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by Quite Oh
Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:45 am
Forum: NCI Questions and Feedback
Topic: Organization, Style, and Reaping What You Sow
Replies: 11
Views: 21122

Re: Organization, Style, and Reaping What You Sow

In particular, I'd like to look around to all of you who have observed this going on and who have been silent. People needed your support. I needed your support . Where were you? Where are you? Quite's voice: That pretty much how much of the board has felt for the last 90 days. We found our own ans...
by Quite Oh
Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:57 am
Forum: NCI Questions and Feedback
Topic: Organization, Style, and Reaping What You Sow
Replies: 11
Views: 21122

Re: Organization, Style, and Reaping What You Sow

Quite's personal voice: If I remember, the first time you fired it off to me on 2009-08-11 to double check it before sending it to the board. This was before Carl left. Carl quit at on August 28, 2009. The board worked on burn out mode to get everything up and running, that took about 4 weeks before...
by Quite Oh
Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:58 am
Forum: NCI Questions and Feedback
Topic: Leading Volunteers First, Managing Them Second
Replies: 6
Views: 13488

Re: Leading Volunteers First, Managing Them Second

"We must become the change we want to see." - Mahatma Gandhi "Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their jobs done." - Peter Drucker "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ...
by Quite Oh
Sun Nov 01, 2009 8:22 am
Forum: Forums Questions and Feedback
Topic: A treatise on spam and other forms of canned meats.
Replies: 1
Views: 13463

Re: A treatise on spam and other forms of canned meats.

Lethe,

You're doing a great job. You aren't expected to be flawless at what you do--just to keep doing exactly what have been doing: performing with excellence.

Thanks Lethe :)
by Quite Oh
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is "democracy"?
Replies: 35
Views: 78305

Re: What is "democracy"?

NCI is like a duck, it looks nice and photogenic, but below the water, is the legs paddling like billyo just to keep the major part looking so good. The legs are the BoD, and its sometimes not pretty down here. We do occasionally feel beleaguered, esp with folk seeming to question our right to be w...
by Quite Oh
Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is "democracy"?
Replies: 35
Views: 78305

Re: What is "democracy"?

Afon, thank you for a clear though not final answer. To feed it back, I heard "we haven't decided anything about elections now, and we may take it under consideration in the future." Quite, a new question for you: Could you please describe briefly what your role is as the board's PR perso...
by Quite Oh
Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is "democracy"?
Replies: 35
Views: 78305

Re: What is "democracy"?

Quite is your last post the offcial Board position? Is it official that the board position is to reject my elections proposal? I would like an official Board reply on the official LH group channel. P.S. I appreciated a lot the work of Carl and Tateru because I shared their vision of NCI, otherwise ...
by Quite Oh
Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:00 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is "democracy"?
Replies: 35
Views: 78305

Re: What is "democracy"?

Quite, I read your long post just above as meaning "No, we are not going to become more democratic" and "No, we are not going to have this or future boards be elected." Is that the correct interpretation? Thanks, First, I was asking the question to get an understanding of what O...
by Quite Oh
Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:07 am
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Greenlife "Emerald" Viewer Tips ..... share yours
Replies: 3
Views: 19112

Re: Greenlife "Emerald" Viewer Tips ..... share yours

Emerald tip: If you click on the radar button, you can see a list of all avatars within 4096 meters. If you 2click on a name, your camera will zoom to the avatar. "Out of range" is determined by your client's viewing distance. Viewing distance can be adjusted via a little slider on the bot...
by Quite Oh
Sun Oct 18, 2009 4:55 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What is "democracy"?
Replies: 35
Views: 78305

Re: What is "democracy"?

Democracy What is democracy? In a democracy the people govern: that’s the simple etymology of that Greek word. Let's be clear that in a democracy what people govern is that which they have a right or legal share of something, a financial involvement with something, or hold legal title to. To real...