On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 08:18:58AM -0500, Jay Kline wrote: > On Wed, 2002-10-09 at 07:31, Ben Bargabus wrote: > > > Clay or Bob, how many subscribers to TCLUG are there these days? > > > > > > Whatever number you come up with subtract one, I do not want to be a > > part of any group political statement. > > I don't think the point is to make a political statement, but to get one > from the candidates. I think with the x,xxx members we have, trying to > get anything close to a "group political statement" would be near > impossible, at least in this setting. The point is most definitely NOT to make a political statement. That would be impossible for the reasons Jay mentioned. My thinking is that any group of hundreds or thousands of people are a significant constituency for a politician and stand a better chance of being listened to than an individual. In other words, a large group is more likely to get their questions answered than a single person. One person can be safely ignored, but 2,000 is a different story. -Tim -- Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com