Dear forum members, Primary objective of any association is to serve for developing and promoting the profession. Before making any objective for removing corruption, do we have any incidences of our associaitons being abused/charged for corruption? Second, some bias or personal liking is common phenomemnon in any association and it is not related to any corruption. The office bearers os association may like members of similar thinking as successors or some members may like the position for their visibility and contribution. This cannot be considered as corruption. Third, the associations need to have some linkages with politicians/Govt. authortities for fighting for justice to profession. In this process, some expenditure might occur to speed up the process and the members might have to contribute for the cause. This we cannot consider as corruption. Finally, corruption is purely personal, unless the person removes it from his/her heart, the association cannot do anything. Manjunatha ------------------------ Dr. Manjunatha K, Chief Librarian, T.A. PAI Management Institute, P.B. No. 9, Manipal - 576 104. Udupi Dist., Karnataka, India +91 0820-2701105 (off) / 2575161(Res) manjunath@tapmi.edu.in; manjunathak@gmail.com http://www.tapmi.edu.in -------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Vinod Kumar Mishra Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 1:52 PM To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in; iatul-l@lists.lrz-muenchen.de; nmlis@yahoogroups.com Subject: [LIS-Forum] Raise your voice against corruption Dear All, There are various associations in the specific disciplines like IASLIC, ILA, etc. Now i feel each association should make one major objective to remove corruption from their own profession. Now all the association members should raise their voices against corruption like peoples of Egypt, if they want any good revolution for the sake of their profession/human development/Country. With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra Senior Library Information Assistant Technical Processing Division P.K.Kelkar Library IIT Kanpur. Mob: 91+9198539740 email: vinod_librarian@rediffmail.com : mishravk79@gmail.com website: http://lishelp.grou.ps (HDLS) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.