Re: now ~CT-infested -- Re: Q: For Sy Liebergot (Yeah, it's new safe CT-free topic fodder!)

>>From Jorge:
> "Stuf4" <tdadamemd-spamblock-@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> > The goal I was suggesting was to have the entire report crawled for
> > anyone doing a simple search. As it stands today, those people
have to
> > do extra work to get to it. (And that's assuming that they know
that
> > it's there in the first place.)
>
> In a lot of collaborative groups I've been in, the person complaining
the
> loudest about a task not being done is considered to have volunteered

> him/herself for the task. I observe that this is also considered the
norm
> for open-source software development projects as well.
>
> Your complaints are counter-productive. If you'd spent half the
effort
> OCRing the report as you have whining and mewling that no one will do
it
> for you, you'd be a good part of the way done by now. As it is, you
have
> not exactly done a stellar job convincing anyone to do it for you.
>
> Don't know how? Look on it as a chance to learn how. An opportunity
for
> personal improvement and growth, which in the past you have claimed
to
> cherish.

Do it *for me*? I don't need it done. My suggestion was made for the
purpose of helping out the untold number of people out there who know
nothing of the report.

Don't know how? I've already stated that there is software out there
that will do the conversion. And that there are freeware versions
available.

About your comment regarding the practice of tasking the person who
raises the problem to do the work to fix that problem, I consider
leaders who do that to be making a mistake of the worst kind. You are
punishing innovation. It's about the quickest way I know for stifling
freedom of expression within a group environment.

My ideal for a leader of a group when someone raises an important issue
is for that leader to totally encourage and support that behavior.
Yes, if the need is deemed important enough then extra work will need
to be done. The leader can then ask, "Who would like to take charge of
getting this fixed?" If the person who initially brought the problem
to light says, "I would", then great. If no one jumps, then I would
recommend tasking the laziest person in the group to do it. One great
way for curing sloth is to exercise.

Now I may someday decide to do it myself. But as stated above, I have
no need whatsoever. It is a "want" that I have expressed. Nobody to
date that I know of has considered it important enough, and that
includes myself. We all have our priorities. Assuming that you care
about it, you decided to put your energy into rebutting my efforts. I
have yet to see anyone here choose to BUILD upon the suggestion.


~ CT

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