Posted by fayeroe on December 24, 2006, at 19:56:42
In reply to Re: disempowerment, posted by Dr. Bob on December 23, 2006, at 16:17:25
> > what is your rationale?
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> > fayeroe
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> For what?
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> --
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> > 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...
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> I think there's some ambivalence about change. If I administrate myself, that can be seen as me wanting to spend time here. If I delegate, that can be seen as democratic. That may be one reason change is slow.
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> > 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.
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> What do you find more satisfactory about longer answers?
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> > yes i feel useless and disempowered
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> > muffled
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> Wait, I never said "useless"...I think it's easy to feel disempowered here, and that may be what makes this hard for some people. It may trigger them.
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.
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.
If you'd like to know what my rationale is, or if I'm open to a change, please just ask.
Bob
and to think, i asked the question that you answered with a question on the very same day...........what is your rationale? is it to drive us crazy? fayeroe
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