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Re: [apps-discuss] We have no lambs

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Thu, 12 May 2011 21:33 UTC

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On 5/12/11 3:23 PM, Pete Resnick wrote:

> where the people in "leadership" are just other passengers
> on the bus, not kings, to whom one can say, "You're wrong, and here's
> why, and that makes you, Mr./Ms. Leader, in the 'rough' part of the
> rough consensus"; and where the participants in the IETF are the ones
> who take responsibility for the documents being of good quality, not the
> leadership.

Yep. And I mentally replace "the leadership" with "those individuals who
are currently serving, temporarily and at the pleasure of the community,
in leadership roles"...

Peter

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