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[Tlhingan-hol] Establishing a BG
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Martin)
Tue Nov 10 13:23:22 2015
From: Will Martin <lojmitti7wi7nuv@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 13:23:04 -0500
To: tlhIngan Hol mailing list <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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Email is a remarkably bad resource for making a decision. Why don=E2=80=99=
t we just arbitrarily choose a Beginners=E2=80=99 Grammarian (BG) and =
let them try to impress us with the quality of their work (as the =
earlier BGs did) and their dedication to the task. If we like the job =
they are doing, then they get to be BG. If we don=E2=80=99t like the job =
they are doing, then we thank them for trying and appoint another BG.
By doing it this way, we=E2=80=99ll actually get a functioning BG, =
likely weeks, or months, or maybe even YEARS faster than we will if we =
keep discussing it and hope that somehow out of the discussion, we will =
have made some kind of group decision as to who should, in fact, be the =
new BG?
I saw at least one volunteer in a recent message. If the offer is =
sincere, I suggest a bolder, =E2=80=9CLet me do this job and I=E2=80=99ll =
make you proud of me!=E2=80=9D message. This works better with Klingons =
than a, =E2=80=9CI think that maybe I=E2=80=99m willing to sort of act =
like a BG if you guys don=E2=80=99t mind too much and if you don=E2=80=99t=
think that someone else could do it better,=E2=80=9D message.
Invest some gusto. Consider it an audition for the kind of confidence =
you are willing to present to the new speakers.
And if you get swept aside, don=E2=80=99t take it as an insult. Just =
wait your turn if someone else manages to get the position before you =
do.
It=E2=80=99s only a matter of time before they get burned out like the =
rest of us did. Then YOU get to be the BG, with their happy support (so =
they don=E2=80=99t have to do it anymore).
pItlh
lojmIt tI'wI'nuv
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class=3D""><div class=3D"">Email is a remarkably bad resource for making =
a decision. Why don=E2=80=99t we just arbitrarily choose a Beginners=E2=80=
=99 Grammarian (BG) and let them try to impress us with the quality of =
their work (as the earlier BGs did) and their dedication to the task. If =
we like the job they are doing, then they get to be BG. If we don=E2=80=99=
t like the job they are doing, then we thank them for trying and appoint =
another BG.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">By =
doing it this way, we=E2=80=99ll actually get a functioning BG, likely =
weeks, or months, or maybe even YEARS faster than we will if we keep =
discussing it and hope that somehow out of the discussion, we will have =
made some kind of group decision as to who should, in fact, be the new =
BG?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I saw at =
least one volunteer in a recent message. If the offer is sincere, I =
suggest a bolder, =E2=80=9CLet me do this job and I=E2=80=99ll make you =
proud of me!=E2=80=9D message. This works better with Klingons than a, =
=E2=80=9CI think that maybe I=E2=80=99m willing to sort of act like a BG =
if you guys don=E2=80=99t mind too much and if you don=E2=80=99t think =
that someone else could do it better,=E2=80=9D message.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Invest some gusto. =
Consider it an audition for the kind of confidence you are willing to =
present to the new speakers.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">And if you get swept aside, don=E2=80=99t=
take it as an insult. Just wait your turn if someone else manages to =
get the position before you do.</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">It=E2=80=99s only a matter of time =
before they get burned out like the rest of us did. Then YOU get to be =
the BG, with their happy support (so they don=E2=80=99t have to do it =
anymore).</div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">
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