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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