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SUBJECT: MUFON REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER FILE: UFO2456
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Donald M. Ware was MUFON's Eastern Regional Director. (MUFON State
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Directors, who report to the Regional Director, are in charge of a
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particular state and have Assistant State Directors reporting to them.
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In some larger areas the heirarchy has an extra level or two. The
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Eastern Region is composed of the states: ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY,
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PA, NJ, DE, MD, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, PR, AND VI.)
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Here's the announcement:
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REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER
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The MUFON Board of Directors has the authority to elect people
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to the Board through a mail ballot. Conversely, the same authority may
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be applied to the removal of present Board members who continually defy
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the corporate goals and objectives of the Mutual UFO Network to the
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detriment of MUFON's scientific credibility. In an unprecedented
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election, Donald M. Ware was voted to be removed from the Board
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effective June 1, 1993. This action stemmed from continued advisory
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statements by members of the Executive Committee to Don that he refrain
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from mailing books to Board members and Eastern Regional State Directors
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espousing "channeling" philosophies and techniques over a two-year
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period.
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As a result of Mr. Ware's fascination with channeling as a means
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of communicating with aliens or entities, he invited Dr. Norma
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Milanovich, a professed channeler, to attend the closed MUFON
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"Face-to-Face" meeting in Albuquerque, NM in July 1992 and allowed her
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to read her channeled answers to the questions posed for discussion by
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the participants. Much to the shock and dismay of MUFON officers
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attending, Dr. Milanovich read the answers from a computer print-out
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which she claims was obtained from "Master Kuthumi" during a 33-minute
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period the previous night.
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Walter Andrus gave Donald Ware an opportunity to resign from the
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Board. After he refused to resign, a vote by the Board of Directors was
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felt to be the fairest way of determining his status. Since it has taken
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25 years to establish MUFON's scientific credibility, it seems unwise to
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allow one individual's unscientific interests to be taken as
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representative of those of MUFON. The results from the mail ballot are
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as follows: 15 (65.2%) voted yes to remove; four (17.4%) voted no to
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removal, and four directors abstained as the third choice.
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MUFON is indebted to Don for the outstanding job he performed as
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a Field Investigator, State Section Director, State Director and later
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as MUFON's Eastern Regional Director. Any member of MUFON may study any
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of the fringe aspects of Ufology such as channeling and the New Age
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concepts, however, MUFON does not endorse these fringe aspects and is
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strictly against any member's attempt to proselytize other MUFON
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members. Channelers have produced no scientific evidence, thus far, that
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is applicable to resolving the UFO phenomenon. The removal of Mr. Ware
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from the Board was a difficult and painful decision and he will be
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sorely missed.
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Eastern Region State Directors should discontinue sending UFO
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sighting reports to Mr. Ware and instead mail them to Jerold "Ron"
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Johnson, MUFON Deputy Director of Investigations, 12700 Silver Creek,
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Austin, TX 78727, until such time as a new Eastern Regional Director is
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elected.
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Mutual UFO Network UFO Journal, Number 303, July 1993, Copyright 1993 by
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the Mutual UFO Network, 103 Oldtowne Rd., Sequin, Texas 78155, published
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monthly with a membership/subscription rate of $25/yr.
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