On 2003-03-24 21:51:09 +0000 Syd Hancock syd@toufol.com wrote:
That's probably true (I don't know these people). Avoiding actions being interpreted in this way is one reason for reluctance to suggest things. Is this why suggestions are ignored? If that is the impression I have given then I can only apologise.
Suggestions may get ignored because we are a headless bunch. If you are looking for Martyn, John, Adam, myself or anyone else to say "Yes, I beknight the idea with the power of ALUG" then it won't happen. If you want people to say "yes, this is a good idea, please do it and let us know how to help you" then that often happens. I'd love more people to throw ideas in and comment on the ideas of others.
It's the "doing it" that seems to be the stumbling block. I don't really understand why and it is frustrating, indeed. The ideas don't normally need the people taking care of particular things (eg web site, mailing list, domain, other venues) to do anything, so why do they stop? If they do need a helping hand, then you may have to kick the incumbent a couple of times to get movement. For example, I'm aware of one suggestion that I need to do something for (library) but I want to do it properly. Annoying, but all ALUGgers have real lives too, last I checked.