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  • From: Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: I-workers web site, anyone?
  • Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 12:27:07 -0500


Gina's got some good points, except that I think the terms "best
practices", "leverage" and "proactive" can and should should be used,
except only in the limited context of our sex symbol.

More seriously, I think that getting tied up with organizational issues
is what hindered earlier efforts at starting this kind of group in the
Triangle. As evidenced by Gina's twitching.

Tom

Gina Norman wrote:
> I'm with Tom -- this group is *fun* and casual, and I, for one, would like
> to keep it that way. To be (perhaps) way too blunt: Anything smelling of
> "mission statements" or "process alignment" makes me twitch (and not in a
> good way!) ... I've got quite enough of that at work! (Other words to
> avoid: Win-Win, Knowledge Management, Proactive, Leverage, Value-addded
> and Best Practices.)
>
> I think our website should focus on which beers/ciders we've enjoyed most
> at our meetings, leaving room, of course, for all-important discussions
> like whether the behaviour of lava lamps can be predicted or whether it
> truly does approximate random motion. Directions to meetings, times and
> dates would also be OK, I suppose. ; )
>
> -Gina
>
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>
> Gina Norman And the only bit that
> gina AT vnet.net (me personally) really matters:
> ginanorm AT nortelnetworks.com (me at work) http://users.vnet.net/gina
> gina AT earthling.net (me personally, again -- sick of me yet? ;)
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