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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Jamila Bargach" <<A
href="mailto:jamila_bargach@usa.net">jamila_bargach@usa.net</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "'Angela Jancius'" <<A
href="mailto:acjancius@ysu.edu">acjancius@ysu.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:27 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: RE: [URBANTH-L]AAA Meetings moved to Atlanta</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear All,<BR><BR>Is this business of moving the meeting to Atlanta already
decided? I<BR>can't believe that this is an option that was just thrown in
without<BR>even prior mention in earlier exchanges. For those of us who are not
ON<BR>the American soil, we have additional hassle business with visas,
money<BR>exchange, permissions from our school... etc. The visas given
by<BR>consulates are 'limited' in date ... If the AAA is trying to 'buy'
time,<BR>it is again jeopardizing its small number of 'foreign' AAA members
which<BR>then prompts me to think and rethink about its true
'anthropological'<BR>spirit; being a venue for all those wishing/willing/able to
add their<BR>voice to the exchange (well, apparently). <BR>Thanks for the
feedback. <BR><BR>Jamila Bargach, Ph.D.<BR>Assistant Professor<BR>National
School of Architecture<BR>Rabat, Morocco<BR><BR>
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<DIV>From: "Michal Osterweil" <<A
href="mailto:mosterweil@mac.com">mosterweil@mac.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "Angela Jancius" <<A
href="mailto:acjancius@ysu.edu">acjancius@ysu.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 11:10 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [URBANTH-L]Feedback On the Move to Atlanta</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I agree that we need to publicly refuse to attend, this decision is
<BR>OFFENSIVE and if the AAA insists on sticking by it I would argue that <BR>we
need to organize some sort of response to them ,as feigning a <BR>democratic
"survey" and then making a decision completely out of order <BR>with any choices
offered PAYING and VOTING members is completely <BR>insane.<BR><BR>I agree with
the suggestion for our section to collectively refuse to <BR>attend. I would go
further and say we move to demand registration fees <BR>in return if AAA
persists with this logic in which the only winners are <BR>the
HILTON.<BR><BR>Michal Osterweil<BR>Graduate Student, UNC-Chapel HIllW</DIV>
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<DIV>From: "Robert T. O'Brien" <<A
href="mailto:robrien@temple.edu">robrien@temple.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu">urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu</A>>; <<A
href="mailto:angrad@listserv.temple.edu">angrad@listserv.temple.edu</A>>;
<<A
href="mailto:H-MEDANTHRO@H-NET.MSU.EDU">H-MEDANTHRO@H-NET.MSU.EDU</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 12:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Mid East Anthros</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>A colleague in the MESA (which is having the same labor <BR>problems in SF
as the AAA) is looking for Mid East anthros <BR>who might be willing/able to
suggest/support alternatives to <BR>crossing a picket at their
conference.<BR><BR>Any
ideas?<BR>R<BR> ******************************************** <BR>Robert T.
O'Brien <BR>Ph.D. Candidate<BR>Department of Anthropology <BR>Temple University
<BR><A href="mailto:robrien@temple.edu">robrien@temple.edu</A> <BR>215-803-5181
<BR></DIV>
<DIV>[URBANTH-L Moderator's Note: <!--StartFragment --> the Middle East
Studies Association has an annual meeting at the SF <!--StartFragment -->Hyatt Regency planned for <!--StartFragment -->
11/20/2004 - 11/23/2004. For more
info: <!--StartFragment --> </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://http//fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/MESA04/mesa04.htm"
target=_blank>http://http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/MESA04/mesa04.htm</A>
]</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mivanova@socrates.Berkeley.EDU
href="mailto:mivanova@socrates.Berkeley.EDU">Maranatha Ivanova</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
href="mailto:urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu">urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> counter-conference sounds great</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I must say that I found Rob O'Brien's letter compelling and principled.
