initiating change
Brian E Carpenter
brc at zurich.ibm.com
Mon Sep 8 12:29:43 CEST 2003
Dave Crocker wrote:
>
> Brian,
>
> BEC> You're missing my point. The only authority that exists *today* is
> BEC> today's leadership. Nobody else but them can change things. So it simply
> BEC> *doesn't matter* that today's leadership is perceived by some people
> BEC> as part of the problem. There is nobody else who actually can initiate change.
>
> I think you have correctly summarized a common point of view in the community.
>
> What it misses is that the IESG is not really tasked with "initiating" very
> much and, in fact, has very little history "initiating" much.
>
> By design and by long practise, this is a community of self-starters. The job
> of the IESG is to shepherd *community* initiatives.
>
> i.e.,
>
> community = individuals from the community = us.
Yes, but I think we have done that bit. Turning it into actual
actions is the next hurdle. That's where I have trouble seeing
any stuckee except the IESG.
Brian
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