"Adult supervision"

Bound, Jim Jim.Bound at hp.com
Mon May 5 23:21:44 CEST 2003


I think that is yet another quip.  State exactly what one wants to say
and be clear and direct.  Adult Supervision and Herding Cats is not very
useful as are not most cliches but an avoidance of good communications
or dishonor to just use plain talk.
/jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Moore [mailto:moore at cs.utk.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 5:09 PM
> To: Charles E. Perkins
> Cc: problem-statement at alvestrand.no; moore at cs.utk.edu; 
> harald at alvestrand.no
> Subject: Re: "Adult supervision"
> 
> 
> > It seems to me that whenever these words are used
> > by an IESG member with respect to the needs of a
> > working group, it highlights a serious problem in
> > the attitude of the IESG member.
> 
> I agree.  "herding cats" is a much better expression.
> 
> 


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