The following e-mail was sent to all ABC groups not exactly one hour ago, but instead 84 minutes ago, and has so far stirred some consternation among prickly group members.

kjh———- Forwarded message ———-

From: [redacted]

Date: Jan 29, 2007 11:10 PM

Subject: [ABC] ABC Information Needed ASAP

To: abc_clubs@columbia.edu

Dear ABC Clubs,

In an effort increase our database of information and knowledge, we would like each ABC recognized club to write a succinct description of their organization, describing what the club does and what kind of roles it fulfills on campus.  We would also like each club to provide the total number of people in the group.  Please email this

information to [redacted] no later than 11:59 pm on Friday February 2nd.  If we do not receive any information from your organization, there will be an investigation of your group’s activity on campus.  Thank you for your

understanding and we look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Allison Fortune

ABC Secretary

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ABC president Keith Hernandez had this to say on the subject:

“ABC, in an attempt to continuously enhance our services, is requesting information from groups so that we can ease communication, better our archiving of group information, and put this new information on a soon to be released new website.  If groups do not respond to the ABC request, we will then seek out the information through personal emails to the group leaders.  If they do not respond to those, then we will consult with SDA on getting a description.  Suffice to say, not having a description from a group really hampers ABC in our ability to serve the group.”