As an affirmative-action implementation, we need to have a male fairwitness
of this conference.

  Any & all male volunteers should respond here, for a future vote.

65 responses total.

sigh..

i've noticed a grexian tendency to have a fair witness of
each gender in many conferences.

 I already f-w cooking on M-net along with Laurel, and it hasn't got the
activity that this one has. There is an old saying that comes to mind,

 IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT!!!!!

 BTW, I'd be glad to volunteer if needed.

Jim is a fine candidate for f-w'ing the food/cooking conference!  Are other
men?

sigh...

 Sorry Val, you're a female.

OK, with no other candidate, I guess Jim gets it!
 
   Which of the current f-ws volunteers to be replaced by Jim?
 
   Remember ladies, it is for the good of society!

Like Jim said... it ain't broke.

  I would be honore to serve as a co-fw of this conf, but not at the 
loss of Laurel or Denise or for the most part Valerie. I think that
Mary Remmers would do a far, far better job than I could.

Don't let Tim get to you, guys.  I mean, it's a sign of 
weakness when you start taking it seriously. ;-)

Kudos to everyone who participates in this conference.  I've
found a lot of useful information here and feel fortunate we
have so many good cooks with such varied tastes and techniques.

 I'm both shocked & amazed that some of you gals don't believe in affirmative
action, or is it only when it is applied against you...

Tim, go to your room.

   No, go to the kitchen and make food for all.

 Right, joke it off....

Who's joking about it?  I think STeve was serious about #13!  

denise, you think tnt can cook? Just because he consumes, doesn't mean
he's any good at creation ......

Ok.  Am I the only person who doesn't know what "fair witnessing" means?  Its
not in Websters new collegiate dictionary.  Someone with a kind heart please
elucidate.  Mnay thanks.

   The term comes from _Stranger in a strange Land_ by Heinlien.  A
FW is the conference 'overseer' that guides the conference along, trims
old items out, etc.  Sort of an administrator and janitor combined.

 I'm still waiting for some affirmative-action in this conference!

And I say, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".  This conference is doing
fine just the way it is.  There is no need to add another FW of either sex
unless one of the existing FWs desires to resign.

 I wonder if Glenda extends that philosophy to other issues, such as 
affirmative action.

  Tim, this conferance has existed for a long time with the present f-w's
and it has not suffered in fact it has grown and become an active forum.
should one of the f-ws resign, and a new one, namely me take thier place,
then you have succeeded in possibly ruining this conf. I have a business that
demands 24 hour vigilance and I don`t (at the moment) have time to add another 
thing to my plate. (npi) 
   I already am the co-fw of 2 confs, sports and arts, both of which are in
sorry states, because I have no time. 

 in short Tim, Heed glenda and SHUT the F..K up.

thank you.

 Sorry Jim, I forgot that you're a big businessman now, and I understand that
you're no longer interested in being a f-w here.

        As for your other comment, I knew that a lot of people would oppose
my AA efforts, & I was prepared for some sexist & racist twerps to get
emotional, so I'm not offended.

Zzzzzzz.

  not exactly *big* but enough to stay out of the unemployment office for a
few years....

I don't see a lot of males coming forward and volunteering to be FW in this
conference.  I see no need to change something that is going along fine just
add someone of the opposite sex.  And, yes, I do not like Affirmative Action
the way it is currently being used.  I know too many people that are out of
work just because they weren't black, female, asian, whatever, but have all
the other qualifications for the job(s) in question (and saw jobs that they
were the best qualified for go to others that weren't qualified just because
they weren't white males so that the company could meet its minority quotas.

glenda, I don't know why you're bothering...

Habit, I guess.

every time i see this item i see the "AA" and think "Ann Arbor"
instead of "Affirmative Action".  I end up with a mental picture
of a very large amount of land trying to fit into an ordinary
kitchen pot to be cooked.

 .... and the other image? .........

  With the recent stomping off of 'mythago,' perhaps now you SEXIST, RACIST
HOMOPHOBES will see fit to act affirmatively on this issue which you've
been refusing to settle?        Perhaps.

We have already acted affirmatively, we have affirmed the present fair
witnesses in their positions.  (Good job, friends!)

   Since grex is getting an internet link, and mythago has utilzed this
to talk to M-net, it would indeed be foolish to act until you hear
from her.

 It would be foolish & irresponsible to simply first wait for Grex's Internet
connection to be fully operational, & then sit & wait to see if 'mythago'
gets back on Grex.      If she was concerned about her duties as f-w here,
she would have either stayed, or resigned.

        This conference certainly seems to be doing OK without her, so it
probably just doesn't need a fourth f-w.  I think 3 can hanle it, even if they
are all women...! ;)

Augustus, don't go drinking from that chocolate stream over there.

22 December, & still no Affirmative Action!

...but now we're only 2 female fair witnesses ahead of the number
of male fair witnesses instead of 3.

(why do I even respond to this?)

Because you have hope in your heart?

 4 March 1994, & still no justice!

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