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...would be okay if it was an organization just to have a good time, but when you have groups paying money to participate in IRC functions, it has got to be different," the member adds...
Wayne C. Forester '80, an IRC corporate member who resigned several weeks ago, explains that there "are factions on the board and lots of pressure was put on me." But Forester, who was U.N. chairman for the Special Political Committee on the Mideast Issue, says he still enjoys working on IRC-sponsored conferences. Other staffers echo his sentiments...
Martha G. Finnemore '81, another IRC board member, says the organization, up until recently, was split into two camps -- "the niceguy-organization view and the high-powered and ambitious view. A couple of weeks ago," Finnemore says, "I was upset enough to resign...
...IRC Treasurer Frank Escobar '79 says the organization isn't plagued by old problems -- a long step from five years ago, when corporate members were punished by the Administrative Board for alleged misallocation of funds. Escobar admits that the two factions are there, "but like every organization," he explains, "you have personalities and there's going to be tension whenever a new team comes...
Charles Norchi '79, newly-elected IRC president, dismisses these charges. The allegations were started "by someone who was trying to get on the corporate board" last year, he says...