From lojbab@lojban.org Thu Jul 25 13:25:45 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 25 Jul 2002 20:25:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 11290 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2002 20:25:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Jul 2002 20:25:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao01.cox.net) (68.1.17.244) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 20:25:44 -0000 Received: from lojban.lojban.org ([68.100.206.153]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.05 201-253-122-122-105-20011231) with ESMTP id <20020725202542.KGHA29627.lakemtao01.cox.net@lojban.lojban.org> for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:25:42 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020725161353.033be550@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: rlechevalier@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:18:23 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] to-do list (was Re: New Members, Board of Directors, other LogFest results) In-Reply-To: <20020725181749.GZ17369@chain.digitalkingdom.org> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020725033153.0342dc80@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723195058.030913c0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723025544.032cba90@pop.east.cox.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010730221611.00b10c00@pop.cais.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723025544.032cba90@pop.east.cox.net> <20020723103956.E28971@miranda.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20020723195058.030913c0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020724122649.032e7ec0@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020724195628.032f4c80@pop.east.cox.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020725033153.0342dc80@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Robert LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 11:17 AM 7/25/02 -0700, you wrote: >Giving official priority to something costs you nothing. Just because >you have given official priority to something does *not* mean you have >to do it! > >I'm curious: have you ever just considered saying, "Well, we were going >to do *foo*, but the person who was going to do it didn't. So it didn't >get done. Anyone else want it?". I have done it, but rarely, because the comment is implicitly critical of the original volunteer. The example that comes most to mind is that before you, the web site redesign had been delegated to a committee with xod and Dave Twery. Nothing was done, and part of the problem turned out to be that the two of them couldn't communicate - neither of them got each others' email for some reason (Twery has had unusually poor lick with ISPs). I have a poor sense for how long a wait is "long enough" when people have gone away without a word and coming back a year later, suddenly bursting out in productivity. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org