On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:58:30AM -0500, Vicki Rosenzweig wrote:
If I were Zoe--having reluctantly asked for this, and found that people wanted to saddle me with the task of mentoring someone I distrusted--I wouldn't want it either.
If we agree that Lir should be invited back (I don't, but I'm not the final voice here) subject to mentorship, the mentor should be a volunteer.
Mentor was just a polite word for what I really meant; something along the lines of "Corrections Officer", if you catch my drift. I trust Zoe not to go to undue extremes in such a role.
It is like sending the kid everyone picks on to karate lessons. Lir was picking on Zoe; by giving her a measure of power, Lir is in a position where he has to play nice, or bear the consequences.
Jonathan