[Fmpro] [FMPRO] re: The ASCAP Board

[Mark Holden]

ASCAP board member Doug Wood posted here last week and mentioned that his
responses might be deferred until a project was completed. We understand
time constraints!

Sufficient time has now elapsed and I am re-issuing to Doug my missive as
list administrator, challenging him to retract certain of his
unsubstantiated statements posted to this list. That, or to document his
accusations with specifics.

We have not heard back from Doug on this matter of trashing on the FMPRO,
cited below, and it's time that we did. His personal credibility and that of
our posting membership hangs in the balance.

Very best,

Mark Holden
FMPRO Admin

>Hi Doug,

>Welcome back to the FMPRO list. Especially during an ASCAP election year!
>I know our subscribers appreciate your input and accessibility.

Doug Wood wrote on Thu Jun 19 17:24:04 GMT 2008:
>>I urge readers of this list to be wary of some of the angry anti-
>>ASCAP diatribes posted here, and to take some of the vague
>>insinuations, wild accusations and snide "insider" information with
>>a grain of salt.


>Making unsubstantiated claims is not okay here. Indeed, your claim of
>"wild accusations" of unnamed FMPRO subscribers is in itself a wild
>accusation. Remember, the grain of salt can be applied to you as well.

>Please be specific, not vague, before casting insinuations in these
>pages. While the ASCAP board operates in secret, we do not.

>I'm not aware of ANY of our 800+ subscribers who could be construed as
>"anti-ASCAP." As you know, there are certain of ASCAP policies that fall
>under criticism because of disparate treatment of score compared to
>song-- unlike any royalty system on the planet. But that's a VERY FAR CRY
>from being against the institution itself.

>For you to paint this so divisively is misleading and wrong. As the
>FMPRO administrator, I respectfully request that you substantiate your
?accusations with specific instances or withdraw your remarks above as
>ill-considered.

>Most sincerely,

>Mark Holden
>FMPRO Admin