Re: A Comment re: "Senior" HP Personnel

[rkathren@tricity.wsu.edu (Ron L. Kathren)]

Mike --

Thanx for the supporting comments.

Ron

>Ron Kathren wrote:
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>>And, I suspect that the age distribution of
>>those attending the HPS meeting differs significantly from those in the
>>profession as a whole and thus is not a valid basis for your conclusion.  
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>This is a key point - the distribution of HP's at the meeting represents
>those who 
>a) were interested in going,
>b) did not have a conflict, and
>c) had the money.
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>This is certainly not a good sampling of the overall distribution.  Many
>folks have general interest in going, but funds are short in many places,
>and Seattle is a long trip for East Coast types.  
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>Now, that is not to say that some might not argue that many people at the
>meeting, myself at the head of the list, should be taken out and shot.
>Could solve more than our employment problems. . .
>
>Mike Stabin
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