[Nhcoll-l] Duke Petition

[Douglas Yanega]

On 2/16/24 9:50 AM, Watkins-Colwell, Gregory wrote:
>
> Doug,
>
> You could write a letter directly to the President of Duke if you 
> like. Or contact the Duke Alumni Center or something like that. I 
> betcha a bunch of angry alumni would get some attention. I feel that 
> any and all communication helps, even if only slightly.  It is 
> certainly better than doing nothing, especially because we all know 
> this sort of thing will continue to happen.
>
Two points, briefly:

(1) As I said, I'm not equipped to write a convincing letter to anyone, 
because I don't have the sorts of information I would need to present a 
good case. I suspect very few of us on this listserv have everything we 
would need to do much more than an emotional appeal, and I wouldn't 
wager a nickel that an emotional appeal would have any impact.

(2) Which will the President of Duke find more persuasive: 1000 
easily-deleted emails from irate scientists /who don't contribute money 
to Duke/, or ONE phone call from a member of Duke's Board of Trustees 
who is upset at seeing a public relations fiasco?

Peace,

-- 
Doug Yanega      Dept. of Entomology       Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0314     skype: dyanega
phone: (951) 827-4315 (disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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