Kevin Langdon, P.O. Box 795, Berkeley, CA 94701; June 28,
1994
To the TNS Executive Committee:
First of all, please note that I have returned to California and am
once again at P.O. Box 795.
I vote yes on motions 1, 2, and 3 in the March ExCom memo
and no on motion number 4. Barring someone from TNS membership
for life doesn't set a good precedent; let's let Zaslove rejoin
and then expell him. I vote no on the motion in the June ExCom
memo--that is, I am in favor of the IQarus Group hosting the 1994
TNS Annual Meeting. Yes, we have no bananas.
Has anyone else noticed the uncanny resemblance between
Time's alteration of O.J. Simpson's booking photo (for which the
magazine was roundly castigated and for which it apologized) and
Clint Williams' treatment of Kent Shultz' prison I.D. photo?
The person who wrote that TNS could be liable if Kent
Shultz was released from prison and committed another crime was
Paul Maxim. It was a dumb idea, but Paul was not guilty of moral
cowardice--this notion was contained in a letter to Pat Thomas
that was labeled "not for publication" in its entirety.
This was poor judgement on Pat's part. Those who participate in
the exchanges in these pages deserve to know the origin of the
material that's included, so what's not for publication with attribution
should not be for publication at all.
I would like to clarify something about which some people seem to
be confused. While the LAIT is no longer being scored, LAIT
score reports have only been issued to those who submitted answer
sheets before release of the answers (answers for items contained
in the LSFIT have already been released; those to the remaining
LAIT items will be released shortly). Therefore, LAIT scores
contained in official score reports are still valid and should still be
accepted for admission to those societies making use of this test for
that purpose.
Polymath Systems' new test, the Stratospheric Test of Attention in
Reasoning, is scheduled for release this summer.
[The test in question has been renamed. The State of California
uses an educational assessment test called the STAR.]
TNS seems to be very inconsistent in placing ads in the Mensa
Bulletin. This is our best source of recruitment; I would like to
see an ad at least every other month. (And don't forget to include
the LAIT as one of the tests we accept.)
Mr. Kyung-Gi (Ted) Kim [address omitted] has mentioned to
me that he was dropped from the TNS mailing list some time ago,
despite being a paid-up member, and that his inquiries have gone
unanswered. Also, Mr. Otter G'Zell [address omitted] has
requested information on TNS. Bob, could you look into this?