we received the following card in the mail today from a young us friend:
the senior class of xx high school announces the commencement exercise <at time> <at place>... .
she also enclosed in the envelope a couple of pretty photos of herself.
Blondie,
After the ceremony the tassel is moved to the other side.
So it's not just us Brits who have funny old traditions?!!
Ivy,
Commencement Exercises are just the graduation ceremony.
Ok, I understand now. Thanks.
So why is graduation called a 'Commencement Exercise'?? Why don't they just call it 'Graduation Ceremony'?
Or is it unusual to call them Commencement Exercises?
we received the following card in the mail today from a young us friend:
the senior class of xx high school announces the commencement exercise <at time> <at place>... .
she also enclosed in the envelope a couple of pretty photos of herself.
Ivy,
Thanks for replying!
I think it is an invitation,
To what? What are Commencement Exercises?
Custom would be to send a congratulations card with a bit of $$$.
Thanks for the tip!
we received the following card in the mail today from a young us friend:
the senior class of xx high school announces the commencement exercise <at time> <at place>... .
she also enclosed in the envelope a couple of pretty photos of herself.
We received the following card in the mail today from a young US friend:
The Senior Class of XX High School announces the Commencement Exercise <at time> <at place>...
She also enclosed in the envelope a couple of pretty photos of herself.
We know she's graduating high school this summer, but what does this card mean? It sorta looks like some kinda invitation... ???
Are we expected to reply? Turn up? What?? Help!!
Thanks.
MILLIONS NOW LIVING WILL NEVER DIE!
I loved the way someone twisted this to
Millions Now Dying Will Never Live!
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
tijkmo,
why the hell would they want to keep the judicial records of dead people
God knows. Ok, the GB knows. What's the difference!
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
DB74,
apparently the WTS directors could well have been vicariously liable for the acts of their elders...
Now this is getting really interesting! The WT Britain directors could go to prison because a local elder mishandles a judicial matter? Fantastic! Subsection 2 says:
(2) Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its members subsection (1) shall apply in relation to the acts and defaults of a member in connection with his functions of management as if he were a director of the body corporate.
So, have I got this right? Any wrong acts committed by an elder in managing the congregation will make the elder and WT jointly liable?
no wonder the WTS is seperating itself legally from the congregations!
Do you think a court would accept this, as it's purely an artifical separation specifically designed to protect the Society, and more specifically its assets, from any such liability?
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
vitty,
I remember someone on here suggested you give your old hall, a friends name and address to send your cards to if you move congregations. We are moving soon and would like to disappear. Would they check that youd given them the new secetarys name and address
Do you think this is possible.
I think it's well worth trying.
If you tell the secretary you've been to your new hall and this is their secretary's name and address, 99 out of 100 will accept it and post the cards without question. Not only will you get your cards, but you'll also get to read the old secretary's coverning letter, in which he tells the new congregation what the body of elders really think of you, which might easily be libellous. This should be kept as it could be be useful in the future if they ever started giving you any hassle about wanting to d/f or d/a you, etc!!
Of course, you might be unlucky and have some smartass secretary who'll ring Brooklyn for confirmation of the new secretary's address...
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
Reading through my original post today reminds me of another point that was in my notes but which I forgot to type up.
Under the heading Implications for judicial files, I wrote:
What about the Society's position? The Service Department policy is not to destroy any judicial records, even when the subject dies. But if a person is disfellowshipped or disassociated, they are obviously not part of the religion, and the Service Department (or whoever is the nominated 'data controller') therefore commits the same criminal offences.
There is an interesting angle here: what about the situation where a publisher has been the subject of judicial action, say disfellowshipped then reinstated, then a few years later decides to 'fade'? Unlike one who is d/f or d/a and stays out, it is not obvious that the 'fader' is no longer part of the religion. (A necessity imposed by WT's cruel and inhumane shunning policies which clearly breach the human rights of those who leave: but that's another thread!)
The question then arises, for how long should this publisher's judicial records be kept? If, indeed, there is any justification whatsoever for keeping these records at all?
It seems to me that there are only two possible solutions:
It seems WT has hoist itself on its own petard!
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
DB74,
I work in employment law and there is a cross over between employment and data protection...
I understand it was because of the Economic League that the unions put pressure on Labour to introduce DPA 1998.
I'd be most interested in anything you found out. Thanks.
Tijkmo,
surely then anyone who wants to leave the org must you'd think be extended that same courtesy
Courtesy (especially towards Babylon the Great--the harlot's one thing, but not the wild beast!!) has never played a large part in WT's game plan...
An excellent point though, it's yet another example of WT hypocrisy.
joyzabel's post on a recent thread, and my response to it, prompted an idea which i thought merited a new topic regarding the congregation's publisher record card and someone who's trying to do the 'fade.
' however, before you read a long post, i must emphasise i have no professional expertise in this area, it is simply an idea that came to me, and i would appreciate any constructive criticism.
first though, a little background...
Thanks Englishman!
