Protocol, perhaps?
... I fail to understand why a scientist should need to take four paragraphs to explain why a telescope building has to be white. With charts. In full-color. @@
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Consuela - Jun 13, 2006 10:36:30 am PDT #1869 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Fred Pete - Jun 13, 2006 10:37:36 am PDT #1870 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
The thing is, if we can't call it a policy because it hasn't been voted on by faculty, isn't there a better synonym for the word policy than the word procedure? Like, rule.
Around here, we issue a lot of "Guidance."
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2006 10:40:18 am PDT #1871 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Around here, we issue a lot of "Guidance."
"God's will"?
Consuela - Jun 13, 2006 10:40:28 am PDT #1872 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, Fred's got it.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2006 10:40:38 am PDT #1873 of 10002
I fail to understand why a scientist should need to take four paragraphs to explain why a telescope building has to be white. With charts. In full-color.
Because sometimes the University really really really wants to paint it turquoise blue and beige and sometimes the Forest Service really really wants it to be a particular shade of brown and starts waving regs. at you and sometimes the designer gets a wild hair about mauve and ...I don't even want to talk about the tasteful blue on the ops blgd's gutters that was vetoed because it might clash with the sky..
I really wish I were kidding, but I lived through these wars.
-t - Jun 13, 2006 10:40:51 am PDT #1874 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You should get to make up your own title, sarameg.
Fred Pete - Jun 13, 2006 10:42:32 am PDT #1875 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
"God's will"?
Sort of. "Guidance" isn't a Rule, which has the force of law but is harder to amend.
sarameg - Jun 13, 2006 10:43:39 am PDT #1876 of 10002
Oh and then the Airforce gets hinky about its radar reflectivity or something and....
You should get to make up your own title, sarameg.
Totally. Part of the problem is, when I'm asked what I do, in seriousness, it takes a bit. I'm very random.
tommyrot - Jun 13, 2006 10:44:21 am PDT #1877 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sort of. "Guidance" isn't a Rule, which has the force of law but is harder to amend.
"Common-law"?
Consuela - Jun 13, 2006 10:48:16 am PDT #1878 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really wish I were kidding, but I lived through these wars.
Oh, yeah. But really, in this kind of a document, I honestly don't think we need to say more than "The buildings would be white in order to reduce heat absorption, which would adversely affect telescope operations (See Appendix X for further discussion)."
See how simple that is? ::sigh::