Re: How did *you* get into this business?

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Bill Keyes aka the Ferret-Meister (bkeyes@lamar.ColoState.EDU)
Sat, 3 Jun 1995 23:39:20 -0600 (MDT)

> [...] I always assumed that someone would raise a hue and cry
> (on principle, if for no other reason) if a self-appointed
> maintainer dared to start posting something as important as an
> FAQ list without first kowtowing and getting a consensus from the
> group.

I've recently found something similar to this... a small group of
people on my newsgroup wanted to make some major changes to the FAQ.
They apparently had several discussions amongst themselves, then
posted their proposal for modification to the group...

The problem was that they never bothered to ask my opinion or invite
my input in the process. They never even told me that they thought
there was a problem with the FAQ, or that there was any discussion,
or anything.

I was rather put off by all of that, and told them that, no matter
*what* the rest of the group thought, I wouldn't put any changes in
the FAQ that hadn't been discussed with me beforehand. I am happy
to put in additions/deletions/changes, but not if I was left out of
the loop entirely.

<shrug> It was a blatant power play on my part, but I thought they
had been treating me and my position pretty shabbily.... =/

Bill.

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