[MR] site liason was Re: controversial questions

[chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org]

> I know I find myself doing up here in Bright Hills in an unofficial
cpacity as do one or two others who work closely with a particular site
and its rep.  We don't mind because it keeps the site and the BArony
happy and we continue to use the site with good rapport.

Chagan
>
> I think Geffrei volunteered for that in a previous post but I would be
> willing as well.
>
> Rebecca
> --- On Sun, 4/19/09, chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org
> <chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org> wrote:
>
>> From: chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org <chagankhulan at clan-whitewing.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MR] controversial questions
>> To: "Becky McEllistrem" <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 11:48 AM
>> Some experience grist for the mill.
>> Just my 2 Tugriks worth.  I have found
>> that the representative of the site tends to seek out the
>> person from the
>> group using the site that they have worked with most
>> often.  In most cases
>> they really don't care which one is in charge - they just
>> know when they
>> talk to "george" the problem gets resolved.  Having a
>> local rep is not a
>> bad idea at all but it should be someone that the site reps
>> are
>> comfortable with.  It helps if the group using the
>> site is aware of who
>> this person is as well, especially in the case of out of
>> town groups using
>> a site.  Possibly this individual should be called a
>> Mediator or Site
>> Liasion rather than a local rep.  The end result is a
>> site staff that's
>> comfy with things, a group that is comfy with the planning
>> and outcome
>> and the simple knowledge that if a problem arises we go get
>> "George, the
>> Mediator".
>> This begs the question - how many folks are willing to be
>> 'George, The
>> Mediator'?
>>
>>   Good planning will alleviate more issues than
>> anything else.  Good
>> communication is part of good planning.
>>
>> Chagan
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > After much reading I've found that most psychologists
>> say that
>> >
>> > fear turns into anger and anger turns into hate.
>> >
>> > (Way too much free time when I was laid off years
>> ago.)
>> >
>> > So I understand that when I ask a controversial
>> question that it could
>> > stir up anger.  The anger typically comes from
>> the fear that I have
>> > brought up a valid reason to stop a change from
>> happening as there is no
>> > real solution to the problem I present. However I
>> insist on bringing up
>> > the question as I think it's important to be prepared
>> for a perfectly
>> > valid possibility with ideas rather than bury our
>> heads in the sand and
>> > pretend it couldn't possibly happened just because it
>> hasn't.
>> >
>> > I thought I had a solution to the problem with the
>> idea of a local deputy
>> > when Logan reminded us that a local deputy isn't a
>> guarantee of not losing
>> > a site either.  This is true.  Maybe a
>> better solution would be to have
>> > someone like Master Nikulai, who has a strong
>> reputation as a solid
>> > experienced autocrat become the liaison for permanent
>> event sites.  Master
>> > Nikulai is a hugely experienced autocrat who has taken
>> on last minute
>> > event projects more times than I can count and
>> continues to be extremely
>> > popular with most people that know him. Maybe that
>> would be a better idea.
>> >
>> > And I still like the polling idea.  Gathers lots
>> of opinions fairly
>> > quickly and if anyone challenges a change later, the
>> Crown has solid
>> > documentation for their change on paper to show any
>> challengers.  It
>> > "covers their butts" on paper so to speak.
>> >
>> >
>> > Food for thought and I'm not really expecting a
>> response.
>> >
>> > Rebecca
>> >
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