On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:42:20 -0000, Carl R. Stevenson wrote:

Actually, outlining some experience/qualifications to render a view lends
a certain degree of credibility to comments. It also helps to establish
one's status as an "interested party" in the legal sense.

And, as I know full well, sometimes it is legally required to
disclose one's background and present status to avoid claims of
"conflict of interest" based on present or past associations with
the matter or the agency.

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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane