Some Thoughts on Improving Communication

[kippesp]

Penny wrote:
> Well, back in the day, when *I* started this group and *I* was 
leading it,
> that was not the way it was done.  There were a group of us who 
decided we
> wanted to try and distill the burgeoning substance of HPfGU posts 
into
> easily-accessible essays, which could be updated periodically.  We 
divvied up
> the FAQs and we got down to work.  Granted, most people didn't 
fulfill their
> entire commitment, but it kept getting more and more out of 
control.  We
> didn't, however, evaluate the "interpersonal, analytical and 
writing skills,
> or interest level in the HPfGU community" before we allowed 
someone to join
> us.  You make it sound like a job interview, for God's sake.  This 
is a
> volunteer operation.  Period.  

I was here at that time as well and the group worked fine.  It may 
have been a
bit slow, but it worked.  If we had a leader, it certainly didn't 
feel like it.
Things just worked.

Sometimes not having a leader can work.  We know the tasks at hand.  
And we're responsible enough to complete them or say when we can't.