On 2019-01-18 10:38:02 +0000 (+0000), Chris Dent wrote: [...]
In Jeremy's message he suggested that while the main action of the PTL is to coordinate and surface they do have one important power: the power to say "no" and then seems to suggest that's not a big deal. It's a huge deal. [...]
I certainly didn't mean to imply that it's "not a big deal." The context was that the PTL's ability to refuse work from individuals doesn't magically make them work on priority tasks for that team (and in my experience, more often simply causes them to go away); so rejecting proffered non-priority effort doesn't translate to getting priorities accomplished, though it can serve to reduce distractions for the remaining team members who actually do want to focus on those priorities, sure. -- Jeremy Stanley