Hi Ted, I'm a little confused on your interpretation of "delegation". Consider the following two examples in which you have appointed tasks to others:
1. In a thread from yesterday in which people were seeking out your opinions, you appear to "delegate" someone else (who had not expressed either interest or availability) to do the necessary background research for you: > If you think there is more information in those messages besides the > fact that Ubuntu isn't harming Debian, and Debian isn't harming Ubuntu, > then I hereby delegate you to summarize those mails, in your own words. > I'm ready to hear what you have to say. 2. In your platform from the 2005 election, you appointed 12 people to conduct in-depth research on gender issues and write a report within a three-month deadline. Again none of these people had expressed interest or availablility, and in fact it was made clear by at least some of them that they were not interested in doing this research for you. So: My question is, how do you distinguish "delegate" from "command" (or its lesser cousin "request politely")? If you were DPL and you delegated tasks in this fashion, would you expect them to be done as a matter of course? (I realise example #2 was taken from your 2005 platform, but if your stance on delegation has changed since then, I'd also be interested to hear how). Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
