On 30/09/2007, Marc Riddell
<michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Charles, take an honest look at the culture you
are involved in here. The
greatest problems this Project must confront in the coming year are the
state of its internal structure, and the dysfunctional interactions of its
people.
on 9/30/07 1:12 PM, David Gerard at dgerard(a)gmail.com wrote:
That is, however, quite different from assuming
problems are the
product of conspiracy. And attempting to deal with the problem by
assuming it to be the product of conspiracy will only lead to a
witchhunt when obvious conspirators could not be nailed with evidence
rather than mere repetition of conjecture. I submit that this would be
counterproductive.
David,
The first priority must be to identify the problems - and to solve them.
Once this is done, preventing them from reoccurring would involve
identifying the original causes. To debate now whether a conspiracy was
involved would be a waste of time and energy, and a negative diversion from
the real task at hand.
Personally, I don't believe a true "conspiracy" has been involved here. It
is people being people, and being allowed to act out without sufficient,
effective, responsible checks and balances.
Marc