Posted by Dinah on December 7, 2008, at 11:05:59
In reply to Re: For me, here is what the adm board does.. » caraher, posted by muffled on December 7, 2008, at 10:44:36
Well, it wouldn't be fair of me not to admit that I like it that way. Yes, of course I would like Dr. Bob to be so impressed with my arguments that he slaps his head and says "Oh my goodness. You're completely right!". And that pretty much never happens. Sometimes I can sway him enough for incremental change. Sometimes.
But you know, sometimes I might fight something a lot, only to find that Dr. Bob might be at least partially right. And that maybe I need to be swayed myself.
The thing is that it is totally against my nature to want to moderate a board like this. I'm ok with being Dr. Bob's deputy, and carrying out his wishes. I wouldn't be ok with the responsibility of doing more than trying to influence him to come to my point of view.
Certainly it's hard. Particularly since he's been gone so much, and even more when deputy duties expand past where I wish them to expand. I signed up in a different age of deputies.
The hard part is feeling obliged to do more than I wish to do. Not having more power than I have is perfectly ok with me.
My goodness. As I write this I realize how similar this is to how I feel about my job. :) Oh my.
I know other deputies have different challenges, and I'm only speaking for me.
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