Moving to Atlanta does nothing more than obviate direct confrontation with
the problems faced by the locked out employees--it's like taking an alternate
route to avoid having to look at the homeless people sleeping in cardboard boxes
on the sidewalk, and calling that detour "solidarity." I cannot see how moving
the booking from the SF Hilton to the Atlanta Hilton changes much more than
that. The only people who are punished by this choice are the poor grad student
members who routinely subsist off less than 20K a year for whom the switch may
be prohibitively expensive, adjuncts, lecturers, and other financially
vulnerable members of AAA. The Hilton loses very little in this new arrangment,
and the locked out workers gain very little from our (symbolically impotent)
switch. Not to mention that it's going to be nearly impossible to get plane
tickets the weekend before the XMAS holiday, and many of us have final exams to
proctor and grades to turn in that cannot be rescheduled. I don't understand why
such a huge choice was taken without consulting AAA members. Given the expenses
involved in changing plane tickets, hotel reservations and the like, I would not
be surprised if many others felt as I do. I would rather voluntarily give a
donation to help AAA ofset the costs of moving to San Jose, where our move
actually punishes the Hilton and supports the locked out workers, than have to
spend even greater sums to make a move that is largely gutted of meaning and
does nothing to address the reasons why so many of us prefer to stand is
solidarity with the workers of San Francisco. I'm frankly perplexed by the
decision and hope that AAA will take Rob's letter seriously. <BR><BR>--Maranatha
Ivanova <BR>PhD Candidate <BR>UC Berkeley <BR></DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A
href="mailto:asteiner@mail.utexas.edu">asteiner@mail.utexas.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu">urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:24 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: strike</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Dear Urbanthers:<BR><BR>There is one more option: come down so hard on
Hilton that they end <BR>their lockout in time for our meeting. After all,
there are Hiltons <BR>and other Hilton-related hotels in all university cities
and towns. <BR>I think we should picket them aggressively, pass out pamphlets
saying <BR>why people shouldn't cross the line, and alert the media at each
<BR>location. It's obvious we have some eloquent members who could
<BR>compose impactful wording for a pamphlet and a press release focusing <BR>on
the plight of the workers. Can any of you volunteer to do that? <BR>Let's
get this on national TV as well as in our own venues.<BR><BR>We're starting to
plan a strike against Hilton in Austin, but the <BR>more places strikes occur,
the stronger the message. I suggest we <BR>shoot for pickets by Oct. 30
and give it a full-blast effort since <BR>there's not much time before scheduled
meetings. More importantly, <BR>there are some hard-working, deserving
people that need paychecks to <BR>survive.<BR><BR>Audrey<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=ajtc@berkeley.edu href="mailto:ajtc@berkeley.edu">Anna Jessica
Theissen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=mukh@email.sjsu.edu
href="mailto:mukh@email.sjsu.edu">Carol Mukhopadhyay</A> ; <A
title=mjweis@northwestern.edu
href="mailto:mjweis@northwestern.edu">mjweis@northwestern.edu</A> ; <A
title=sterling@snowy.SSCL.Berkeley.EDU
href="mailto:sterling@snowy.SSCL.Berkeley.EDU">sterling@snowy.SSCL.Berkeley.EDU</A>
; <A title=fem-anth-l@uclink4.berkeley.edu
href="mailto:fem-anth-l@uclink4.berkeley.edu">fem-anth-l@uclink4.berkeley.edu</A>
; <A title=elizadunn@hotmail.com href="mailto:elizadunn@hotmail.com">Elizabeth
Dunn</A> ; <A title=urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu
href="mailto:urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu">urbanth-l@lists.ysu.edu</A> ; <A
title=SEA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU
href="mailto:SEA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU">SEA-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU</A> ; <A
title=grad-anth@lists.berkeley.edu
href="mailto:grad-anth@lists.berkeley.edu">grad-anth@lists.berkeley.edu</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:46 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AFA] Fwd: Re: AAA EXEC BOARD & LABOR SITUATION IN
SF (fwd)</DIV></DIV></DIV>
<DIV>I agree with Carol-</DIV>
<DIV>I interpret this move as a way by the AAA to cancel this year's meeting
inofficially (well knowing that this is an impossible time -and at this point
location- for most of us), without breaking their contract with the hilton. of
course, they cannot come out and say so without incurring a lawsuit with
hilton.</DIV>
<DIV>if nobody shows up in atlanta it will not the AAAs problem, since they have
officially moved the meeting. in my opinion the executive committee has
essentially honored the membership's vote, while covering the association's
back.</DIV>
<DIV>So, let's boycott Atlanta in good faith!</DIV>
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<DIV>Anna Jessica Theissen</DIV>
<DIV>>That was my first reaction.<BR>>But then I said perhas this was an
unofficial way of essentially canceling the meetings without >doing so
officially.<BR>>Because it's hard to imagine very many people coming at that
time of the year...right in the midst >of final exams for us, at
least.<BR>>So...maybe lots of sessions will be cancelled, it will be a
scarecrow meeting, the AAA won't lose >1.2 million
dollars.....etc.<BR><BR>>carol
mukhopadhyay<BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>