There is another good old Iowa expression that says "Never mud-wrestle a pig. You just get dirty and the pig likes it". The point being is that the effort may only be worthwhile if anyone thinks there is a snow-balls chance in hell that the EU or China politicians will admit to being wrong. I can't see it happening. Doug Pauls "Stadem, Richard D." <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 04/30/2007 04:02 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to "Stadem, Richard D." <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Re: [TN] [LF] RoHS/WEEE Directives - Your Opportunity to be Heard Thanks, Joe. Here is a better quote to address the situation: 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing'. -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joe Fjelstad Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:56 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] [LF] RoHS/WEEE Directives - Your Opportunity to be Heard Industry colleagues: If the input reflects all of the pain the electronics industry has needlessly endured over the last several years with this, now proven to be not environmentally friendly, fiasco called lead-free, one can only hope that any anticipated outcry will not fall on deaf ears. While this type of request has been too long a time in coming, in my opinion, it is nevertheless better to address and correct this significant error in judgement late, than never. Along with others who have sent me private responses to this message, I encourage and trust that everyone will respond to the EU's request, at least as individuals, if not for their companies. Given that confidentiality is promised, there seems to be no impediment to speaking clearly and openly. May 25th is nearer at hand than we might want to admit to ourselves. I don't want to sound overly dramatic here but the following comment Ben Franklin made at the signing of the declaration of independence came of mind as I was writing: "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Best wishes, Joe ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------