We used the power of publishing to take down the Speech-to-Text Institute and get a town hall meeting out of Stenograph. I would argue that same publishing arguably led to this moment and countless others.
To my fellow court reporters,
I know my methods are unorthodox. But we are in an asymmetrical situation where the powers that be have centralized power (money). We too have power, but it is decentralized and easier for us to be ignored or misrepresented. Surprise, that’s exactly what happens, and often.
I’d ask for funding from the community again. It centralizes our power. And now anyone with eyes or a screen reader can see the impact that has.
I stand by what I said yesterday.
You will triumph.
You are special.
And if there is a way to heal a hurt soul, we should.
To the powers that be,
Your obsession with short-term gains will never stand up to the enduring principles we espouse. We love each other the way you love your money.
To our departing president,
It’s not what I really wanted. But I suppose I was naive. How often in life do we really get what we want?
I can’t help but feel you were a victim of the STTI Bloc’s fraud. Big money said jump and it made sense to jump. Perhaps I would’ve done the same in another time, place, and set of circumstances.
I made a promise to myself I’d bury an axe to build a bridge.
I could not do this before. But the time has come.
I wish you success and good fortune.
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The wording of that email indicates that he was asked to leave. They have a different format for when someone leaves voluntarily. Look at the announcements from when John or Jeremy left.
This is likely true. I was using a euphemism in the title.
will not be surprised if he does not pop up somewhere else in the steno community.
Honestly wouldn’t be so bad if we had a few business folks on our side. At most we got the small businesses who understand how all this’ll impact theirs.
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