Posted by spoc on June 10, 2004, at 5:39:34
In reply to Re: supervision and detention area, posted by Dr. Bob on June 10, 2004, at 3:19:54
> > Other participants have suggested that additional resources, perhaps including appropriately skilled external professional assistance or supervision, may enable improved administration of the site.
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> > rosmarin
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> It's hard to argue against assistance, but I wonder if another issue here is that I may seem to do whatever I want, while posters are subject to my "supervision". If I had to report to someone, too, then it might feel more fair or something?<<<<< My feeling isn't that people just lament someone having too much freedom. I think it is *only* about doing right by people, not a freestanding desire for its own sake to see everyone else supervised just because they are.
Still, it could of course be true that some may see more fairness in you having "supervision" too. But I don't think anyone has expressed that they'd like to see you "answer" to someone else -- it is your board after all! I think it's only been said that qualified volunteer(s) could serve the purposes of offsetting the role time shortages are reported to play in fairness; in assisting objectivity by providing other opinions and pointing out any developing patterns that look like favoritism or the opposite; that kind of thing. Maybe a person or persons who fill you in on things you may have missed due to lack of time, that create the appearance of any inequity; and in general, present angles on things you hadn't thought of. Just like the important support people who work for any owner/boss of an entity, who at some point can't do it all himself or conceive of all valid issues himself.
I really do think we are like a small, isolated village far far away from the rest of civilization, which has come to think of things as impossible to achieve or change that are in reality fully (and efficiently/economically) achievable. Our vision may get limited and our acceptance of things too quick and broad, due to rarely looking outside the boundaries of the village anymore.
If none of us had ever heard of Babble or some other large entity with one person (part-time?) to manage it; and we were asked survey questions about whether the point is valid that there is *no way* assistance or logical means of improvement could possibly be implemented by this one person who is trying to do it all, I'd think many of us would answer Oh come on, delegate. Oh come on, it's not sound reasoning that nothing can be done/nothing is available to you. But we are far removed from and hypnotized away from that objectivity now.
Thanks for clarifying in a thread above that you do indeed welcome discussion, including those of natures going on in the vicinity now. I feel bad at the thought of people being afraid that it is all a hassle that could lead to throwing in of the towel. In life in general, some find it easier to defer/demur blanketly, others only feel comfortable if they see that deference "earned" consistently, and inclusive of seemingly crucial basic principles, even if they arise infrequently on the whole. None of us should ever rise above that, or expect to, and when it does happen it has its own known potential for problems.
Bottom line, it is equally upsetting for some to remain silent over what they see as humanitarian issues, as it is for others to witness debates and worry about their possible outcomes. But we are all following our hearts and minds, and hopefully will respect each other for that, even when the other view/approach makes us uneasy. :- )
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