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[yak@collab] Re: Survey of yak and tools-yak on the way

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From: Jack Park <jackpark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:17:52 -0800
Message-id: <3FB19850.8000006@thinkalong.com>
I did it. Who wrote those questions?    (01)

Jack Park wrote:    (02)

> Gag me with a spoon...
>
> Tom Munnecke wrote:
>
>> It took me 15 minutes, Jack... you can do it.  You can do it...  think
>> of the little train that could. 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jack Park [mailto:jackpark@thinkalong.com] Sent: Tuesday, 
>> November 11, 2003 5:34 PM
>> To: yak@collab.blueoxen.net
>> Subject: [yak@collab] Re: Survey of yak and tools-yak on the way
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> Josh Rai wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As threatened
>>>   
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>> (http://collab.blueoxen.net/forums/cgi-bin/mesg.cgi?a=yak&i=3F832F29.106
>> 0700@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;
>>>   
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>>  
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>>> 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
>>>   
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>>
>>  
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>>> 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
>>>   
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>> questions.
>>  
>>
>>> Anyway, we'd really appreciate your candid feedback, and we will try 
>>> to make the most of it.  Thank you!
>>>
>>> Josh
>>>
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