tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post8563972236842308783..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: The reign of committeesA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-23377718590989664272015-04-26T20:22:39.192+01:002015-04-26T20:22:39.192+01:00Demetrius - so do I.Demetrius - so do I.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-35676049935148580392015-04-26T13:36:53.575+01:002015-04-26T13:36:53.575+01:00I hate committees.I hate committees.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-43126422891535953782015-04-25T22:00:57.996+01:002015-04-25T22:00:57.996+01:00Edward - we don't need many manipulators to po...Edward - we don't need many manipulators to poison a large number of committees.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-37939811093572819482015-04-25T17:35:40.271+01:002015-04-25T17:35:40.271+01:00The strong, straightforward characters are not usu...The strong, straightforward characters are not usually a problem. Committee structures are designed to cope with them and members will usually respect one who is genuinely working for the aims of the group- whatever they are - or put a brake on them, if they feel they are going too far. The straightforward ones accept this and usually try again later. If they have a record of good service, they may eventually get their way.<br /><br />It is the strong, supple manipulators with ulterior agendas who create the problems and poison the well. I have seen them ruthlessly at work. When they succeed, members of principle often leave and give them a free run. Dealing with such people was not what they joined for. Some people join committees for a cause and to get things done, some just like to be in the know and some love committee politics as a power game which they play ruthlessly with little or no regard for the aims of the group or the interests of its members. When their ambition wrecks it - well, it was a committee decision with no individual responsibility.- Rather like our government,actually!Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-2478755107496049612015-04-25T16:34:12.978+01:002015-04-25T16:34:12.978+01:00Edward - yes, the strong characters run things at ...Edward - yes, the strong characters run things at all levels. The committee becomes their power base, or one of their power bases.<br /><br />Sackers - I often wonder if the EU is becoming an irrelevant problem.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-73803404721920371872015-04-25T07:23:23.638+01:002015-04-25T07:23:23.638+01:00Timely:
http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.asp...Timely: <br /><br />http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=85545Sackersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17284329249862764601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4376860826500030082015-04-25T05:54:24.186+01:002015-04-25T05:54:24.186+01:00Well, there are committees and committees.
All are...Well, there are committees and committees.<br />All are subject to the temptation to become too big for their boots. I have a friend on an allotment holders' committee which might have become as tyrannical in a petty way under a highly manipulative chairman without her determined resolve not to be bullied and I have seen several thuggish attempts by ambitious people to do the same in other groups.<br /><br />The manipulative mini Macchiavellis of right or left, or just of inflated ego, are exceedingly cunning and often run rings around the rest.Edward Spaltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168350315689612490noreply@blogger.com