A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, which
is all you made.
On Sep 30, 2012 1:07 PM, "Jon Davies" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think that would depend on how you define re-writes Tom. They felt like
> re-writes and stuff changed.
> I Incorporated a lot of people's suggestions and tried to find consensus.
> I listened a lot and acted.
> You are being unfair.
> Jon
>
>
> On 30 September 2012 12:50, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sep 30, 2012 11:25 AM, "Jon Davies" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > There is a terrible tendency in planning to 'never quite get there' ,
>> waiting for perfection. We have been a bit prone to that.  This plan went
>> through four re-writes over about the same number of months. It is common
>> sense and achievable in my view.
>>
>> It didn't go through any rewrites. You just made a few tweaks around the
>> edges between your drafts. You didn't address any of the fundamental
>> problems. Dismissing those problems as being attempts for "perfection"
>> confirms what I suspected at the time - you just weren't listening.
>>
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