[Cynnabar] To Seneschal et all

[Dennis Higgins]

Apologies for the delay in responding to this, but my computer crashed
yesterday and I had to reinstall everything from scratch. 

 

There has been several posts about putting out a "poll". And as it should be
me as the seneschal that would do that (normally), I wanted to respond with
my thoughts on the matter so everyone knows I'm not ignoring the suggestion.

 

Basically for me it comes down to: Does the already existing methods of
communication people have provide enough opportunity for their "voices" to
be heard? Between the group e-mail list, private e-mails that can be made to
myself or their Excellencies, direct phone calls, or even talking to other
group officers, offers plenty of ability for everyone who wants to
communicate to do so. I find adding a poll unnecessary with all the
communication methods available to everyone. 

 

If people are unwilling to make a minor effort to send a quick personal (if
they don't want to post publicly) note expressing their viewpoint, then I
don't think a poll will gather much better information. To me, a poll would
imply that people would want their opinion to be made anonymously. At some
point we are all adults here. Send a note to the officer of your choosing to
let yourself be heard. This is a participatory organization. Participate.
Directly. 

 

I have received plenty of feedback both publicly as well as direct
(privately) about the settlement issue and how Cynnabar should handle it
from all sides of this issue. If there are people out there that feel
uncomfortable expressing their opinion because it may go against what the
majority expressed, then I'm sorry, but at some point there is enough
options available already to let their viewpoint be known and everyone
should be adult enough to use one of those.  If this were all discussed at a
meeting, then when it was time to ask for approval/consensus, their
standpoint of only doing minimum would be known by all at that point anyway.


 

So in the end, I feel that there are plenty of ways already for people to
have their voices heard, both publicly and privately. The minimum someone
needs to do to be heard is write a one sentence e-mail to a group officer or
pick up a phone and call. I don't consider that too much to ask of anyone to
participate in this (or any) discussion.

 

-Finn

 

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