John: >> I assume at this point the IAOC would like to pursue the >> recall option? If not, please be very clear about it to the >> list as I haven't actually seen a request from the IAOC for >> that process to proceed as far as I can tell. > > Because I am personally very reluctant to see this handled by > recall, I want to ask a slightly different question: Are the > people who met with Marshall convinced that he understood that, > if he did not resign, a recall was almost certain to be > initiated as our next step. If the answer is "yes", he's made > his choice and I am ok with signing the petition. If not, it > is possible that more discussion would be in order after the > petition process is complete. > > I hope that, when Lynn accepts the petitions, another effort (or > several) will be made to et Marshall's attention -- it > presumably is not too late for him to resign until after the > relevant committee is appointed. At the end of our visit, I believe that Marshall understood that there were three possibilities: 1) Tell the community that he intends to resume participation; 2) Resign; 3) Do nothing, which would very likely result in a recall. Russ