Re: Questions regarding the Security Secretary Position

[tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)]

John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> writes:

> On 22 Oct 2001, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> 
> >John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> writes:
> >
> >> I take it then that you volunteer.  If not, shut up.  Throwing artifical 
> >> barriers at this office isn't going to add volunteers.
> >
> >How is it a barrier?
> 
> It's an extra qualification.  It's one that until you objected, didn't 
> exist.  My point still stands: if you want to add qualifications, add them 
> by "raising the bar" and volunteering yourself.

I think it's an entirely appropriate qualification.  But it's no
barrier: it simply requires that we know who the person is and that
they share our commitments.  I think those are reasonable things to
expect.  

Thomas