May 24, 2000

To: Ellyn Ruthstrom [eruthstr@mail.lesley.edu]

From: Kris Roehling [KrisR@BiNetUSA.org]
National Coordinator (Secretary/Treasurer), BiNet USA

Thank you for your inquiry about BiNet USA's position on the Millennium
March on Washington.

While BiNet USA leaders and advisors have been involved in the Ad Hoc
Committee for an Open Process and have communicated more directly with the
MMOW Board, BiNet USA's official decisions have been made through consensus
and have remained unchanged since November 1998.   Below you will find the
two decisions that were reached by BiNet USA members and leaders.   If you
have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.

April 1998, Annual Meeting, Boston
Through a process of consensus among its members, BiNet USA neither endorses
nor opposes the Millennium March on Washington. BiNet USA leaders are
charged with continuing to engage and challenge the MMOW leadership to open
their process.  After this engagement, Leaders are empowered to review this
decision when they meet later this year and to modify or reverse this
decision if they see significant changes in the process.


November 1998, Leadership Retreat, Chicago
Through a process of consensus among its leadership, BiNet USA maintains its
stand to neither endorse nor oppose the Millennium March on Washington.
BiNet USA leaders have not seen significant changes to the decision-making
processes nor to the platform of the march. BiNet USA supports the efforts
of the Ad Hoc Committee for an Open Process and believes there is a need for
Bi visibility and education regarding this event.  However, the organization
does not have the bandwidth to dedicate resources to such efforts.
Volunteers who wish to organize educational actions regarding the concerns
will be supported.

BiNet USA is national network of Bisexual people working for the equal
rights and liberation of bisexuals, to eradicate all forms oppression, to
serve as a clearinghouse for information regarding bisexuality and to
facilitate bisexual community and visibility.  BiNet USA works on a
consensus-based model of decision making.

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