At 10:56 PM 8/5/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...] since amending RONR requires
not only familiarity with it but understanding it "well enough,"
Suter doesn't have the qualifications needed to propose
revisions and be taken seriously. He should shut up until
he has acquired an adequate understanding.
I disagree. One of the best ways to learn is to make mistakes in public.
Not everyone, however, seems to be capable of taking advantage of what ensues.
"O, wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An' foolish notion...." --Robert Burns
To write for the Election Methods list requires no expertise or credential,
but, should we venture to write here, we can expect to find others who will
criticize what we write, and sometimes us as well. It is an opportunity.
In my opinion, however, Robert's Rules is only of peripheral interest on
this list.
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