[78-L] Fw: Stan and Steve Hester

[Taylor Bowie]

Geoffrey is unable to post directly to the 78-L list (computer glitch) so he 
asked me to forward this message to the group.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dialjazz at frontier.com>
To: <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:12 PM
Subject: Stan and Steve Hester


Hi Taylor,

Would you do me the kindness of posting this on 78-L for others to read. 
Many thanks!!


Saw the postings regarding postings by Steve Hester and his reference to 
IAJRC. As President of IAJRC, I can assure you we do not and have never 
“banned” anybody! There is nothing in our By-Laws that would permit that. 
More important, no IAJRC member past or present that I know of would be 
inclined to persue an action like that in private. Like any organization, we 
have had members who are vociferous about their disagreements. While we may 
think such behavior distracts from our best serving our Membership, we fully 
grant that it’s a member’s privilege to speak out and disagree! Such a 
person can make phone calls; send faxes, e-mails, and letters; take out paid 
advertising, stand up and give voice to disagreements at our General 
Membership Meeting at our Annual Convention, and even run for office. We let 
our By-Laws and Robert’s Rules of Order govern contentiousness.

I have personally never seen or met either Stan or Steve at an IAJRC event 
over the past two decades, and until last summer, was unaware of any of 
these claims being made by one or both. As for their   record collections, 
files, books, etc., why would we have any interest in their being destroyed? 
If anything, we would hope they would be sold to fellow collectors or 
donated. IAJRC is in the process of dissolving its own substantial library, 
so we would have no interest in acquiring still more material!

Steve’s irrational postings have been going on since last year. What you 
have seen is apparently a new flurry. We have been told that both Stan and 
his son, Steve, have medical issues. As such, they are for his family and 
professionals to deal with. We may all want to be compassionate towards 
them, but compassion does not constitute professional care.

Geoffrey Wheeler