[MD] Changes in 2011

[Ian Glendinning]

Hi Tim, a long mail ...

I didn't mention anyone specifically, but all I can say is it's a
pragmatic matter of balance. I count myself firmly amongst the misfits
.... but we can't ALL be misfits, and life's too short to give credit
(and hope of progress) to literally every contributor .... Horse is
sincere with his patience in giving people plenty of time and
opportunity to react to issues expressed, but ultimately as I said
life's too short for a single moderator or for endless repetition over
many years.

Progress is whatever experience evolves out of the dynamic balance. DQ
needs sq too. No confused pre-conceptions, or over-riding question to
answer upfront.

Two meta-issues.

What to make of my responding ? Nothing formal. I'm just very
sympathetic to Horse's role, since I experience the issues first hand
in the management of several other social media forums in other
organizations and history of email flame-wars. Selecting one quality
pattern is always at the expense of another - that's why these are
hard choices and must be part of a process. Oh, and I'm very
opinionated ;-)

Responding to the rest of your long mail Tim ? Hmmm. I'm not sure I
really know who you are or where you're coming from (yet), so I am
keeping you at arms length, so to speak. No offense taken or intended.

Ian

On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 3:07 AM,  <rapsncows at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> Ian, (Marsha, Horse, John, dmb, Mark, All),
>
> Ian, thanks for addressing me on this (I've moved threads)!  I'm not
> sure what exactly to make of it, your addressing this, or the lack from
> others, or Marsha's continued absence...  But I give you a great deal of
> credit anyway.  Thanks!  I also just read your comment to John, which I
> import here:
>
> "(My take is simply that some people prefer disagreement to progress,
> and Horse has taken up the progress challenge, which is fine with me.)"
>
> and then here, to me, you said:
>
> "[Ian] Misfits have much value, but Horse is indeed asking the "where is
> this
>> leading ?" question. One pattern of quality is always sacrificed for
>> another, and it sometimes takes courage to do the sacrificing. I'm for
>> progress."
>
> The over-riding question: what progress?
>