It takes a "doer" to foment a form for others to fill out. It takes a
special kind of doer, one who's not tied doing other things, to fill out
that damned form. (01)
Jack (02)
Josh Rai wrote: (03)
> Hi,
>
> As threatened
>
>(http://collab.blueoxen.net/forums/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=yak&i=3F832F29.1060700@babycenter.com),
>
> Eugene, Miroslav and I are back to let you know that you all can
> expect to receive a survey about the Blue Oxen collaboratories via
> email in the coming hours.
>
> Part of the purpose of the survey is to evaluate and improve the
> collaboratories. Another part is for us to develop, through practice
> and thought, techniques for evaluating collaborative environments in
> general. We are cognizant of the risks of looking for yardsticks in
> such a thicket (as Tom, Chris and others have warned), but I think
> it's worth a try.
>
> Jack's classification of doers and talkers strikes me especially in
> the context of this survey and the associated report we're working on;
> I'm not sure to which category one belongs when one is writing a
> report about collaboration. On the face of it, it's just more talk.
> But I would consider such activity truly successful only if changes,
> for the better, the way people work together. I think this is heading
> down the "words are deeds" trail. Anyway, I'm at least trying to
> cross the border into the world of the doer.
>
> It's been encouraging to see recent discussions about the pros and
> cons of the lists on the lists themselves recently. Some of you may
> be able to cite your postings as answers to some of the survey questions.
>
> Anyway, we'd really appreciate your candid feedback, and we will try
> to make the most of it. Thank you!
>
> Josh
> (04)
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