[53] in APO News
Re: Standing Policy Proposal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (EDK)
Tue Jul 21 00:39:27 1992
From: EDK.LASPAU@mhsgw.harvard.edu (EDK)
To: APO-NEWS@Athena.MIT.EDU (-)
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 00:10
I think people are getting a little too hung up on the money aspects of
this and not enough is being said about the committment aspect. It is
important for PCs to know how many people to expect on a project. If it
takes a policy make it clearer what people are committing to by putting
their name down on a list with a symbol after it so be it. If custom is
good enough, that's okay too -- however, the impression I'm getting is that
right now custom isn't good enough (if it was, would this have even been
proposed? Crystal?).
If the signup sheet reflects anything vaguely resembling reality then the
whole thing is a non-issue.
At some point with enough time for the PC to contact the group the project
is for, all the wishy-washy answers on the project signup need to be
defined so that the PC tell that group how many workers to expect. (This
step can vary in importance depending on the group and the nature of the
project.) The calendar and the work week dictate that this finalization
has to occur on Thursday night.
When someone says they are going on a project, they are making a promise to
the PC to be there. On the basis of those promises from individual
brothers, the PC promises that the chapter will do a certain amount of
work. When individuals fail to honor their promise to attend project, it
puts them in a bad light and casts doubts on what their word is worth in
other contexts, it gives the chapter a reputation for not following through
on the commitments it makes, and by the way it happens to cost the chapter
some money on food.
I think I'll stop rambling now. I'm not sure I'm thinking coherently any
longer.
Y.I.B.
Ellen
P.S. If you really want to do something about the chapter losses on food,
you might want to consider getting rid of the policy that fixes meal prices
(is that for all projects or only chapterweekends anyway) and let them
float with the actual cost of the meals.
