At 08:09 AM 12/11/98 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote:
>On Fri, Dec 11, 1998 at 09:26:32AM -0500, Bernard Turcotte wrote:
>> I would require a little more time please.
>>
>> Should have comments in by the next 24 hours.
>>
>> Bernard.
>
>OK, I have heard from Bernard and Michael that they have comments on
>the draft.
>
>I believe that should we publish the draft to the discuss list with the
>caveat that these comments are coming, and that there may be some
>changes as a result.
>
>Consider the following points:
>
>- nobody is going to be completely happy with this draft (I certainly
>am not);
>
>- it is out for wider discussion in any case;
>
>- we need a wider participation in that discussion;
>
>- there is not another proposal on the table that needs a contrasting
>view;
>
>- it is quite possible that there will be significant changes no
>matter what;
>
>- some of the participants are distributing the draft to others
>anyway;
>
>- people on the discuss list only are quite eager to comment;
>
>- the draft still has explicit holes in it;
>
>- there are major questions (like incorporation) that need to be
>discussed;
>
>- and TIME IS WASTING.
>
>Email is a wonderful medium, but it only works well if things can
>proceed in parallel.
>
>It is clear that if we wait for comments from Michael and Bernard,
>and then go through a period of discussion about them, that a week or
>more will go by. I don't think we can afford that.
>
>Comments?
>
>
>--
>Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be
>kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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