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At 09:40 AM 5/22/2008, Geoff Hart wrote:
>In STC's case, I'm prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. I
>know most of the people involved, and have a great deal of confidence
>in their smarts, willingness to work hard, and good intentions.
Thank you, thank you. :) I actually have a fair amount of faith in
what's happening, too. I just wrote my final Region 7 Director's
column and talked about this very thing; I'll be glad to send it to
you if like. I'd post it here, but I think it'd be OT and would not
be in keeping with the TechWr-l group as a whole, but anyone can have
a copy that wants one.
>STC
>is going through a major revolution in how it works in which they're
>overturning 50-some years of creeping atherosclerosis.
That's a VERY good way of putting it.
>That kind of
>institutional history doesn't change overnight, particularly when a
>group is as understaffed as STC is, but I'm confident that things are
>changing in the right direction.
>
>Not as fast as I'd like and not always in the directions I'd like...
>but that's easy for me to say, not being part of the team that's
>driving the changes.
No, no, please go ahead and say it. I say it, too, and I've been one
of the people kicking and prodding it in the direction I'd like to
see it go. :)
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