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Actually, he did say that, only phrased differently. Basically he said 
the decision was for the overall good of the registry and now they can 
put all of this behind them and move on. I don't recall reading in the 
message that it was a "wonderful" decision.

Katrina
On May 16, 2005, at 8:01 AM, <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > As far as the "giving in" part, I suspect (and this is only my
> > > assumption,  that's all) that the new AHA president had something to
> > > do with it. He  seems to want to resolve all this stuff (lawsuits) in
> > > order to stop  draining the $$$ out of the registry.
> >
> > Minor clarification - to stop draining $$ out of AHA, which is
> > responsible  in part for many of the Registry's expenses post-merger,
> > which is an  entirely OTHER issue.
> >
> > As far as "caving" to save money, a law suit like this can literally 
> > put
> > an  organization like AHA out of business financially. I am not
> > condoning the  decision, I am just stating that it wasn't a matter of
> > spending some money,  it was a matter of AHA viability.
>
> There is some truth to this--but I would feel far more comfortable if 
> they
> would SAY that they are doing it to stop draining money, instead of
> touting it as such a wonderful decision.  We all understand about 
> having
> to compromise sometimes due to financial drain--but that shouldn't mean
> that we compromise our principles.  It bothers me to see the compromise
> promoted in terms of what a wonderful thing it is, instead of telling 
> the
> truth that fighting it was breaking the organization and that it is
> accepted with chagrin.
>
> Heidi


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