[NBLUG/talk] Why I should be scribe

Steve Zimmerman stevetux at sonic.net
Sat Jun 7 14:22:01 PDT 2003


On Saturday 07 June 2003 02:20 pm, you wrote:
> Did they tell you the scribe takes meeting minutes in binary?........ ; )

Yes.  That's why I told them that they should elect me.  I am the
only one stupid enough to point out the wayward ways of nonsense
to the masses!   ;-)
>
> On Saturday 07 June 2003 12:53, Steve Zimmerman wrote:
> > I should be scribe precisely because I'm not an advanced power
> > user.  My being scribe will free up Augie (or whoever the other
> > nominee is) to do the more advanced things they're good at,
> > while leaving me the easier task of keeping and posting minutes.
> >
> > Also, my election to the office of scribe will be a protection against
> > the insularity that can occur when all the offices are
> > held exclusively by power users.
> >
> > On the other hand, maybe you want to be insulated from the
> > outside world; if so, then elect another power user.  I, on the
> > other hand, want to kick Microsoft's ass, on the desktop and
> > everywhere else.  We're not going to do that by being insulated.

-- 
Steve Zimmerman



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