What I meant by "a more expansive exchange of ideas" was a situation in which nitpicking over style questions that are appropriately decided by a designated authority (style guide, for example) would not occur on the list, while expansive exchanges on other issues might proceed.
Bonnie Granat 617-319-7461 http://www.GranatEdit.com > -----Original Message----- > From: John Posada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 4:02 PM > To: Bonnie Granat; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TCP] ADMIN TCP Site - Want a Wiki? > > > I think it might free the list for more a more expansive exchange > > of ideas. > > There is nothing stopping the discussion of expansive ideas now other > than people not doing it and adding a different medium is not going > to result in people becoming different. > > Remember, to discuss expansive ideas, you have to have people with > expansive thoughts. What happens instead is that you have two > discussion killers: > > - those who cannot see beyond discussing periods and spaces will > start to get impatient > -those who trie REAL hard to get offended by something. > > They will then start to interject that the discusion is going on for > too long or that they've been offended and their feathers have been > ruffled. I guess that since they don't have interest in it, nobody > else should. > _______________________________________________ Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. Interested in Interactive 3D Documentation? Get the scoop at http://www.doc-u-motion.com -- your 3D documentation community. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
