Emeritus Assembly

Connecticut State Conference

Spring 2008

Volume 20, Numbwer 2

AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NICK WELCHMAN

A Special Issue, or perhaps, an   unusual one. It is being assembled by an editor who is virtually innocent of   desktop publishing expertise--a word person rather than a presentation   person. That is why you will find little in the way of borders and such typesetters'   devices, and what there is will have been produced by simple, cut-and-paste   expedients.

We begin with a production issue   we hope to distribute newsletters and special bulletins, when needed, via   electronic means, directed email and publication on our website. For email   distribution, of course, we need email addresses, and we therefore appeal to   members to provide us with their own addresses, though we realize that some   prefer to maintain secrecy on such matters.

Incidentally, if you have found   a way to exclude all SP AM and all communications from sources you've not   selected or authorized, our other members would probably like to know about   it; but if you cannot protect yourself from intrusive messages about discounted   medications, investment opportunities and the like, what advantage will you   derive from maintaining a barrier to the few, innDcent newsletters that your   friends oftbe AAUP Emeritus Assembly hope to bring you?

Our hope is to maximize the list   of members whom we can be confident of reaching with email messages and to   make certain that we know of those who remain dependent on paper mail and   telephone contacts. Once we have a manageable list of those we must reach by   USPS or telephones, we can reach them when we need to and send instant   messages to the rest. Of course, this information will appear on our website,   too., but one doesn't always call up the website just when news first appears   there.

Thus, we ask you to let us know   explicitly if you wish us to continue to send you the Newsletter in paper   format. We hope to ease the burden of printing and mailing with your help in   this matter.

Nick Welchman

Current Officers

President:

Nicholas Welchman

Vice President:

Timothy Killeen

Secretary:

David De Nuccio

Treasurer:

Compton Rees

Liaison-AAUP CSC          : Morton Tenzer*

* Nominating Committee Chair

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