[186] in UA Senate
RE:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Tue Oct 20 19:55:43 2009
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:55:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@MIT.EDU>
To: Joseph Maurer <jmaurer@MIT.EDU>
cc: "'Ryan T Normandin'" <ryno17@MIT.EDU>, ua-senate@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <012a01ca51df$d692eb30$83b8c190$@edu>
If the Tech will tell a current senator what he is or is not authorized to
say on ua-senate, it needs to seriously rethink its strategy about
avoiding things that reflect poorly on the Tech.
And if the Tech doesn't know who the current senators are, it looks
incompetent or worse.
--
Geoffrey Thomas
geofft@mit.edu
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Joseph Maurer wrote:
> Dear Ryan,
> Sorry I sent this email without contacting you first- I felt that
> replying quickly was prudent to stem off what could have been a nasty string
> of emails in reply.
> Generally, it is not appropriate to email other student group
> mailing lists on behalf of The Tech asking for something that is
> specifically related to what you do for The Tech. Ua-senate gets forwarded
> to ua-senate-listeners (or something like that), which is why I received
> that email. While you should certainly always introduce yourself as someone
> from The Tech Opinion if you are ever emailing people to set up an
> interview, request information, or anything to that effect, it's not good
> policy to do so otherwise. It's important that the community see The Tech as
> an independent entity that supports itself- people will get very irritated
> very quickly if it looks like the UA is providing a special level of
> privilege or support to one student group- when that group is TT, the effect
> is magnified.
> In brief, please refrain from sending emails of this kind in the
> future. I applaud you for your enthusiasm and effort, but asking the Senate
> if they would be willing to provide you with a pass to see Obama reflects
> poorly on The Tech- it makes us look incompetent or worse. Ethan should be
> in touch with you about trying to get press passes to see Obama directly
> through The Tech.
> Please let me know if you have any questions about this or what I'm
> talking about.
>
> Best,
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Maurer [mailto:jmaurer@mit.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:35 PM
> To: 'Ryan T Normandin'; 'ua-senate@mit.edu'
> Subject: RE:
>
> Dear Senate,
> My apologies, Ryan was not authorized by The Tech to send this
> email. We recognize that this is not an appropriate use of the ua-senate
> mailing list. Please ignore the below request.
>
> Best regards,
> Joseph Maurer
> Opinion Editor, The Tech
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan T Normandin [mailto:ryno17@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:23 PM
> To: ua-senate@mit.edu
> Subject:
>
> Hey guys ,
> Does the senate have any passes to see Obama speak? If no one else has
> claimed them, I am definitely interested because I would like to write an
> article for the tech ( I do opinion). Let me know!
> -Ryan
>
>
