Jason Schmitz wrote:
>
> Ok pal, I will say this only once.

That's good news -- you're not much better as a letter writer.


> I don't care how you feel you were
> jilted by the board of Minnesota Mensa, that doesn't concern or affect me in
> any way.

That figures -- not unlike a hit-and-run driver who causes a wreck but
doesn't feel concerned or affected.  The problems with the board
wouldn't even exist if you had done a competent job on the AG website.


> You will remove all reference to my supposed 'incompetence' from
> your website(s) immediately or I will file a lawsuit against you for libel.

1. The likes of *you* don't dictate *anything* to me.  I take orders
from very few, and certainly not incompetent webmaster wannabees.

2. It's not "supposed" at all -- it's being thoroughly documented, for
all to see and judge for themselves.

2a. To even consider "com" for a Mensa tld is just ignorant; to actually
do so, when http://www.mensa.com/ clearly states the overall policy, is
incompetent.

2b. To pick "ag2003" as a domain name (guaranteed to attract more
members of Future Farmers of America than Mensans) bypasses the
competence issue -- it's just stupid.

2c. I don't think one even has to be Mensa-level to be able to spell
"museum" -- to publish a web page with "musuem" even once (let alone
multiple times) is incompetent.  Likewise for "until the AG begains",
"tax-deductable", "John Dillenger", and many more that I am
documenting.  For a webmaster to not spell-check his pages before
publishing is incompetence by definition.

2d. Any real webmaster knows that his responsibilities include
maintaining and enhancing the website he's been granted stewardship
over.  One of your first actions on getting access to mnmensa.org was to
destroy every page put up there over more than half a decade, and then
you couldn't put them back under their original filenames.  That's the
Mount Everest of flaming incompetence.

The above are just a small sampling of the inept "work" that *you* chose
to publish up to the Internet, for all to see and to embarrass Minnesota
Mensa.

3. So now you're a wannabe lawyer, too?  No doubt you've already gone to
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/comm/media_libel/libel/defense.html and read the
2nd paragraph.  You've certainly looked at
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/libel.html, particularly
the "FAIR COMMENT" paragraph.  (Personally, I enjoy substituting
"webmaster" for "writer" in the last sentence of that paragraph.)

And I'm sure you already know that lawsuits and trials like this are
public -- every piece of evidence, and every transcript of the
proceedings (including testimony from subpoenaed witnesses such as
co-workers and supervisors) is public and can be published on the
Internet.

Sorry, but this is America, and I have the right under Amendment I of
the Bill of Rights to tell people about the things I've seen and
experienced, and to name the people clearly responsible.


> My professional career is in the IT field and I manage websites that make
> tens of millions of dollars a year.

1. Big Deal.  All that does is make you and the stuff you've published
for MN Mensa the poster child for my long-held theory that most IT
people aren't very good at being webmasters.  They have a different
skill set.

2. I had a long chat with a nice lady in HR; according to her, your job
title is "Web Development Manager" -- no mention of "Webmaster" at all,
which is the issue.  Since the startribune.com pages are remarkably
mistake-free, I infer that your job mostly involves managing others who
actually do the work.  (I also think that particular job title is one of
those I often read about being outsourced to Bangalore, so maybe you'll
need a Plan B somewhere down the line.)

3. It also makes me wonder whether, if you were replaced, those websites
would make even *more* tens of millions of dollars a year.


> I don't need my name popping on Google
> searches.

Gee, nobody around here even cares what you do or don't need.  Minnesota
Mensa needed competent websites, and the evidence is clear that you
certainly didn't care about *that*.


You have one week to remedy this situation before I take action.

Well, the week's come and gone.  Your "situation" is of your own making,
and is not one that I care much about.  I've published even more pages
-- the mountain of truthful evidence is growing.


You should consider doing some *positive* remedying of your own, since
it's basically all your fault.

1. Take a look at http://www.millcityrecords.com/mndensa/agreement.htm
-- you were toast many, many months ago.  Your formal farewell is long
overdue.

My suggestion would be to type up something along the lines that you
resign any perceived volunteer position with Minnesota Mensa and are
transferring the domain name mnmensa.org to Alan Heigl as per the signed
written agreement of 8/10/02.  Then print, sign, and mail it to the
LocSec (or e-mail it), and then get started on the transfer.  That would
be a good start for correcting the real "situation."

On the other hand, if you really want to step up to the plate against
ISPE/Triple-Nine thinking, I strongly recommend that you read
http://www.millcityrecords.com/alheigl/brainpower.htm and give it some
serious thought, particularly Example 3.

If you *really* want to be featured as Example 4, you're obviously free
to do so, but keep in mind that it will be voluntary on your part since
you know in advance what you're getting yourself into.

Right now, I'm betting that you'll make the wrong choice, and I'll
subsequently have a field day with it.  (If you make the right choice,
I'll get the Minnesota Mensa problems worked out a little faster, but it
won't be nearly as much fun.)

ALH