On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
A member of the langcomm is afraid that publication of the contruibutions may lead to the dismissal from the job. Given that this is expert help, it is sufficient reason to comply.
I think that it is possible to find a way to say your conclusions publicly by saying "an expert from LangCom said that" or "during the discussion we concluded this because of that". If it is not possible, I am afraid that you should find another expert. You are not a department of a commercial company, but a committee of an organization and a community for whom transparency is a very important part of functioning.
NB There are good reasons for doing things in a procedural way. The best reason is that it gives predictability and it ensures that everyone is treated equally. If you want to call this "bureacratic", that is fine.The benefit is still there.
Good procedural way is better than chaotic one, of course. Bad procedural work is worst than chaotic one. Try to make better procedures.
NB2 There is also nobody proposing this project.
Which project?