[asac] Apologies

[Robert Brown]

To the ASAC:

The message copied below is one I sent to Wolfgang Wild and John Payne
following the ASAC meeting of September 9/10 in Berkeley at which we
were unable to establish a teleconference connection to Wolfgang and
John in Europe.  I would like to make it clear that the cause of our
failure to connect was solely a result of my lack of proper attention to
detail.

    -Bob
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11 September 2000

> Dear Wolfgang, John:
>
> I would like to apologize to both of you for failing to complete
> properly the telephone arrangements for you to call in to the ASAC
> meeting on Sunday.  After speaking with John Saturday night to confirm
> the arrangements, I was sure that I had everything in place for the
> conference call--the time, the phone number etc--and sufficient backup
> to solve problems.  I then turned my attention to some other project reports that I
> wanted to try and complete.  On Sunday morning I
> took from the hotel with me to the meeting what I thought were all my meeting materials.
> Unfortunately this was all the project reporting materials I had been working
> on the night before but none of the materials related to the ASAC
> meeting proper.  And that briefcase didn't have my cell phone in it.  As
> a result, when we had a problem connecting I didn't have Wolfgang's
> number, John's hotel number, or my cell phone to solve the problem.  I
> just screwed this up by not paying sufficient attention.
>
> I know that you arranged your day to accommodate the teleconference and
> that you did everything possible to make the connection.  I appreciate
> your time/efforts and I would sincerely like to apologize to you and the
> ASAC for failing to carry out my responsibilities.
>
>     -Bob
>
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