Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > P.S.: If the the non-member route was how Justin came to the IPMC, then we > need to retain or replace such a route. Yep it was, but I am now a member because of that. Thanks, Justin - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsu

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread P. Taylor Goetz
> On Dec 2, 2015, at 9:01 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:21 PM, P. Taylor Goetz wrote: >>> On Dec 2, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: >>> >>> It's not a concern -- it's a blessing. The shepherd institution needs to >>> die. >> >> Then I'd say let it die. M

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread P. Taylor Goetz
> On Dec 2, 2015, at 8:27 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > > Hi, > >> Then I'd say let it die. My only concern is that that it offers a way for >> non-members an entry path to the ipmc. If we eliminate it, there should be >> an alternative for new IPMC candidates to show interest and demonstrate >

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:21 PM, P. Taylor Goetz wrote: >> On Dec 2, 2015, at 5:53 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: >> >> It's not a concern -- it's a blessing. The shepherd institution needs to die. > > Then I'd say let it die. My only concern is that that it offers a way for > non-members an > entry

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > Then I'd say let it die. My only concern is that that it offers a way for > non-members an entry path to the ipmc. If we eliminate it, there should be an > alternative for new IPMC candidates to show interest and demonstrate merit. I have that concern as well, as that’s how I come to be o

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread P. Taylor Goetz
to;dr;: I bring up some points below that Marvin already addressed well later in his reply. In short, I still think we need a way to address absentee mentors that doesn't overburden the report manager. I'm relatively new to the ipmc, so forgive me up front if I'm opening up old wounds... I kno

Re: Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 2:24 PM, P. Taylor Goetz wrote: > It looks like there’s a pretty big shortage of shepherds for this month’s > report. Is that a concern? It's not a concern -- it's a blessing. The shepherd institution needs to die. There's been a shepherd shortage for years. What happened

Shepherd Shortage for December Report

2015-12-02 Thread P. Taylor Goetz
It looks like there’s a pretty big shortage of shepherds for this month’s report. Is that a concern? If it is, and I can find time (no guarantees), I may be able to take on some additional podlings for this month. If I were to do that what would be the process? Manually assign myself in the wi