RE: [ga-rules] Proposal for a Buddy Sytem for new members

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: owner-ga-rules@dnso.org On Behalf Of Joanna Lane
|> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 1:41 AM
|> To: Eric Dierker; [ga-rules]
|> Subject: [ga-rules] Proposal for a Buddy Sytem for new members
|>
|>
|> Eric et al,
|>
|> As Dassa has said, all societies have rules. You just cannot
|> let the crazies go round murdering and thieving. The problem is that our
rules
|> are made to  be applied even handedly across the board, but we are all
|> individuals and not only must the punishment fit the crime, it must fit
the offender.
|>
|> We are naive to think our rules can be anything other than unfair. To be
|> fair, we must have all the same components of a real life  justice
system in
|> coping with all situations. The answer is not simply to create more
rules,
|> or to abolish them altogether.
|>
|> Personally, I am more interested in prevention rather than cure. If the
|> minimum standards of decorum are abused, I just ignore it, or use the
|> filter, but the gut reaction of many, particularly new colleagues, is to
|> leave. I would like to see steps taken to foster good relationships with
new
|> members and the following is one proven way of assisting that process.
|>
|> The one system I do think works well in real life groups in our
|> society is the Buddy System,

Hello Joanna

I have used the buddy/mentor system myself and continue to use it certain
situations.  In some situations it works well.  In the GA I can see some
potential problems.  One of the largest is that those who have the most to
contribute have the least time to devote to such auxicillary pasttimes.
Hence the quality of any such mentoring will be depreciated.  Also, the
basic aim of the of the GA is to bring together people who already have
experience and the knowledge on the subject matter to hand, they should not
need the type of hand holding you are proposing.  The system you are
putting forward would have merit in the AtLarge where experience and
expertise is not a requirement but introducing it here is to lower the
professional standing of this body.  In my mind, the requirements for entry
into this body should be enforced to the degree that if someone posts
consistently with no content of a substantial nature, their posting rights
should be withdrawn.  Instead of lowering the barrier, I believe we should
be raising it.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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