I would be pleased to get some input from Joe, and there is another lawyer friend of mine who specializes in litigation who I would also ask. Since I do not go on APD, can someone please provide me with the history of what happened -- what was said/written by whom where, and who sued whom, etc. I should be able to get some input from Joe, and better still from Larry, quickly, and it will not cost us anything. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Frank" <nfrank@mindspring.com> To: <aga-sc@thekrib.com> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:31 PM Subject: Re: AGA uncommittment (fwd) > I move that Dave ask his lawyer friend to provide us legal advice (for a > fee of course) regarding recommendations for AGA to provide some symbolic > help... without putting us at legal risk or compromising our preferred > neutral stance. Perhaps we can point readers to both sides (assuming that > there is a petSwarehouse side.) > > Neil > > At 04:03 PM 08/20/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:51:46 -0500 > >From: Gary Lange <gwlange@mindspring.com> > >To: Jack O'Leary <jdo@world.std.com>, Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>, > > Karen Randall <krandall@world.std.com>, > > Mike Hellweg <MichaelAngelaH@aol.com> > >Subject: AGA uncommittment > > > >You know I see the AGA not wanting to get drawn into this suit because it > >would be a big drain on the resources and possibly negate all that's been > >done, especially in the last 2 years. BUT isn't there some way that you can > >even think about putting up a banner that points to some of these URL's? > >Something at least minimally should be said in the magazine too with the > >appropriate URL's. Acting like it doesn't exist doesn't seem to be sitting > >too well with some members. I really wish you can find something that will > >show a little middle ground. Otherwise this moron that started the lawsuit > >has already won. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >Gary Lange > >gwlange@mindspring.com > > > >APD snippet below > >--------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:22:20 -0600 > >From: "Roger S. Miller" <rgrmill@rt66.com> > >Subject: Re: AGA stance on the defense fund. > > > >Erik Olson wrote: > > > >> The AGA steering committee deliberated over whether to > >> take an official stance on this about a month ago. Irregardless of how we > >> feel as individuals in the case, it was decided that it would be > >> inappropriate for the AGA as an organization to take an official stance on > >> this issue. > > > > > >Thanks for the news, Erik > > > >It think it's like Eldridge Cleaver said so long ago. You're either > >part of the problem or you're part of the solution. I guess we know > >where AGA is. > > > >> Thus, the article in _The Aquatic Gardener_ will be informational > >> reporting, there is no link to the defense (or Pets Warehouse, for that > >> matter) on our website, and most likely we could not have any official > >> activities at the convention. > > > >Yeah. Just ignore the problem and it will go away. > > > > > >Roger Miller > > > > > > ------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com > > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "showy". > > > > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com > with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. > Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc > When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "showy". > > ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@thekrib.com with "unsubscribe aga-sc" in the body of the message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-sc When asked, log in as username is "aga-sc", and password "showy".