Re: [ga] Sinking The Titanic (was The Tower of Babble)

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

By every fabric in my soul I tell you that Mr. Corliss is right. Oh man is he
right. Holy cow is he right.

Today is my Sabath and I renewed my vows to save lives with this here internet.
I renewed my covenant to work til I die to provide information to every human on
earth.  To kill all ills, be it tyrrany, disease, or famine through the use of
information technology.

WHAT Mr. Corliss is right about is that we need a leader, a greater leader that
will command our respect and bring us together and move us forward to achieve
our synergistic goals.  That person is within our sphere and we need only to
back her/him in order to make that dream I speak of a reality. Find that person
and quick!

IMHO,

Patrick Corliss wrote:

> Dear Sotiris
>
> On Sun, 27 May 2001 19:48:20 -0400, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
>
> > The GA has disintegrated into babble, pure and simple.  I ascribe this, in
> > large part, to no clear program of work.  The coming meeting in Stockholm
> > may only serve to emphasize this point.  How can the GA expect to be taken
> > seriously, when its own members no longer take it seriously, and even
> question
> > its credibility?
>
> In which case the naysayers will have succeeded in THEIR hidden agemda.
>
> > Mssrs. Chair, and Alt-Chair, outcome reflects on leadership.  Don't get
> carried
> > away with the party-favours and other mementos of the occasion...   I will
> be
> > watching the webcast closely, as will many others.  Perhaps we will add
> our
> > voices in the public participation.
>
> I don't know why you are so presumptious.  First I am not going to Stockholm
> as the DNSO GA has no money and only one person on the list cared enough to
> do anything about it.
>
> Second, I haven't been to a party of any sort in 10 years.  Or the movies.
> Or anywhere exciting.  Last time in Melbourne I stayed in the cheapest hotel
> in the City where I couldn't afford to buy breakfast for 4 days.  I survived
> on the free snacks.  So I'm not doing that again !!
>
> Third, it's easy to blame the leadership.  Where's your support?  Your input
> lately?
>
> It's like a sinking ship.  We are all in this together.  Sure the Captain
> can stand there and say "To the liferafts !!" but when everybody argues
> which way to go, who's going to be in charge of the liferafts, why weren't
> they repaired and provisioned, etc. we will all drown.
>
> Of course it is easy to blame the Captain.  It doesn't matter that he just
> took over and that nobody ever listened to him in the first place.
>
> So the Captain comes over to take charge of the out-of-control situation
> saying "OK, you can be in charge of that liferaft".  What happens?
>
> You guessed it !!  Everybody says either (a) Who put you in charge? OR (b)
> No, we don't agree with your choice and we will do everything in our power t
> o undermine it.
>
> So the ship sinks and we all drown -- not "babble" but "burble".
>
>  . . . . burble . . . burble . . . burble. . . . glug !!
>
> I call upon all fair-minded persons to stop flaming the leadership so that
> there will be some chance that we might be able to achieve something
> worthwhile in Stockholm.
>
> Regards
> Patrick Corliss
>
> But, we're going to need a commitment from our
> colleagues who are at the meeting, to ensure that all voices will be given a
> fair
> chance.  It will also be interesting to see how the time will be allotted
> for the
> various discussions.   If necessary, will the meeting run over/through
> lunch/dinner/breakfast and even overtime?  Or will it be the ersatz
> performance yet
> again?  (Considering the gravity of the matters to be discussed, I think a
> working
> lunch is not too much to be expected, surely?  I remember Esther Dyson
> herself
> deigning to dine and do... that is, if memory serves me correctly.)  I would
> even
> like to see a motion or two with real and virtual participation in a vote!
> (`wishful thinking', I know)  Is this GA really going to happen gentlemen?
> Let us
> see your resolve, will, and character over the next two weeks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
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> Patrick Corliss
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