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Grex > Coop11 > #245: ID requirements for institutional members | |
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aruba
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response 25 of 35:
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Mar 16 21:16 UTC 2001 |
The amended bylaws don't put any restrictions on what kind of institutions
may become members.
I could be talked into requiring two people to sign. But it might be a
burden for small organizations, and it's more ID than we require from
individual members (and they have more privileges).
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aruba
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response 26 of 35:
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Mar 16 21:20 UTC 2001 |
Er, that is, I could be talked into believing it's a good idea to require
two IDs from institutional members. Of course I will do whatever the board
and the membership decide we should do.
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mary
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response 27 of 35:
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Mar 16 22:50 UTC 2001 |
With organizational memberships are we in effect sanctioning multiple
users with one login ID. I think that's a fine thing to allow but I also
think with that it is appropriate to expect two people with some authority
in the organization to more or less accept some responsibility for who
uses the account.
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aruba
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response 28 of 35:
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Mar 22 04:12 UTC 2001 |
The board voted to require institutional members to designate a contact
person who must send in ID. I modified the membership FAQ to explain this
- see http://www.cyberspace.org/memfaq.html#institutional .
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srw
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response 29 of 35:
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Mar 25 22:02 UTC 2001 |
Grammar alert (from the memfaq)
Institutions which -> Institutions that
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gelinas
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response 30 of 35:
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Mar 25 22:54 UTC 2001 |
Both are correct, last I heard. "Which" is the relative pronoun for
non-humans; "whom" is the relative pronouns for humans; "that" is a relative
pronoun for both. Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer choice.
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aruba
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response 31 of 35:
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Mar 25 23:43 UTC 2001 |
I've never gotten the hang of which/that, so I'll take your word for it,
Steve. I made the change.
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cmcgee
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response 32 of 35:
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Mar 26 03:03 UTC 2001 |
View hidden response.
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cmcgee
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response 33 of 35:
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Mar 26 03:13 UTC 2001 |
According to current usage (different from the 1960s when I first
learned) " which" is the relative pronoun which connects the dependant
clause, "that" connects the independant clause. Use which when the
meaning of the sentence requires you to read the clause to make sense; use
that when the meaning of the sentence is fine without the clause.
In the previous paragraph "which" is used correctly in the first
sentence. (The previous remark was expurgated becaue I had inadvertently
entered it when I meant to edit it. I was trying to change my orginal
"that" in the first sentence to "which".)
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gelinas
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response 34 of 35:
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Mar 26 14:56 UTC 2001 |
If it's the sentence I think it is, "Institutions that" reads better than
"Institutions which." The sentence continues, "become members . . . "
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cmcgee
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response 35 of 35:
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Mar 27 00:09 UTC 2001 |
Yep, that's the sentence. New usage is "which" instead of the "that" which
you and I are used to. Lost a fight to an editor on this one.
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