From: annie (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 2010 - 08:00:50 CDT
> Can we have a explaination of the definition
> of what is a "herding the cats event"
LOL!
In this context, it comes down to the fact that a group of
TGs are simply not going to do what they don't want to do. :)
To generalize, TGs tend to be fiercely independent, and are
very often obstinate and obdurate in behavior patterns.
The term "herding cats" or more correctly "attempting in vain
to herd cats" :) has been around for decades, possibly centuries,
although often times incorrectly attributed to Trent Lott. It
refers to the futility of a task which is opposed by innate,
often passive, resistance.
In other words, don't expect everyone to wear green on
Thursday just because somebody says to wear green on Thursday!
(Wait, where have I heard that one before?) :) :)
In the context of DLV, JoAnn got me using the term when it
comes to about anything that the attendees tend to resist.
This natural resistance is something that we have to take
into consideration when planning about anything.
Now on a positve note, we've started calling the now-popular
sub-activity on the Limo Tour, the Fremont Street walk, as
the "Walk of the cats" or the "Herding of the cats", which
did elicit a degree of griping when we skipped it one year! :)
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