[Kzyxtalk] any ideas for feedback ?

[David Gurney]

These forms look like kindergarten grading cards, or Stalinesque narc
sheets.  Absolutely disgusting.  For over-institutionalized morons.  Have
we so lost the ability to think for and express ourselves that we have to
resort to a cookie-cutter evaluation of our fellows?

...


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Tim Bray <tbray at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  The two evaluation forms for programmers were developed by the Program
> Advisory Council in 2007.  The PAC put in a LOT of time and effort
> developing those.
>
> The one for Staff & Board is new to me, and it looks like a rough draft.
> Who developed it, and who would use it?  If it's a serious effort and there
> is an actual process to apply it, then it should be reworked to be more
> usable.
>
> The purpose of program evaluations was to improve the quality of our
> locally-produced shows.  The Program Director wanted some objective way of
> identifying which programmers needed improvement, and of communicating that
> to those programmers.  I think the hope was that such a process would
> diffuse some of the angry and defensive reactions expressed by some
> programmers against the PD.
>
> Not sure what the purpose of a Board-member evaluation would be; isn't
> this what elections are for?
>
>  Tim
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