So if I understand the design:
- There will no longer be a -comment
email list one can subscribe to
- There will be a web form for
submitting comments
- These comments will be emailed
to the chair and appended to a publically accessible archive
This maintains accountability, but is
a drop on the openness front. Still accountable because anyone can go search
the -comment archive, but less open as many fewer will do that than who
subscribe to the -comment lists today.
I guess I would back up and question
why it is a problem for the public email list to be a discussion forum.
Have there been instances where this was distractive to the work of the
TC or perhaps used inappropriately by some members of the public? Other
reasons driving the change?
Rich Thompson
OASIS WSRP TC Chair
"Karl F. Best" <>
09/04/2003 02:01 PM
Please respond to karl.best
To:
Rich Thompson/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
cc:
Subject:
Re: [chairs] public comment web form
The submitted comment will be forwarded to the chair
as well as put in
the -comment archive. So there will still be the same accountability for
the comments received.
-Karl
Rich Thompson wrote:
>
> One could always argue that the chair can forward the comment with
a
> reply to the TC mail list rather than a private response. I was more
> concerned that this takes what was an open communication (posting
to an
> email list) and turns it into a private communication (email to the
> chair). This seems to go against the open nature of OASIS.
>
> Rich Thompson
> OASIS WSRP TC Chair
>
>
> "Drummond Reed" <>
>
> 09/04/2003 01:27 PM
>
>
> To: <>,
<>
> cc: "Gabe
Wachob (E-mail)" <>
> Subject: RE:
[chairs] public comment web form
>
>
>
>
> Karl,
>
> I agree with Lauren. At least a limited form of public discussion
seems
> like a valuable portion of what OASIS provides. What was the board's
> thinking on this?
>
> =Drummond
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren Wood [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:02 AM
> To:
> Subject: [chairs] public comment web form
>
> Karl wrote:
>
> * The TC's public comment list is replaced with a "means to collect
> public comments", which will be a web form. (This is to prevent
the
> comment list from being used as a discussion list.) Comments
> collected by the web form will go to the chairs. I'm having the web
> forms built now and will announce to the comment lists when
this
> change will take place.
>
>
> Karl,
>
> how do we then ask clarifying questions, or make quick replies (along
> the lines of "see section 2.1. in the spec - isn't that clear
> enough?"
>
> I can understand not wanting full discussions, but we often do need
> clarifying discussions to know what the comment provider really
> meant. And I'd rather not have that take place in private email.
>
> Lauren
>
> ---
> Lauren Wood, Textuality
> Chair, ER TC
>
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