They say that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. I am part of a committee and unnecessarily active part at that. And I believe the saying should be reversed. We set out to make a camel and cannot reach the necessary heights and we have a donkey on our hands.
Every committee has two sets of people . Those who do and those who promise to do. And I will not even get into who takes credit for that Donkey.
Robert Copeland said that "To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three people, two of who are absent." We are all familiar with committees right from our school days. Sports/ Culture/ and many more. And there is an apparent glory attached to being members of committees which are meant to lead all those who are not members.
My son at a young age of 12 refused to be part of any committee whatsoever. His teachers complained that he did not want to take any responsibility. He in turn said that he did not want a position where he was mostly expected to do the teacher's bidding. That this line of thought has some merit was brought home gradually to me.
Milton Berle had the last laugh when he said that , "A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours."
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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