On Monday 02 February 2009 13:20, Suhit Kelkar wrote: > > Here are a few questions. They may already have been answered > before, but please do reconsider in the light that this forum may > not have as high a rate of successful communication/collaboration > as we may like. And this is coming from a long-time lurker. We > should succeed this time at least, right?
Wrong. All the noise also helps. In a typical conversion environment you get much more noise. Following similar strategies as this list, results in a simple go-nogo response. No hemming and hawing for six months. It is very good for business. > > The following points are kept general to serve for later > conversations as well as this one. > > 1] Presumably suggestions are to be generated on this forum and > elsewhere. Who will 'pool' the suggestions together, if anyone? Venky has volunteered > 2] Is there to be a steering committee for this? If yes, how is the > committee to operate? Is it to be a standard majoritarian system > (50+1 vote wins) or a municipal-libertarian one (a very large > majority is necessary)? Municipal. IMO > 3] Who will chair the think-tank? Who will be seat-holders? Dr.Nags? PING. > 4] What is the penalty for verbal abuse? Removal from the > conversation? Removal from the forum? > 5] What is the tentative deadline for drafting an action plan? 4 weeks. > 6] Which are the people/resources we know we've got in the bag? Suhit Kelkar Venky KG JTD ...... > > * > > Here is the 'Six Boxes Approach', (by Bill Blundel, Washington > Post) which you can use to structure a mass of information into > usable shape, by considering the points: > > HISTORY > IMPACT > SCOPE > CENTRAL REASONS > GATHERING AND ACTION OF OPPOSING FORCES > THE FUTURE > > This can be used while discussing too. Each point will be weighted > subjectively of course, but you reach a place of well-rounded > thought. > > Most of the guys here are senior to me on this forum, I hope this > email won't come amiss. Sometimes an outsider has a fresh > perspective to offer. He He. Nobody new that. And old foggies require new diesel to set things aflame. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
