Posted by muffled on December 22, 2006, at 19:34:51
In reply to Re: disempowerment, posted by Dr. Bob on December 21, 2006, at 2:52:55
I think it's easy to feel disempowered here, and that may be what makes this hard for some people. It may trigger them.
**It FRUSTRATES the hell out of me
But it's not a contradiction to want input on a decision and also still to want to make that decision oneself. Better to ask for input than not. But asking for input, and considering it seriously, doesn't necessarily mean delegating authority.
**Ahhhhh, but I, and I think I not alone in this, do not feel that you consider our input seriously....
In some situations, however, being asked what you want does mean being able to decide what you get, and people may assume that's the case here. It usually isn't, but OTOH sometimes it is, so I guess that could be confusing. We may be moving toward a more democratic structure, but we're not there yet.
**Yet Bob, you keep asking us to help each other....
There's been mumblings bout you wanting to not have to spend so much time administrating here.
We ARE moving towards a more democratic structure? In what way have we done this? I seem to have missed this...
If you'd like to know what my rationale is, or if I'm open to a change, please just ask.
**Oh but we do ask. Over and over and over again. Sometimes you answer. Sometimes you don't. MOST of your one liner very short answers are most unsatisfactory.
Everyonce in awhile you say a wee bit more. And that is very refreshing.
And so, yes i feel useless and disempowered and IMO I feel I am not the only one by ANY stretch....
Hmmmm
Muffled
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