Posted by Lou Pilder on December 8, 2006, at 19:44:02
In reply to Are we all moot?, posted by gardenergirl on December 8, 2006, at 18:58:47
Friends,
It is written here,[...just plan (plain?)gg..my words make things moot?..]
Allow me to clarify, if I understand what is written here.
The function of the deputy is to >assist< Dr. Hsiung when he can not be online. The deputy then, IMO, becomes in loco administrati, or, in place of the administrator. This could be like anything from an administrtaive assistant to the Vice President. But the deputy administrator is delegated with authority that the members do not have. That makes a huge distinction and difference IMO as to the weight of the words that the deputy carries verses the weight of the words as a member. So IMO what is said under the auspices of the deputy is different than if those same words were posted as a member. The deputy is a representative of the administration while the administrator is not online and takes the place to specified functions that are administrative. The member does not have the same authority.
So if ,let's say, Dinah says that the rules here are such and such,{as acting as a deputy}, that to me could be different to me as if she wrote the same as a member, because one is representing the administration and the other is a member only as her opinion. When a deputy speaks, IMO it is the same as DR. Hsiung speaking, you may disagree.
Lou
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