22nd June 2000
Dear Ms McAllister
I am in receipt of your letter dated 14th June 2000 by which you tendered your resignation as Director of Offshore Gaming effective 16th June 2000.
Despite its date of 14th June, your letter was faxed to my office at six
minutes past seven o'clock on the evening of 16th June; the original was
received on 19th June. Prior to all this, the letter of resignation was
posted on the Internet. To say the least, this was a most inappropriate
manner in which to tender a resignation.
Your resignation letter points to the fact that you are, in your own
words, "out of step with the industry and the government" and suggests that
only the way proposed by you for regulating the industry could result in "a
never before experienced form of regulation of the industry that would set
the standard eventually for the world." This shows a remarkable confidence
in your own views to the exclusion of the opinions of virtually anyone else
involved in the industry's regulation. It also suggests that you are not a
team-player; a characteristic required for the success of any venture.
In the circumstances, it is right that you should resign since your
belief in the supremacist nature of your own views would be in constant
conflict with everyone else who is trying to establish a properly regulated
framework for e-commerce in Antigua and Barbuda. In this regard, I accept
your resignation and wish you good fortune in your future endeavors.
Yours sincerely,
Lester B. Bird
Prime Minister
cc: COS, Hon Senator Asot Michael
PS, Mrs. Agnes James