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, dated Sat, 9 Nov 2013, Brian Oconnell <[email protected]>
writes:
The other reason will never serve on a committee is that I am not an
expert on any single subject area,
That's NOT a disadvantage, at least it hasn't been for me, and I've been
doing standards work for 50 years. Clearly, you have to know when to
speak and when not, but a naive question can often not only open a can
of worms but administer an effective anthelmintic as well. Also, you can
learn about new subjects and occasionally you find that the real experts
don't know about something very helpful that can be adopted from another
field.
so the respective chairpersons are probably doing well to not allow
half-wit redneck engineers, that want to write standards in Klingon,
become members.
In some committees, judging by the drafts they emit, those are the
criteria for membership. Not exactly Klingon; English words are used but
no useful meaning can be extracted from the sentences.
--
OOO - Own Opinions Only. With best wishes. See www.jmwa.demon.co.uk
Nondum ex silvis sumus
John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
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