Posted by kiddo on February 8, 2002, at 17:30:59
In reply to Re: Leadership role, posted by Dr. Bob on February 8, 2002, at 10:44:41
I wouldn't mind giving it a 'whirl'. Are you talking trial basis, specific time frame commitment?
What about having a 'rotation' for the book of the month. You could post a "This month's selection was suggested by: Dr. Bob" (or whomever)
Then someone else the next month...or whatever.
Kiddo
> > That's a great offer, Jay.
> >
> > could it be that if no-one else expresses an interest within (say) 2 weeks, you just carry on and give it a try?
>
> OK, let's see, if we start the clock with your post, that makes the deadline for volunteering to co-lead February 22 at 06:09:15. :-) How about if:
>
> 1. People who want to volunteer to co-lead do so on this thread.
> 2. People with opinions about the volunteers email me directly.
> 3. I decide on the co-leaders.
>
> I do think it would be nice to have a couple co-leaders. Then I'll try to step back -- which might be hard for me, but might also be an interesting experiment. :-)
>
> > Very important that whoever does the scheduling is treated courteously by other board members- there are bound to be a range of views.
>
> Being courteous (civil) will of course be important in general. There will be a range of views on the books and also on the co-leaders. People need to be courteous to the co-leaders, but the co-leaders need to be open to feedback, too. And I need to be able to make co-leader changes if necessary.
>
> > Personally, I dont really have much chance to read and mainly stick to entertaining fiction, so am not likely to be particularly involved...
>
> If you don't have time to read, that's a problem, but IMO "entertaining fiction" shouldn't necessarily be ruled out. :-)
>
> Bob
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