Watch Lists

[David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.UMD.EDU>]

Poster: David KUIJT <kuijt@umiacs.umd.edu>



Dafydd ap Gwystl again;

Jonathan Blackbow writes:
 
> I may be alone in this concept, but I've always been VERY annoyed at not
> ever being able to SEE this watch list.  Or really ever get any
> information about its existence.  I sort of like to know how well I'm
> doing; you know, like a report card at school?  It's very easy to tell
> how far along you're getting.

Huhn?  What, exactly, do you think a watch list is?  One thing it is
NOT is a report card.  All it is, is the list of people that the
group is trying to watch.  It is not exclusive--we watch lots of
other people, too.  It is not a ranking--some people get on put on
the watch list because Peer X says "I'd like you guys to watch person
Y".  Some people fall off the watch list quickly after being put on;
others stay on forever.  Some people get a Peerage without ever being
on the watch list -- TRM say "Poll for her", we do, and the results
come back positive.  How up-to-date the watch list is depends upon
the attitude of the principal, how much time there was at the last
peerage meeting, and a million other factors.  For one example, when
I was on the throne I noticed my own name on the watch list for
the Chivalry.  I informed the Principal of the Chivalry "thank you
very much, but I've got one already..."

The watch list is not a tool for you to evaluate how you are doing.
If you want to get an estimate of how you are doing, ask a peer.
Ask me, I'll tell you in great detail what I think you need to work
on.  Almost any other peer will do the same thing.  You will find that much 
more useful than some sort of relative ranking system.

Dafydd ap Gwystl
 
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