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From: rcd@nbires.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: Re: Comments on Reorganization
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Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 14:38:26 EDT
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Flaming away about the reorg, directed at Greg Woods...
>>   I would like to hear from the rest of the backbone SAs, and a lot less from
>>you, sir.  You have certainly had more than ample say in this matter.  Why not
>>let someone else speak to the issues?

to which Henry Spencer replied...
>Speaking as another backbone SA, this whole discussion bores me stiff and
>I am only listening to about every tenth word.  Life is too short.

I'm speaking as a longtime, serious (that's "involved", not "lacking in
levity") netnews reader and now as a neophyte backbone SA.  I'll second
Henry's comment and add that if I had to follow all of the reorg
discussion to try to find even 5% useful comments and suggestions
within all the crap about the reorg, I'd never have the time to learn
anything about the REAL work that I'm supposed to do as an SA.  (There HAVE
been thoughtful, serious, well-intentioned objections to the changes.  You
can identify them; they result  in brief discussions, perhaps heated at
times but focusing on the issues.)

I'm a little surprised that Greg has the time, let alone the inclination,
to get into some of the discussions he has.  Perhaps he feels that
objections which go unanswered may be taken as valid objections by default.
If so, that's up to him; why do the rest of us have to get into it.

I suspect that most of the SAs haven't responded to the particular
discussion at hand simply because a nearly-content-free flaming match will
neither help nor hurt the reorg work.
-- 
Dick Dunn    {hao,ucbvax,allegra,seismo}!nbires!rcd	(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile.