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Hi fellas,
A while back, I was
inquiring to what this group would like to see in a
newsletter/publication. I did ask that the replies get directed back to me
personally so the mailing list wouldn't get "drowned-out". I planned
to submit regular updates and hoped to get more feedback. For some reason the
discussion ended up on the list and seemed to get long winded. After a
while alot of "get the society formed first and deal with the newsletter
issue later" replies came to dominate the discussion.
That being the
"majority" consensus I just let it die on the vine so to speak, even
though I had invested time, resources and money into the project.
The way I look at it this society formation can be compared to a
pregnancy. Do you wait until after the child is born to start collecting
baby furniture, toys, finding a room or space, and other things associated with
a child even though there is no guarantee that the pregnancy will come to full
term?
I'm seeing the same thing with the HS
name. How is a board of directors to choose a name when first an
organization must be incorporated? Can you incorporate under the name
"undecided" first, then petition for a name change after the board of
directors makes up its mind?
I think all of us realizes that whenever a
group of people get together to make decisions alot of debating, long winded
discussions and even head butting comes into play. The fact of the matter
is this is how consensus is built. Without consensus you can't get
to the next level, especially in a democracy system.
I do agree that this mailing list is not the
forum for this sort of thing, but these things are going to have to be
ironed-out if we are to succeed in forming the Penn
Central____________.
Perhaps net meeting or ICQ would be the way
to go?
Just my opinion, I could be wrong
Ed
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