BVC-CHAT Wheel Building 101/ Officer Nominations

[Christopher Menzel]

JM,

I read the comment as simply favoring the "it might be easier to 
maintain the controlled chaos we've currently got" part of your 
suggestion (emphasis on the chaos!) over the "This could potentially be 
consolidated" part.  :-)

-chris

On Mar 26, 2004, at 11:24 AM, drjinx at texas.net wrote:

> Bike the world:
>
>> Jean Marie wrote (among other things):
>> "...we have numerous ride coordinators who provide various
>> degrees of coordination, from the Flagpole ride to the Time Trial
>> already, and events are organized on an ad-hoc basis. This could
>> potentially be consolidated, but it might be easier to maintain the
>> controlled chaos we've currently got."
>>
>> Perhaps its just the libertarian anarchist that resides in the
>> disagreeable part of my psyche, but I find myself drawn more towards
>> the noun in the phrase 'controlled chaos' than to the adjective.
>> Long may the Flagpole riders, or any other spontaneous and loose
>> assemblage of similarly motivated humans, continue to gather,
>> perhaps to ride, and then disperse according to whatever unwritten
>> code of practice, notion, whim or fancy might suit them at the
>> time.
>
> Maybe I am being a little hypersensitive today, but my reaction
> to this is:
>
> I wasn't criticizing, which is hopefully obvious from the fact
> that I am often out at these rides (enjoying and trying to support
> them) I was just trying to use humorous phrasing and air
> some ideas, Jeez.
>
> JM