Re: JWSR proposal

Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:15:37 -0500 (EST)
wwagar@binghamton.edu

I am incredulous that so many people are willing to shackle JWSR
to Amazon.Com. Let the nose of the corporate camel into your tent, and
you will suffer the consequences. This is an absolutely unacceptable
proposal. If JWSR needs money, then we must all be asked to "subscribe"
to the Journal, with a sliding scale of contributions based on personal or
family income. In my department at Binghamton, we raise an annual hosting
fund in just this way. Professors pay $100, Associate Professors $75, and
so on down the line. 90% of the faculty pay up, most without grumbling.

The people united will never be defeated.

W. Warren Wagar
History Department
SUNY Binghamton