I can perhaps better understand your point now, Adrian. But as Don Hillger pointed out, the USMA doesn't have the personnel to provide a moderated and directed discsussion list. I spend a lot of time on metrication efforts but those folks make me look like a shirker. And they don't get paid for it.
Perhaps that is why this forum is more like a town square than a meeting hall. That's what grass-roots organizations do, unlike those that are more deeply funded, such as the NRA, the NSTM, the TABD, etc. We, the collective members, must police ourselves and guard the value and utility of this free forum. Good ideas and good contributions can provide leadership by dint of their merit. Jim Adrian Jadic wrote: > > I think that my words were a little bit misunderstood. > > When I said that we need leadership I meant in the discussion on the list and not in >US metrication. > > I was not criticizing our leadership for the achievements in US metrication. I do >not consider myself informed/qualified enough to make that criticism. I would be >playing Monday morning quarterback! > > I was only criticizing the officers for not communication through the List (which I >see as the main USMA forum) their progams and schedule for the inormation of the >members and to search for new ideas. > > It is my personal feeling that although I do pay my dues and I do follow the List >thoroughly, I am however in the dark with what's going on. And, yes, MT does provide >enough coverage but all things are pass. In the era of e-mail and PDAs, I think we >could do better in comunicating with our leadership. > > Finally, all this an attempt to improve the subjects on the list and focus them in >the right directions. > > Adrian .... -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
