RE: [gnso-vi-feb10] executive summary - proposal statements

["Ron Andruff" <randruff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I support this as well, Richard.  Your comments are quite clear.  Let's
state the facts of the proposals and leave the readers to draw their own
positions.

RA

Ronald N. Andruff
RNA Partners, Inc.

 

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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:04 PM
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Subject: [gnso-vi-feb10] executive summary - proposal statements


Wanted to amplify the point i made on the call today

Executive summaries can be very powerful things as many will just read that
portion of the document.  

Given this,  I don't think the summaries we provide for each of our
proposals should include any words about the level of support or endorsement
for our proposals.  

Kristina - I understand the response you made to this, but i just don't
think we'll get agreement on how support should be characterized.  I think
we'll get into protracted and unsolvable debate over adjectives like 'some',
'many', 'good', 'broad', 'strong'  etc.  Even a seemingly benign statement
like 'there was support from xyz' is going to be debated as support for one
piece of a proposal doesnt necessarily mean support for all pieces.

My strong preference is to leave such descriptions of support  out of the
proposal description.

RT