Re: [lojban] Re: New Members, Board of Directors, other LogFest results

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Bob LeChevalier wrote:

> At 11:29 AM 7/25/02 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 05:21:17AM -0400, Robert LeChevalier wrote:
> > > > > Meanwhile I have to admit that being responsible ONLY for business
> > > > > matters, while keeping the organization running, quite thoroughly
> > > > > saps my motivation to do other stuff that needs to be done and
> > > > > that I want to do.
> > > >
> > > >I am honestly deeply sorry to hear that.
> > >
> > > It's been said at many LogFests.  But the bottom line is that the
> > > grunge work has to be done by someone.
> >
> >Would you even accept a volunteer to take that over at this point?
> >Would it even be *possible* for someone else to do it?
>
> Nora has been skeptical that SHE could do it, and she lives here.  I think
> that someone local could transition to doing it, having access to me to
> answer the inevitable questions.  Out of area, I have been skeptical
> because too much of my record keeping BACKUP is on paper, and the backup is
> what is needed when the inevitable questions arise.  There is a hump that
> would have to be overcome in automating/modernizing my "system", and after
> that, it would not necessarily need to be local anymore.  Non-local, I
> think it would take someone with even your intensity quite a while to
> overcome the hump unless it was done by massively throwing things out (as
> in everything from before CLL) and not worrying about them (which I
> considered and rejected, after Cowan suggested it).



What sort of issues linger on from so long ago?



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the horror of a nuclear war. "Why should we worry about this?" she said
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