| Deleting Dorothy by Steve Harry
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| I created the MERS Intranet, MERS' internal
website, long before we moved to the new building, and I was responsible for
maintaining it until I retired in May 2004. On many occasions, I also served as
the staff photographer. The Open House for MERS’ new building was June 11, 2002
and Ron Beaton told me Anne Wagner wanted me to take pictures. A professional photographer had
been hired, but he was going to be there only from 3:00-6:00, and the Open House
was from 3:00-8:00. Also, Anne wanted some “casual” pictures. So I took about 30
pictures. When I had them developed, I also got them put on a CD, and I gave the
CD to Shelly McMahon so she could add them to the Photo Gallery page on the
Intranet. On June 24, Ron came to me and said that from now on, Anne did not want anything put on the Intranet without her approval. He said this came up because she didn’t want the pictures of Dorothy Stevens and Gordon Linsday, the former MERS executive directors, on the Intranet. Ron gave no further explanation. He said he had already had them removed. We can only speculate about Anne’s motive. Did she want to be Executive Director for Life, and felt that the memory of past directors would detract from her magnificence? Keep in mind that the Intranet is seen only by MERS employees (and whatever consultants have access to our network). Maybe she didn’t realize this. Here is the picture of Dorothy and here is Gordon, along with MERS actuary Alan Sonnanstine and board member Dennis Murphy.
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