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Lon Weffers <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 May 2000 09:02:36 +0200
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Are you frustrated or what? Don't mind if I say that this isn't an issue for
Technet.
Work things out whith your employer.

Lon

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]namens David Douthit
> Verzonden: zaterdag 20 mei 2000 7:22
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: [TN] Bad Day at Black Rock
>
>
> On May 17th I was scheduled to present a paper titled “Conformal
> Coatings and Harsh Environments” at the Fourth Joint DoD/FAA/NASA
> Conference on Aging Aircraft.
>
> On Tuesday morning May 16th I was informed by my current employer that
> not only was
> I not going to be allowed to present the paper but that I was not to
> discuss the contents of this paper with anyone. The reason given was it
> was a possible “Conflict Of Interest” (COI).
>
> This paper represents over 7 years of research (4 years while working
> for my current employer) and first hand experience (gained while working
> for a previous employer).
> All of the research work was done on my own time and at my own expense.
> I have made 5 previous presentations on this subject and have been
> published twice.
> My current employer was aware of this previous activity and was also
> aware of the May 17th
> presentation months ahead of time.
>
> The presentation was stopped by one person who is located 2000 miles and
> 2 divisions away from my current working area (my current job has
> absolutely nothing to do with anything contained in the paper). During a
> conversation I had with this person I was informed he did not agree with
> certain parts of my paper but other areas had merit. This is the reason
> he stopped the paper.
>
> The most painful moment of my professional career was telling a room
> full of my fellow professionals at the conference, that after 7 years
> plus thousands of hours and dollars of my own time and money, I could
> not talk to them!
>
> I consider the decision of this one individual to stop the presentation
> and publication of my paper an insult to the technical paper selection
> committees for the SAE AEMR98 conference, the APEX2000 conference (Jack
> Crawford!! I hope you are listening. You are about to get a very
> interesting phone call!), the Aging Aircraft Conference, and the
> Binghamton University Developments in Advanced Packaging Reliability
> Symposium (for which I was selected to be one of instructors July
> 31st-August 2nd). I do not believe I will be allowed to attend this
> symposium!
>
> A bigger insult is to you, my fellow professionals. It denies you the
> opportunity to review, discuss, and critique my work because one person
> does not agree with some of the issues in my paper. But the biggest
> danger is the insult to the entire conference process. The censoring of
> individual personal efforts dilutes the quality and lowers the quantity
> of useful information and ideas presented in these meetings.
>
> If this censorship continues I may be forced into the ludicrous position
> of being the only truck driver in the world writing papers and making
> presentations on electronic equipment reliability and contamination!
>
> Currently, no decision has been made as to whether or not a conflict of
> interest really exists (I don’t hold much hope for a favorable answer).
> I am not allowed to distribute copies of my own paper (even though it
> has been published by the IPC and is the public domain - I think??!!) I
> cannot communicate with anyone outside my company about the contents of
> this paper. I don’t even know if I will be allowed to continue the work
> I have been doing on three IPC committees. (Hello Jack! My company may
> want to review my efforts on the coating handbook committee for
> “Conflicts of Interest”!)
>
> The level of my frustration and anger is far beyond measure!
>
> Thank you letting me “vent my spleen”.
>
> David A. Douthit
>
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