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[Ross Rader]

Ross Rader wrote:
> I understand that Bret has pulled one of the recordings because of legal 
> concerns raised by a person or persons on the second call.

I stand corrected. Bret informs me that he pulled the second recording 
at the request of someone on the second call - Bret's explains it better 
(quoted with his permission)...

> Ross, just to clarify the point you made on the registrar list, I pulled
> the second recording as a courtesy to one of your colleagues. California
> law only prevents the recording of "confidential communications." Under
> the legal definition, a confidential communication "excludes a
> communication made in a public gathering or in any legislative,
> judicial, executive or administrative proceeding open to the public, or
> in any other circumstance in which the parties to the communication may
> reasonably expect that the communication may be overheard or recorded."
> I have complete confidence that my recording was legal. I don't want to
> make anyone uncomfortable though, so I pulled the second recording after
> receiving a polite request to do so -- no legal concerns were raised by
> the person who asked. 

-ross