After a
month, the webpage is not updated. The chair communicates with the director via e-mail and orally before the
director can read the e-mail. The blame is placed on the GA, and the chair threatens to withhold his graduate
assistantship for the summer if changes are not made by the end of the day. This exchange puts the director,
the GA, and the webmaster into fast-paced action. As the story unfolds, the webmaster had received but never
updated/uploaded the webpage. The visible chair used performatory authority (based on position) instead of
epistemic authority (based on knowledge). Part of the requested/demanded update is to change the chair's title
from interim chair to chair. Even though the title is accorded socially and professionally, it must be verified to
cultivate space for all to know