On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 06:03:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> >>"Julian" == Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk> writes:
> Julian> - there's no longer a suggestion of using policy as anything other
> Julian> than a set of guidelines
> Is that really the case? I certainly do not find that I treat
> Policy as a guideline, to be followed or violated at my whimsy; I do
> think of it as a set of rules, and as all rules, there may be
> exceptions.
I've been using the word "guideline" to mean this. It seems a better
match to me. If you break rules, you get punished, if you don't follow
guidelines, you just have to give a valid justification. Guidelines are
still there for a reason, though.
Cheers,
aj
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