Hi.
Sorry I haven't been able to send this sooner, but I've either been out of
the country or having my co-lo box rebuilt
(http://use.perl.org/~2shortplanks/journal/.)
And because of this my keep of of the list has been a bit sketchy - so
apologies if I'm saying something that has been said or asked before.
First off, do you have an email address I can get hold of you on? Or
should I continue to mail you on list?
Okay. Now the real question: How do you plan to deal with unexpected
events that can't be delegated that require a clear answer? For example,
this month we needed a clear decision if we should go to the Three Cups on
the 13th or not. We could have debated it onlist ad-infinitum, but we didn't
seem to really be reaching a consensus if we should move it to a Friday,
have it on the Thursday somewhere else or move the date to the 13th. And
not everybody that had a view could have possibly spoke - we didn't want
thirty people emailing the list with their opinions and reasons.
Of course, you may answer this as "That would be for the social
minster(ess) to organise" which would be a fine answer for that
particular predicament. But what about for the truly unseen event?
Something that you haven't delegated anyone to deal with?
Would you agree with me that sometimes its more important that we have a
clear decision, no matter what that decision is, than to debate a
decision? And if so, who would a vote for you empower to make such a
decision?
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to reading your reply.
Mark Fowler.
--
"This is where my sig would be if some -ing cracker
hadn't -ing broke my box"
-- with apologies to Mr Tulip and Mr Pratchett
