Thread Subject: Re: TEITAC committee participants - Editing Wiki

From: Jessica M. Brodey
Date: Thu, Oct 12 2006 10:15 AM

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|I just verified my personal notes against Gregg's points below and I he's
captured everything stated/decided during the committee |meetings. This
includes the last bullett involving READ privileges to all on the WIKI.





When we were discussing this, the question posed was whether the Wiki should
be open for all to both read and edit, or just READ privileges for all and
editing left only to members. As a group, consensus was reached that READ
privileges should be granted to the public, but only "members" (who would
only need to self-identify to subcommittee chairs) could have editing
privileges, and that subcommittees could choose to lock the wikis down
further than that (i.e., only chairs having editing privileges). I do
believe looking back at the transcript will clarify that. I do not think it
is just a matter of opinion - it was a clear question posed to the group.
Regardless, it does seem now that there may be some technical problems about
implementing it, so we may now need to go back to the group at large and
address that again. Please understand that I am not expressing an opinion
here about whether or not I think the wiki should be open to all for editing
or not - I merely believe that we have been tasked with implementing a
decision that was already made by the broader Committee.



Jessica



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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Bailey Bruce
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Subject: Re: [teitac-tools] TEITAC committee participants - Editing Wiki



I concur with all Gregg's point but disagree with his conclusion that having
the wiki relatively open is a bad idea, at least at this juncture. Since
there is only one wiki, what if one subcommittee welcomes all to do the
work, but another asserts that only formal subcommittee members should be
editing? I also think the manpower required to exert this level of control
could be put to better effect. Close administration of privileges and
subcommittee membership will be time consuming, all the more so because the
process is suppose to be open. Who will be doing this work? Jared? Me?
Tim? Jim and Mike? The subcommittee chairs? Is this task even something
Jared could delegate if he wanted to?



I am disinclined to make it a point to save the subcommittee transcripts. I
am actually strongly of the opinion that such a practice should be actively
discouraged. RCC is an accommodation, not a stenography service. If the
chair keeps it long enough to facilitate the posting of minutes or a
summary, that is fine. FACA obligations for the committee meetings is
something else entirely.






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[mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of mike paciello
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [teitac-tools] TEITAC committee participants - Editing Wiki

I just verified my personal notes against Gregg's points below and I he's
captured everything stated/decided during the committee meetings. This
includes the last bullett involving READ privileges to all on the WIKI.



We did, in fact say that all meetings had to be accessible. We didn't say
recorded in audio or text.



- Mike




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Vanderheiden
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 12:45 AM
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Subject: Re: [teitac-tools] TEITAC committee participants - Editing Wiki

I'm not sure what is being referred to where but.



My memory is that



- We decided that the subcommittees were open to all.

- We also decided that subcommittees would determine their own operating
principles

- If a subcommittee decided that only the chairs or only an editor would
enter data in the WIKI that would be within what we said.

- If a subcommittee including ALL members (whether on TEITAC or not)
decided to limit access to wiki in some other way that also would seem to be
within jurisdiction.

- I believe that we did conclude that the WIKIs had to be open for all to
READ. Even those not on the committees. Part of open process. Tim or
Dave Capozzi could confirm.



I think that having anyone in the world editing on the wiki is a bad idea.
But that is up to each subcommittee I believe, unless it would violate some
rule that the Access board needs to follow or impose.



With regard to CART. My memory is that we said all meetings had to be
accessible. We didn't say they all had to be recorded - in audio or in
text. So I don't know where we are on that. Maybe back to 'the committees
decide'.





Does this help?


Gregg

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