Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] POLL Deadline -- 0600 GMT tomorrow -- proposal for poll-usage

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

mikey

re your question ---  how much of the poll to we include in the report?

I think if we include it at all we should include the whole thing.   my 
instinct is that selectively carving out pieces is less informative than 
showing the whole thing

for me its show it all or show nothing

RT

PS.  everyone appreciates the amazing job you're doing to close this out



On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Mike O'Connor wrote:

> 
> hi all,
> 
> just to clear up one little thing.  let's set a hard cutoff for the poll.   
> noon GMT (7am Eastern) tomorrow morning.  
> 
> here's the real link to the poll
> 
>       http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Initial-report-poll
> 
> i'll try to crunch out a repeat version of the summary in time for the phone 
> call -- and push out the details right away for those who want to do their 
> own analysis.
> 
> and how about this for a proposal on the inclusion of the information in the 
> report.  i note that on the first page of the survey, my first paragraph 
> reads "This is a poll to determine levels of support for various proposals 
> (aka "molecules") and components of proposals (aka "atoms). The results of 
> this poll will be included in the Initial Report that the WG will be 
> submitting soon."  so, i'm less sympathetic to the "we didn't know how this 
> was going to be used" argument than i was on the call.  
> 
> on the other hand, i agree that the "atoms" part of the poll was pretty 
> confusing.  so here's my proposition (i'm starting to run out of synonyms for 
> "proposal").  
> 
> -- exclude the "atoms" portion of the poll from the initial report -- too 
> confusing, too much information, not much actionable knowledge anyway
> 
> -- include the poll on the proposals 
> 
> -- include the poll on the three "conclusions" (Exceptions, Compliance, 
> SRSU), noting that these are still moving and opinions may well change over 
> the next few weeks
> 
> that concludes my report.  remember, if you want to stand up and be counted, 
> noon-tomorrow GMT.  if you'd like to be removed from the tally, let me know 
> by that same deadline and i'll take your answers out.
> 
> mikey
> 
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