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<DIV>From: <A
href="mailto:wendy.hathaway@gmail.com">wendy.hathaway@gmail.com</A></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 8:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: [URBANTH-L]RE: UNITE HERE Statement</DIV>
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<DIV>Then, in good will, AAA should return registration fees for ALL
those<BR>who request it. What judgements are being made that qualify some
for<BR>refunds over others?<BR><BR>I paid my registration fee and submitted a
paper proposal (that was<BR>accepted) based on a conference in San Francisco
during November, NOT<BR>December. I am a graduate student and parent with
limited funds and<BR>many responsibilities. The registration fee may seem
like small<BR>change to "professional" anthropologists and AAA Board members,
but to<BR>me, it is about half a week's pay.<BR><BR>I therefore am forced to ask
the AAA Board, how can it ask AAA members<BR>to renew their memberships in good
faith, but show none in return?<BR><BR>Wendy Hathaway<BR><BR>Tampa Neighborhood
Mobility Study<BR>University of South Florida<BR>4202 East Fowler Avenue, SOC
107<BR>Tampa, FL 33620</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=fromyosee@aol.com href="mailto:fromyosee@aol.com">fromyosee@aol.com</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:43 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [aaaunite] A Wake-Up Call</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Colleagues and Friends:</DIV>
<DIV>I see this incident as a wake-up call to take action and clean
house. It does not surprise me that many of us who were most
disturbed by the actions of the AAA board are those who have been, and
continue to be, marginalized members of the anthropology community.
We are students, TAs, adjunct faculty, practicing anthropologists, community
college faculty and High School educators. We are either unemployed
or underemployed. Our job security hangs in the air like those hotel
workers who are struggling to make a living. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The only difference between the UNITE/HERE workers and us is that we
have been educated. We have been socialized to believe that if we play
along and not rock the boat we will reap the benefits. Well, I can tell
you that I have played by the rules and have worked as a part-time adjunct for
10+ years. I thought things would change two years ago when I completed my
doctorate, but I still have not reaped the benefits. The AAA has done
nothing to advance my position, and I suspect that many of you are in a
similar situation or will soon find yourselves there. It is about time
that we had an organization (not just fragmented sections) that
represented our interests. After all we are the majority of
anthropologists. Just like in most organizations the elite (for us,
tenured professors) are a minority, yet they hold the most power. Time for
a change. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Joe Ellman, Ph.D.</DIV>
<DIV>Milwaukee Area Technical College, Permanent Adjunct</DIV><BR><!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>