Re: [gnso-dow123] Re: Updates

[Ken Stubbs <kstubbs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i support kathy's recommendations

ken stubbs


KathrynKL@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Thanks Jordyn for putting this together.  Hope everyone's travels to 
> NZ were uneventful.
>
> Jordayn, I see these slides as a continuation of Vancouver, and 
> appreciate the updating you have done.  That said, I strongly object 
> to the line on Slide 8 (Status of Work).  "âRecently concluded public 
> comment period.  Received approximately 45 responses; most favored 
> Formulation #2"
>
> I think this leave a very incomplete impression.  If we wanted to say 
> that "strong comments were submitted by both sides, with leading 
> organizations weighing in for both formulations."  that would be fine. 
>
> Or if we wanted to take the following lines line from our Final 
> Report, that would be fine too:
>        "The comments show a division in the community, with 9 
> respondents expressing support for Formulation 1 and 33 respondents 
> supporting Formulation 2.  A number of the comments supporting 
> Formulation 2 featured similar argumentation and structure which may 
> be the result of one or more constituencies encouraging participation 
> and responses during the public comment period."
>
> It's a long sentence, but it is accurate and already agreed upon and 
> published.
> (and the issue is worthy of a little extra space and discussion).
>
> Thanks, Kathy
>
> <<
> > Please find attached my first draft of the slides for the Public Forum.
> >
> > I'm glad to make further edits, or if people in Wellington want to
> > co-ordinate any changes, that's fine as well.
> >
> > We should probably designate someone to give the presentation in
> > Wellington.  Any volunteers?
> >
> > Jordyn
> >
> > On 3/23/06, Jordyn Buchanan <jordyn.buchanan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >Hello all:
> > >
> > >A few updates ahead of Wellington:
> > >
> > >1) I will be sending out a proposed set of slides momentarily.
> > >Depending on how much time we've been allocated, these may be a little
> > >long and need to be edited down.  I'm glad to take comments and
> > >continue to try to work on these on the next few days.  However, we
> > >are going to need to designate someone from the Task Force to present
> > >the slides at the public forum, because...
> > >
> > >2) I will not be in Wellington.  I have recently decided to leave
> > >Register.com, and as a result will not be making the trip to New
> > >Zealand.  We will probably also need to discuss what this means in
> > >terms of the ongoing chairing of the task force.  I do want to make
> > >sure that we don't lose track of our work, though, so I'm more than
> > >willing to continue to help out as we figure out an ongoing
> > >strategy...
> > >
> > >Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.
> > >
> > >Jordyn
> > >