In uk.net.news.management, Simon Brooke <stillyet+nntp@googlemail.com>
wrote:

>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:42:16 +0000, Tony wrote:
>
>> In uk.net.news.management, Simon Brooke <stillyet+nntp@googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:09:40 +0000, Tony wrote:
>>>
>>>> In uk.net.news.management, Simon Brooke <stillyet+nntp@googlemail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>I repeat: I am not a candidate.
>> 
>> I know you're not.  But you're supporting the position, or appearing to
>> support the position of 4 people who want to be.
>> 
>> You believe the committee should be more pro-active, the four people
>> standing believe the same thing and they intend to 'stand and do
>> something about it'.
>> 
>> If I'm not describing your stance, just say so, but that's what it
>> sounded like.
>
>No, that's a fair statement of my position; which would be more simply 
>summarised as, if the present modus operandi is leading to mass flight of 
>users, it's time to try something different.

Okay, so the people in question should start by doing something, but
joining the committee isn't going to help.  The committee has no power in
the uk.* hierarchy to elicit change on their own.

They can facilitate change initiated by the people who use the hierarchy,
but they can't start it as an entity.  As individuals yes, but then, so can
we, so can the four people standing.  But they chose not to, they chose
instead to try and join the committee.  It's a false gesture.

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