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"The Officers of the Union are the President, the General Secretary, the President-Elect, and the Assistant General Secretary. The Officers decide short-term policy issues within the general policies of the Union as decided by the General Assembly and interpreted by the Executive Committee."
The job of the Executive Committee is to interpret policy, not to decide it.
I'm late to this, but this amendment to the Code of Conduct by the IAU
is completely unacceptable and must be rescinded. At the very least it's muddled; at worst it protects those who have committed harassment.
Is refusing to work with a known harasser now an offence?
Note that the email going round states in connection with this change that "The Executive Committee modified further details in the Code of Conduct." This is not within the scope of the Executive Committee as defined by statute 18:
Scott Trager nieuwe wetenschappelijk directeur van NOVA. https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/scott-trager-nieuwe-wetenschappelijk-directeur-van-nova-3819
Gefeliciteerd! @SCTrager
Texas teen at the supermarket accidentally opens the door to the wrong car. She’s shot.
Kansas City teen goes to get his little brothers and accidentally rings the doorbell of the wrong house. He’s shot.
Car full of teenagers looking for a party accidentally turns into the wrong driveway. They’re shot.
OH dad mistakes 16-y-o daughter for an intruder, shoots her. She died.
These stories happen every day in America and school security or mental health access won't solve them. Only #GunControl.
Now we know it’s true. Twitter has downplayed discussions surrounding the war in #Ukraine.
I suspected that there had been some sort of silencing of Ukrainian voices and I was right.
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