Posted by Dinah on March 31, 2006, at 19:16:01
In reply to Re: Being charitable » Dinah, posted by special_k on March 31, 2006, at 19:00:27
He does care.
And to be fair to him, this was a consensus compromise from his original plan. So I guess you could say that we all did agree to this, in the sense that this was the compromise.
I guess I no longer think in terms of absolutes here. I think in terms of getting things as good as I can get them. Which would be this. And would be the xxxx'ng out of names in the post at the source of controversy now.
Except we really didn't know Dr. Bob didn't tell them.
And I really did tell him I thought it was unfair to announce it before the very end. I just accepted that he thought this was better for Babble and that if his heart was set on it, it was set on it.
I think he was focusing on the other end. On trying to allow more input in the choosing of deputies. On going more in the direction of democracy here, by allowing input from the very beginning.
His motives were good, I'm sure. I think he was just thinking of the board, and of the benefits of involving the board more, and he gave credit to the board that it wouldn't end up a popularity contest. And gave credit to the deputy candidates that they could tolerate the stress.
So, I can't really say that it wasn't the consensus agreement. But you can still give us credit for moderating the original plan to this. :)
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