-----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