NO, PERO WHY? The petition reached the wrong desk. Quick cases The crew collects signatures for longer hours and sends them to the librarian. The bookshop owner controls the lease and staffing budget. PAUTA ASKS Can this recipient decide the request, or only pass it along? TRY ONE RESPONSE Assume no reply means the request was rejected. The recipient may not be able to decide or route the request. Silence alone does not tell you why. TRY ANOTHER RESPONSE Ask who can decide, what information they need and how to submit it. You can direct the request toward the actual process without treating signatures as a guaranteed result. MAKE SOMETHING USEFUL Write a short routing question before a new petition. TELL A FRIEND Before sending another petition, let’s find who controls the decision and how they accept input. Say it your way. Keep the supported meaning and the part you still need to check. READING Carol Bacchi: What’s the problem represented to be? https://carolbacchi.com/about/ Our entry questions adapt part of WPR. They are not the complete approach or a substitute for evidence about an option’s effects. MY NOTES