacent meeting room. 2. I will concede that there were screams coming from the (twice darkened) adjacent meeting room but there is no evidence of any teenyboppers and certainly no "creepy old man syndrome" on my part. 3. I shouldn't have to be put on the defensive here. Bill, so I demand satisfaction (which equates to your providing me with beer next time I see you). 4. And as to you, John, you are the very model of a modern major pot-stirrer. You are living former ARRL President George S. Wilson III, Esquire's adage, learned no doubt at Washington and Lee Law School: "If there be strife among them, stir it up." A good motto. Except in this one instance. Happy New Year to all of you. [?] Chris On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:42 AM, John Robert Stratton <N5AUS@n5aus.com> wrote:
I believe clarification is needed in order to determine how actionable, if at all, the Honorable Mr. Edgar's statement might be.
Was GC Imlay fighting over "the lights ON" the teeny bopper? Or, was GC Imlay fighting over "the teeny bopper"? Was the TB of legal age?
This appears to be a matter of some color and nuance that might warrant a review by the Ladies & Gentlemen on Thursday evening — assuming the statute of limitations has run on all possible charges.
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On 12/30/14 4:46 PM, Christopher Imlay wrote:
"Golly, I even remember our esteemed General Counsel fighting over the lights on a teeny bopper photo shoot during the Lively Arts Society meeting at another board meeting."
I think the above statement is actionable, Bill. But I will miss you in January anyway and probably will not sue you.
Now I have to explain that story to those newer than you on the Board. The punch line until I get the chance to do that is that it was very helpful to have a Hudson Division Vice Director fully capable of flattening the offended hand model photographer from the next meeting room over to come to my assistance. Otherwise there could have been some damage to my glasses or my large nose, or even worse.
Fair Forward, Bill.
Chris W3KD
On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Bill Edgar N3LLR <n3llr@earthlink.net> wrote:
I wanted to personally let each of you know that I have enjoyed working with you on the ARRL Board.
My first board meeting was July 2000 in Hartford. (The hotel had oodles of issues such as locks not working properly, some rooms not being completely furnished and even having an Eminem concert next door to the hotel one evening)
My second meeting was just as memorable with my esteemed colleague, Bob Vallio, sitting down on a lit cigarette.
Golly, I even remember our esteemed General Counsel fighting over the lights on a teeny bopper photo shoot during the Lively Arts Society meeting at another board meeting.
Each meeting and association has been memorable as the “goose” we got from Rick Roderick about the need for giving.
It has been interesting watching what had been considered a bastion of real OM’s voting in our first YL as President, welcoming a younger vice director who (word has it) got his first bottle of Geritol shortly after becoming his division director and then welcoming a much younger vice director also a YL.
We’ve tackled some pretty heavy issues, and we’ve still survived.
I want to wish each of you the very best and have a healthy and happy New Year!
- Bill N3LLR
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