Removal of member

[Guest guest]

Having Dave McTeague on the list serve is an asset.

You have publicly reprimanded him. If Dave agrees not

to forward any more emails, he should be allowed to

stay on the list serve.

DeSiena

--- " Chelsea , DC " <chirochels@...>

wrote:

> Hello Dr. Freeman,

>

> I do not believe the intent was malicious at all. I

> believe that your email was forwared to those on the

> Safety Seed Panel which I am a member of as well as

> Dr. Gatterman. Maybe it was irresposible not to

> mention that the information should have been kept

> private. In my experience with the panel Dave

> McTeague has been very professional and extremely

> helpful.

>

> Thank you,

> Chelsea , DC

> Sandy, OR & WSCC OPC

>

>

> Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:09:03 -0800

> From: " Dr. Freeman "

> <drmfreeman@...>

> Subject: Listserve member removed for forwarding

> e-mail

>

> Docs,

> I am sorry to relate to you that I have had to

> remove an OregonDCs listserve

> member for forwarding an e-mail. I am even more

> sorry to tell you that the

> forwarded e-mail was one of mine, and that there may

> have been some

> malicious intent behind the forwarding. Some of you

> may recall that I wrote

> to the e-list about a malpractice case in which

> Steve Foreman DC was

> testifying for the defense. I wrote what his

> deposition testimony was

> regarding the standard of care in the case, although

> I did not specify which

> case I was talking about.

> Dave McTeague, the Executive Director of the Oregon

> Board of Chiropractic

> Examiners, who became a member of the OregonDCs

> e-list by special vote of

> the membership when the list was first formed in

> 1999, took it upon himself

> to forward the e-mail to 8 additional people,

> including at least one non-DC.

> Included in the list was former Oregon chiropractor

> Dr. Meridel Gatterman.

> Dr. Gatterman forwarded the e-mail to Steve Foreman,

> and he in turn sent it

> to the lawyer who is defending the case that is

> still in progress. The

> defense has now tried to introduce my e-mail to the

> trial for whatever

> reason.

> I am not concerned about the effect on the trial or

> the case, as I wrote

> about the case and Dr. Foreman's opinions

> truthfully. What concerns me is

> the fact that the Executive Director of the OBCE may

> have an agenda that he

> is pursuing by sharing what Oregon licentiates have

> been posting to each

> other with people who are not on the e-list despite

> the warning at the

> bottom of every OregonDCs e-mail that it is against

> the rules of the

> listserve to do so. My post was intended to prompt

> discussion about standard

> of care issues between colleagues; it was twisted

> into an opportunity to

> perhaps win brownie points with people who are

> unaffiliated with the

> listserve, or for some other motive. What is clear

> is that Mr. McTeague had

> to know that it was against the rules of the

> listserve to do what he did.

> I have come across other instances in which an

> e-mail was forwarded, but I

> have not seen it done knowingly or maliciously and

> have never had to remove

> a member for misconduct. Mr. McTeague has been

> removed from the OregonDCs

> roster because of this incident for the present

> time. Because this incident

> involves my own post and has come back to me in a

> way that I had not

> expected or desired (I didn't name the plaintiff or

> the defendants in the

> case to maintain their privacy) I don't think that I

> can be as objective as

> I might. I admit that I feel both angered and

> betrayed, as I had imagined

> that I got along fairly well with Dave in the past.

> Thus, if anyone thinks

> that he should be reinstated and that it was all

> just a misunderstanding,

> then please write to me personally.

> On the other hand, we all were paying Dave

> McTeague's salary at the time

> that he was doing something that he knew he

> shouldn't. Should the OBCE

> members be alerted to this?

> Please let me know your thoughts.

>

>

> D Freeman

>

>

>

>

Dr. DeSiena, D.C.

Washington Street Chiropractic Center, L.L.C.

771 Washington Street

Eugene, OR 97401

(541) 686-BACK (2225)

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