RE: A concept resurrected(?) - WG secretary?

[john.loughney@nokia.com]

Hi Leslie,

One possible idea, that might work (in addition to your suggestions
below) would be an executive summary at the begining of the notes.
These would consist of the major decisions made (and not made) at
the meeting.  After that, the he said/she said could still be attached,
if so desired.

John


> That's a really good point.  My complaints with my WG's
> minutes usually happened sometime after the fact -- when
> I was trying to back up a point later on the mailing
> list, but couldn't reference anything solid in the meeting
> minutes :-) (even though I had my mental version of what
> had been relevant).
> 
> Perhaps a few key things:
> 
> 	. define the value of minutes in terms of "whatever
> 	  happened..." and write that in WG procedures
> 
> 	. make it clear that the community needs and wants
> 	  these things, most often with some latency from the
> 	  meeting itself
> 
> 	. have someone who wasn't at the meeting review the
> 	  early draft of the minutes to see what they 
> 	  communicate without context
> 
> 
> 
> Leslie.
> 
> 
> 
> john.loughney@nokia.com wrote:
> > Hi Leslie,
> > 
> > 
> >>So -- if you had to live with the fact that "whatever happened
> >>in the room, it doesn't count if it isn't in the minutes", what
> >>problems do you have to creating such minutes, and how can
> >>we solve them?
> > 
> > 
> > The minutes of my WG are not stellar by any stretch of the
> > word.  However, noone has ever complained.  I don't think
> > that is a good thing, though.  It might be helpful if my
> > AD would repremand me when the minutes are inadequate.  It
> > would be good for folks on the mailing list to complain
> > if they cannot make heads or tails of the minutes.  If these
> > types of things do not happen, then its easy to see
> > why WG chairs just go with the flow.
> > 
> > John
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
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