After September 11th happened being

  involved with "governance" at any org was quite different than it had been before that attack.  In Academia and non-profits there was a period of seemingly complete disjointedness as each layer of to-be-addressed was readied for "surgery".  People used the many hats of personality and skill sets to peruse, criticize, discuss, analyze, and fight for how rules and guidance should be expressed.  How to reinforce appropriate-to-situation-behavior. And there was lots of observance of how selves and groups navigate.  

  We were all contending with stationary and moveable parts.  And we were not all interested in doing things the same way. 

  "What's your mission statement?" 

  "How was your reconn different after the Guidelines were updated?" 

  The editors had come out of their lodgings after coffeetime together and peppered everyone around with group questions.  "Not everybody in this group is doing the same thing," said a woman with a tangled beehive of hair on her head.  "Oh?" One editor said.  

  "Looks like you've been in the wind tunnel," the other said. 

  "There's a wind tunnel?" Someone asked. 

  "Would you like a tour? That can be arranged." Several people were enthusiastic.