[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 10:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Marketing] Looking to do a briefinterview about > openoffice.org? > > > >> It might be that no one reacted because they didn't want flack if they >> got it wrong. But that means that fear of being wrong paralizes the >> project. I think it's important to delegate work (e.g. to MarCons) and >> let them make reasonable judgements without fear of reprimand. Accept >> that the people you delegate work to may not do everything exactly the >> way the project lead would have done it, but that having an effective >> project is more important than getting your way all the time (even if >> you /are/ right about the details). The job of a manager/lead is not to >> approve every little action, but to delegate. MarCons and other >> volunteers are resources, and the manager's job is to manage those >> resources effectively. The fact that there are 5 MarCons in North >> America who could have replied here and none of them did tells me that >> the project's resources are not being managed properly. >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel. >> >> > > This is exactly why I did not raise my hand. I've seen what happens to > people who take the ball and run with it. They get chastised or "fired" (how > do you "fire" a volunteer, anyway?) Or you volunteer and Jaqueline declines > it because she didn't receive a response to her welcome letter (that somehow > I missed) when she wanted it. A volunteer is just that, a volunteer. They > are not employees. If she or anyone wants to treat volunteers that way she > had better send out W-2s first. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> You think? >> >> Sorry, I sit on the sidelines and watch all this and all I can say is, it >> figures. >> >> > > Heh, It figures that you would sit on the sideline or that you were sorry? > > Very funny. See? This is exactly the kind of response I am talking about.
My apologies for the dumb joke, I stand chastised > I > stated an observation based on my own experiences with the Marketing Project > and I get this. Look, it's nothing personal but that's not exactly a > response that fosters a positive view. > Unfortunately of course because of my stupidity all the positive stuff in my post which you snipped out is now ignored > Sure, mine was not a happy post. But I received a nicer response from Cor > Neuws. > > Daniel stated it well. I think his observations should be taken to heart. > As I stated, I agree with most of what Daniel said. Apologies. -- "GET LEGAL - GET OPENOFFICE.ORG" http://why.openoffice.org ISO 26300 compliant Graham Lauder, OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html INGOTs Assessor Trainer (International Grades in Office Technologies) www.theingots.org.nz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
