G. Campbell Morgan<\/b><\/p>\n
While he always kept abreast of the activities of the church, Campbell Morgan detested committee work. He told a friend, \u201cI would prefer to preach three sermons a day rather than spend half an hour at a deacon\u2019s meeting discussing who ought to keep the keys to the door.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 209<\/p>\n
Row Faster<\/b><\/p>\n
The next time a committee is appointed and the committee names several task forces to do its job, think of this story: <\/p>\n
To highlight its annual picnic one year, a company rented two racing shells and challenged a rival company to a boat race. The rival company accepted. On the day of the picnic, everyone entered into the spirit of the event. Women wore colorful summer dresses and big, floppy hats. Men wore straw skimmers and white pants. Bands played and banners waved. Finally the race began. To the consternation of the host company, the rival team immediately moved to the front and was never headed. It won by 11 lengths. <\/p>\n
The management of the host company was embarrassed by its showing and promptly appointed a committee to place responsibility for the failure and make recommendations to improve the host team\u2019s chances in a rematch the following year. The committee appointed several task forces to study various aspects of the race. They met for three months and issued a preliminary report. In essence, the report said that the rival crew had been unfair. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey had eight people rowing and one coxswain steering and shouting out the beat,\u201d the report said. \u201cWe had one person rowing and eight coxswains.\u201d The chairman of the board thanked the committee and sent it away to study the matter further and make recommendations for the rematch. Four months later the committee came back with a recommendation. \u201cOur guy has to row faster,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n
Bits and Pieces, September 19, 1991, pp. 5-6<\/p>\n
A Definition<\/b><\/p>\n
The unable appointed by the unwilling to do the unnecessary.<\/p>\n
Source unknown<\/p>\n
Resource<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Leadership, Vol X, #3, Summer, 1989, p. 46, \u201cTurning Committees into Community,\u201d Roberta Hestenes.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Bits and Pieces, May 1990, p. 9<\/p>\n
Committee Invented<\/b><\/p>\n
A traveler stopped to observe the curious behavior of a farmer who was plowing his field. A single mule hitched to the plow was wearing blinders, and the farmer was yelling, \u201cGiddyap, Pete! Giddyap, Herb! Giddyap, Ol\u2019 Bill! Giddyap, Jeb!\u201d <\/p>\n
After watching the farmer carry on like this for a while, the traveler asked, \u201cSay, mister\u2014how many names does that mule have?\u201d \u201cJust one\u2014his name is Pete.\u201d \u201cThen why do you call out Herb and Bill and\u2014\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s like this,\u201d explained the farmer. \u201cIf Ol\u2019 Pete knew he was doing all this work alone, I couldn\u2019t make him do it. But if he thinks he\u2019s got three other mules workin\u2019 alongside of him, he does the whole job all by himself.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a marvelous idea!\u201d exclaimed the traveler. And when he got back to his corporate office in New York, he invented the committee. <\/p>\n
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