On 30/09/2007, Marc Riddell michaeldavid86@comcast.net wrote:
Charles, take an honest look at the culture you are involved in here. The greatest problems this Project must confront in the coming year are the state of its internal structure, and the dysfunctional interactions of its people.
on 9/30/07 1:12 PM, David Gerard at dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
That is, however, quite different from assuming problems are the product of conspiracy. And attempting to deal with the problem by assuming it to be the product of conspiracy will only lead to a witchhunt when obvious conspirators could not be nailed with evidence rather than mere repetition of conjecture. I submit that this would be counterproductive.
David,
The first priority must be to identify the problems - and to solve them. Once this is done, preventing them from reoccurring would involve identifying the original causes. To debate now whether a conspiracy was involved would be a waste of time and energy, and a negative diversion from the real task at hand.
Personally, I don't believe a true "conspiracy" has been involved here. It is people being people, and being allowed to act out without sufficient, effective, responsible checks and balances.
Marc