[gnso-vi-feb10] major conclusion from the report-drafting/review call -- schedule too tight, we need to back off

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

a quick note to bring you all up to speed with where things are after the 
report-review call this morning.

there was consensus.

this is too tight a schedule.  we're going to set the "release the report to 
public comment" deadline back a week to allow all of us the time we need to get 
this draft in shape.  we've all worked too hard to get here -- we need to make 
sure that our draft is in better shape before we release it.

Roberto and i are working on a short-interval schedule of what needs to happen 
by when.  here are a few things that need to happen by the end of the day today 
that i'll mention here, and i'll push out the rest of the schedule once Roberto 
and i have had a chance to push it back and forth a couple times.

confirm this schedule with senior staff (acknowledging that the report does not 
contain policy recommendations, that the Council may very likely delay a 
decision, that the Board will have access to our report regardless, etc.) - 
Margie
publish short-interval schedule for the week's work - Mikey/Roberto/leaders
launch discussion of "rules for proposal summaries" (length, whether or not to 
refer to levels of support, etc.) -- proposal and principle drafting-teams

this last one is the one for the drafting teams to focus on.  i'll kick off a 
thread for this in a minute.

thanks all,

mikey


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