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bureaucracy, death-penalty, fda
China deadly serious about bureacratic accountability
07.10.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsSo much so that it just executed the head of its version of the FDA for corruption. Yowza!
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bureaucracy, bylaws, rant, reform, uuism
“Do a bit of research first…”
01.24.06 | Permalink | 4 CommentsSteve Caldwell has advised me to “do a bit of research first before proposing reform ideas.” Well, Steve, I followed up on your most excellent suggestion and went to check out the UUA’s venerable bylaws. It seems they total over 25,000 words. There are 25 Articles encompassing almost 150 subsections and 15 Rules sections with […]
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bureaucracy, contest, hypercorporatism, reform, uua, uuism
Fixing UUism (but which one?)
01.23.06 | Permalink | 2 CommentsLooking over the growing list of ideas to “fix UUism” over at ChaliceChick, it occurs to me that the vast majority are about what Roger Kuhrt calls the “hypercorporatism” of the national Association and its authorizing body, the annual General Assembly. Which is to say, they’re really not about fixing butts-in-the-pews Unitarian Universalism at all. […]
