Re: Guild of Writers Leadership
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:40 am
Jennifer_P wrote:--Nicolo Machiavelli, "The Prince"....whilst the others defend lukewarmly, in such wise that the prince is endangered along with them.
Heh - Yeah, I recognize it - No offense meant to anyone !!!
DisClaimer: This following part is written mostly in jest-style - for infotainment purposes - and should not offend anyone.
We (thinking): "Hmm, in order to safely discuss how to carefully put things as not to offend anyone, we need to discuss things, and need a safe place for it. PM's don't really work in groups of 5, so we need a private forum" - "Wait that could get opposition so let's add a forum that anyone can read, but only Councilors post, for things that aren't so sensitive"
Opponent: "'Private forum'? Not evereone can access it, so it's a "Secret forum". That means secrets! I don't want secrets, I want everything in the open."
We: "Ehm! It's just as an alternative for PM's "
Lukewarm defender: "No, sometimes secrets are neccesary, like NDA stuff, so a 'Secret forum' is perfectly valid, you can bicker whatever you want, but we will have secrets!"
Opponent (responding only to lukewarm defender): "Noooooooo!!! Secrets are evil. If you have secret forums, I want nothing to do with it"
We (thinking): "Myeah, we don't really care about that private forum, but the alternative is discussing everything that's not ready for immediate release through PM, and that gets so annoying when you do it with 5 people"
Lukewarm defender: "Oh, get real, you have secrets everywhere in real life..... yada` yada` yada`"
We (thinking): "Hmpf, we wish those Lukewarm defenders had kept their mouth about nda's and secrets. That's totally not what this is for, and should NDA's ever really get a problem, what's the difference between doing everything on a totally uber secret forum, and discussing it through PM/Email?. At least this way, it get's stored for a future council, should they want to know it."
Opponent: He who made this, is evil, because he set a structure especially to keep secrets from everyone! yada` yada` yada`
Again - No offense meant to anyone!!!! I did not have anyone in particular in mind when I wrote these few lines.