[187] in UA Senate
RE:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph Maurer)
Tue Oct 20 20:41:25 2009
From: "Joseph Maurer" <jmaurer@MIT.EDU>
To: "'Geoffrey Thomas'" <geofft@mit.edu>
Cc: "'Ryan T Normandin'" <ryno17@mit.edu>, <ua-senate@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.00.0910201952130.14241@yaz-pistachio.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:40:51 -0400
This was entirely my fault for replying all to this email- I completely take
the responsibility for that spam, and am well aware of the irony of it.
I did not remember that Ryan was a Senator. Given that he is, it is not my
place to say what he can and cannot send to ua-senate. It is certainly not
my place to say so on behalf of The Tech.
My sole intention with the first reply was to simply clarify that The Tech
did not ask Ryan to ask around for extra press passes. I overstepped my
bounds in asking Senate to ignore his request, because I was working off the
assumption that Ryan was not a Senator. I realize that my attempt at damage
control failed miserably, but it was my, personal, attempt, not sanctioned
by the paper at large.
This is not signed on behalf of The Tech- as an individual I don't have the
authority to broadly speak for the newspaper, and I want to make that very
clear. Instead, it is simply a personal apology and clarification for my
actions.
This is the last email I will send to ua-senate on this topic. Please
address any subsequent criticism to me directly.
Joseph Maurer
-----Original Message-----
From: Geoffrey Thomas [mailto:geofft@MIT.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:55 PM
To: Joseph Maurer
Cc: 'Ryan T Normandin'; ua-senate@MIT.EDU
Subject: RE:
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
>
>
