Thread Subject: Re: discussions hard to follow

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From: Peter Korn
Date: Thu, Jun 07 2007 8:35 PM

Hi Terry,

I very much appreciate the work Andi Snow-Weaver has done in the Web &
Software subcommittee, where every week she distills down the key topics
that were discussed in e-mail, which we then try to come to conclusion
on in the con-call. If a conclusion is reached in advance of the call,
it is noted on the wiki, which otherwise contains a summary of the key
issues (typically with words lifted directly from the e-mails). This
has been invaluable in helping our subcommittee get through a huge
number of provisions, and add a host of new ones (for content, and now
for authoring tools).

Perhaps something like that would be useful here?


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

> While I agree it is hard to follow the different discussion threads,
> at least I know that discussion is on-going. I am not sure how I will
> be able to distinguish what is under discussion on the wiki without a
> lot of paging down thru bunches of content looking for new postings.
> In email, I briefly scan incoming messages to see if there is
> something critical that I need to address ASAP or if I can wait and
> see how it develops. Without going to the wiki multiple times a day
> and reading the entire working pages, I don't see how I can keep up -
> and i know I can't go to the wiki for that level of searching many
> times a day.
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> I prefer email.
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> On Jun 7, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Michele Budris wrote:
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> > I don't know about other people on this alias, but I'm having a
> > really hard time following the multiple threads running on each
> > topic. Can we do the following:
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> > -Do not change the subject line part way through a conversation. It
> > is not possible to find all the emails regarding defining one term.
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> > -Can we have weekly meetings to hold these discussions? That would
> > ensure we know what the latest versions of definitions are.
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> > -Can we start using the WIKI instead of the email?
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> > Sorry, but trying to follow all of this is really getting
> > frustrating! I know people need to give input, but we also need to
> > find a way to make it time effective for everyone.
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> > Michele
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