2009/10/27 Paul Boddie <[email protected]>: > Although it's great to see people learn (and succeed), it's exasperating to > see things redone that could have been kept from before. It's like having the > next guy in a relay race start from the same place as you do, and you have to > wait for *him* to catch *you* up before he takes the baton for the next leg > of the race. > > All this makes for much wasted time which could have been used more wisely. I > also think that overenthusiasm to start some things afresh discourages > previous volunteers whose work ends up being undone/redone as a result. As I > once said to much disdain a few years ago, the Olympic Games don't just take > shape on a continual one-off basis: they're backed by a continuous > organisational activity. Some of EuroPython's activities could operate > similarly.
I agree. There is a lot to be said for things like booking systems, websites, schedules and booklets being done centrally by EuroPython and improved by evolution rather than revolution, and allowing the next set of local organisers to get on with locally organising venues and social events. As long the central parts are not used as a hangout for people who want to talk but not help, preventing the basics from getting done through endless cycles of negative criticism. Best Wishes, Zeth _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
