Posted by alesta on October 24, 2004, at 23:25:55
In reply to Re: Dr. Bob » alesta, posted by NikkiT2 on October 24, 2004, at 12:06:37
hi, nikki,
> Before the admin board was born (in fact, in the "old days" there was only one board.. thats hard to imagine now!), the same administrative issues came up, the same arguments were had, the same feelings roused. But instead of being on one board, that people could easily avoid, they were in with everything else. Imagine all of this muddled up with the social board, or the main board, or faith.. I believe that would cause more pain, as those that choose to avoid admin will not have that protection anymore.well, this is not a democracy, although bob likes us to think it is. once he gets the message across that his rulings stand (because they do anyway), no discussion, all this fruitless chaos will stop. this will put an end to arguments that don't get anywhere anyway and dashed hopes and hurt feelings.
> Theres a number of us here who have been here for 5 years and more - those of us that joined quite near the beginning of PB's life, and we have seen many many things happen, and many changes. I think, because of that, we understand how each of the rules came about, as we lived with the problems that caused that rule. Back in those very early days, there were really no rules, and Dr Bob didn't just sit down one night and write them. They are rules that have come about, over the years, to deal with problems as they arose.
> Also, Dr Bob used to be alot more interactive with us, but his style is also something that has developed over the years, again alot fo the time for reasons that have caused a change.
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> I hope that this does give a better understanding of why the rules are there snd why some of the dynamics are the way they are.
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> Nikkias i said in my post, my major beef is not with the rules, but mainly with the existence of this "admin" board. changes need to be made.
amy
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