Great thanks for this. -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howard.Silcock@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, 23 June 2008 1:44 PM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: No More Thought Showers [SEC=3DUNCLASSIFIED] Thanks for this, Janice After a bit of searching, I found the full list of 100 words proscribed by=20 the UK Local Government Association in this report: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jun/20/localgovernment.localgove rnment Howard Janice Gelb <Janice.Gelb@xxxxxxx>=20 Sent by: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 23/06/2008 08:16 AM Please respond to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject atw: No More Thought Showers [SEC=3DUNCLASSIFIED] According to a CNN report at: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/21/britain.jargonbusters.ap/ index.html LONDON, England (AP) -- British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable communities. The body that represents the country's local authorities has told its members to stop using management buzzwords, saying they confuse people and prevent residents from understanding what local governments do. [snip] The list includes the popular but vague term "empowerment;" "coterminosity," a situation in which two organizations oversee the same geographical area; and "synergies," combinations in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Officials were told to ditch the term "revenue stream" for income, as well as the imprecise "sustainable communities." The association also said councils should stop referring to local residents as "customers" or "stakeholders." [snip] The association sent its letter after reports that one town council had told staff to use the term "thought showers" instead of "brainstorming." Officials at Tunbridge Wells council in southern England felt brainstorming might offend people with epilepsy, a condition that involves periodic electrical storms inside the brain. However, the National Society for Epilepsy said it had surveyed its members and they did not find the term offensive. "Brainstorming" is not on the Local Government Association's list. ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to=20 www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with=20 "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION=20 modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to=20 austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ************************************************** ************************************************** To view the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************