Letters

Don't Know No Geography ...

Re: "SnapShot," Page 12, April 2002.

Editor:

Last time I checked, Charlotte was in North Carolina, not South Carolina.

Believe it or not, they are two distinctly different states.

Amanda A. Folk
Paralegal
SCANA Services, Inc.
Columbia, S.C.

Editor Monica Bay replies: Oooopps! I guess that shows my California roots. I'm (relatively) new to the East Coast. Mea culpa, and thanks for giving me an excuse to play with my new Microsoft Maps & Streets software.

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What's Important

Re: "Tech Circuit," May 2002: "John Tredennick's Earthquake," by Monica Bay.

Editor:

Sounds to me like Ms. Bay has been listening a bit too closely to unnamed "critics" who might be worried about their own reimbursements.

"Political in-fighting?" I can't speak for anyone else, but the Law Practice Management section that I've been active with for the past 20 years is built on a foundation of volunteerism, hard work and collaboration.

That John Tredennick, at a time of fiscal crisis, would seek to focus the section's limited resources on its core strengths strikes me as a sign of clear, straight- forward leadership.

Section actives need to take a good hard look at what's important and what isn't.

Meanwhile, the broader LPM section membership should feel encouraged that the incoming chair is pursuing a course of accountability and restraint rather than just passing along the vested-wannabe travel costs as another "unavoidable" dues increase.

Burgess Allison
L.P.M. "active"
McLean, Va.