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Subject:Re: Oh, no - not another learning experience!! From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:57:12 -0700
If I was intent on pressing the point, I'd gather together some other
members of this organization who don't understand "Mike's" context so
it's evident that things aren't as clear to the intended audience as he
seems to think they are, and let him know that I'll be referring
everyone's questions about it to him in the future.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Kathleen MacDowell" <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>
To: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
Cc: "Susan Hogarth" <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com>; "Techwr-l"
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Sent: June 30, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: Oh, no - not another learning experience!!
> II suspect the real issue here is clarity rather than correctness.
> Perhaps
> your partner in this endeavor is a lawyer? (This is based on
> experience with
> my HOA's Covenants and Bylaws and the poor writing, contradictions
> throughout.)
>
> Perhaps you could convince your colleague to adopt some other wording
> so
> that people won't have to do a logic diagram to understand the
> content?
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