-----Original Message-----
From: Remko Jansonius <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Holidays


>Eeeeeek! Is it that time of the year again??


Subject: Dead Horse
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 12:51 PM


> Dakota Sioux tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a
dead
horse, the best strategy is to dismount.  However, in the Commission, we
often
first try other strategies, including some or all of the following:
>
> 1.   Buy a stronger whip.
> 2.   Change riders.
> 3.   Say things like "This is the way we always have ridden this horse."
> 4.   Set up a committee to study the horse.
> 5.   Identify others' best practice, to see how they ride dead horses.
> 6.   Increase the standards to ride dead horses.
> 7.   Appoint a task force to revive the dead horse.
> 8.   Spend more on training to improve our riding skills.
> 9.   Compare the state of dead horses in today's environment.
> 10.  Change the requirements declaring that "This horse is not dead."
> 11.  Harness several dead horses together for increased speed.
> 12.  Declare that "No horse is too dead to beat."
> 13.  Provide additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
> 14.  Do a study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper.
> 15.  Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster.
> 16.  Declare the horse is "better, faster and cheaper" dead.
> 17.  Form a quality circle to find uses for dead horses.
> 18.  Review the performance requirements for horses.
> 19.  Say this horse was procured with cost as an independent variable.
> 20.  Promote the dead horse.n