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Comment author: adamzerner 26 May 2015 02:38:02PM *  0 points [-]

Historically, this has not been the case

Hmm, that's unfortunate and decreases my confidence that this could work out.

I am curious about the use of 'sense' instead of 'suspect.'

Just trying to qualitatively communicate my level of confidence. Suspect might mean ~60% confident where sense might mean ~75%.

My impression is that the trouble is not motivating volunteers to "make the change," the trouble is motivating volunteers to overcome the hurdles to get to the point where they are able to make the change.

My view is actually more that there are certain "gates to be opened". If you open 4/5 gates but the fifth gate is still closed, it won't be enough. Something along those lines. As to your points, they both seem like "gates" to me.

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