Re: the liaison between or the liaison among??

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Then I would call the X Dept the "gatekeeper" rather than the "liason"

-Wendy

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Hemstreet, Deborah
<DHemstreet -at- kaydon -dot- com>wrote:

>  Hi Peter,
>
> Well, the dictionary definition of liaison is: "A channel for
> communication between groups".
>
> What it amounts to is this - for a particular process, no one is allowed
> to do anything without input from X Dept. If X Dept. does not provide
> that input, the process stops. Depts. A and B can communicate with each
> other, but if X Dept. has not communicated on this particular process to
> Dept. A and B and C, then neither, A, B, nor C is allowed to proceed,
> even if they are communicating with each other.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Deborah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Neilson [mailto:neilson -at- windstream -dot- net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 10:28 AM
> To: Hemstreet, Deborah
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: the liaison between or the liaison among??
>
> Hemstreet, Deborah wrote:
> > Should I write:
> >
> > The X Dept. serves as the liaison between a, b, c, and d.
> > OR
> > The X Dept. serves as the liaison among a, b, c, and d.
>
> First of all, it probably doesn't. More likely it gets in the way, or at
>
> least introduces noise. (We know from your previous writings that the
> place has room for improvement. But then so does everything, even you
> and me.)
>
> Secondly, when faced with a choice like that, you probably need a
> different statement. You could turn it inside out, something like this:
> "A, B, C and D use the X Dept not only to make coffee and to shake the
> toner in the laser printer, but also to resolve conflicts that may arise
>
> between any of those departments."
>
>
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