Roy E. Disney dies - OrlandoSentinel.com
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Roy E. Disney dies - OrlandoSentinel.com
ロイとアイズナーの在りし日。
abuf:
どうしてこうなったw
ak47:
Sad!!!
悲しいニュース。ロイ・O・ディズニー（ウォルト・ディズニーの兄）の息子、いままで精力的に「ディズニー色」を保つことに注力していたロイ・E・ディズニー氏が12月16日、逝去したというニュースが入ってきました。各ディズニー系メディアおよびTwitterアカウントで第1報が流れています。 We Say a Fond Farewell to Roy D23 ｜ The Official…
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政権としては基礎科学の研究者がよもや予算を削られたぐらいで国外に逃亡するわけがないと思っているということなんですね。
もちろんご同業の皆様なら常識かと思いますが、日本では日本人ですらラボを構えて独立するのは極めて優秀な人であっても至難の業だというのに、アメリカでは外国人たる日本人であってもラボを構えて独立することができる、という事実がどうも現政権には理解されていないようですね
” — 行政刷新担当相曰く「日本の研究者がアメリカに逃げたところで、アメリカで採用されるわけがない」：現政権は研究者が容易に国外逃亡しうるという事実を理解していない - 大「脳」洋航海記 (via otsune) (via ttrace) (via vmconverter) (via harunoriyukamu) (via pdl2h)
ak47:
Kagoya
2003年、マイケル・アイズナーの確執でロイが作ったサイト「savedisney.com」のアーカイブ。
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November 30, 2003
Mr. Michael D. Eisner, Chairman
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521
Dear Michael:
It is with deep sadness and regret that I send you this letter of resignation from the Walt Disney Company, both as Chairman of the Feature Animation Division and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
You well know that you and I have had serious differences of opinion about the direction and style of management in the Company in recent years. For whatever reason, you have driven a wedge between me and those I work with even to the extent of requiring some of my associates to report my conversations and activities back to you. I find this intolerable.
Finally, you discussed with the Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors its decision to leave my name off the slate of directors to be elected in the coming year, effectively muzzling my voice on the Board – much as you did with Andrea Van de Kamp last year.
Michael, I believe your conduct has resulted from my clear and unambiguous statements to you and to the Board of Directors that after 19 years at the helm you are no longer the best person to run the Walt Disney Company. You had a very successful first 10- plus years at the Company in partnership with Frank Wells, for which I salute you. But, since Frank’s untimely death in 1994, the Company has lost its focus, its creative energy, and its heritage.
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November 30, 2003
Page 2
As I have said, and as Stanley Gold has documented in letters to you and other members of the Board, this Company, under your leadership has failed during the last seven years in many ways:
1. The failure to bring back ABC Prime Time from the ratings abyss it has been in for years and your inability to program successfully the ABC Family Channel. Both of these failures have had, and I believe will continue to have, significant adverse impact on shareholder value.
2. Your consistent micro-management of everyone around you with the resulting loss of morale throughout this Company.
3. The timidity of your investments in our theme park business. At Disney’s California Adventure, Paris, and now in Hong Kong, you have tried to build parks “on the cheap” and they show it and the attendance figures reflect it.
4. The perception by all of our stakeholders – consumers, investors, employees, distributors and suppliers — that the Company is rapacious, soul-less, and always looking for the “quick buck” rather than long-term value which is leading to a loss of public trust.
5. The creative brain drain of the last several years, which is real and continuing, and damages our Company with the loss of every talented employee.
6. Your failure to establish and build constructive relationships with creative partners, especially Pixar, Miramax, and the cable companies distributing our products.
7. Your consistent refusal to establish a clear succession plan.
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November 30, 2003
Page 3
In conclusion, Michael, it is my sincere belief that it is you who should be leaving and not me. Accordingly, I once again call for your resignation or retirement. The Walt Disney Company deserves fresh, energetic leadership at this challenging time in its history just as it did in 1984 when I headed a restructuring which resulted in your recruitment to the Company.
I have and will always have an enormous allegiance and respect for this Company, founded by my uncle, Walt, and father, Roy, and to our faithful employees and loyal stockholders. I don’t know if you and other directors can comprehend how painful it is for me and the extended Disney family to arrive at this decision.
In accordance with Item 6 of Form 8-K and Item 7 of Schedule 14A, I request that you disclose this letter and that you file a copy of this letter as an exhibit to a Company Form 8-K.
With sincere regret,
cc: Board of Directors
ロイがアイズナーあてに送った公開書簡の原文。
http://web.archive.org/web/20031210060511/http://savedisney.com/RED%20Letter%20of%20Resignation%2011%2030%2003.pdf
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