Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] "Rules" for proposal-summaries and Principles-summaries

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

i think i can summarize the DAG4 provisions in 200 words, give or take 10 words.

RT


On Jul 16, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Antony Van Couvering wrote:

> Sorry I missed the call.   
> 
> Question: who is going to summarize the DAGv4 proposal?  It's no-one's 
> favorite position, but it's an acceptable fallback for many.  (I am not 
> volunteering.)
> 
> Antony
> 
> On Jul 16, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Mike O'Connor wrote:
> 
>> 
>> i'm going to hijack this thread, since Richard's already kicked it off.  :-)
>> 
>> we agreed on the call today that it would be very useful to have short 
>> summaries of each of the proposals and each of the Principles for the body 
>> of the report.  we diverged a bit on what those should look like and wanted 
>> to take the conversation to the list for resolution.
>> 
>> here are the parameters of the debate;
>> 
>> -- how long -- a certain number of words?  if so, how many -- 200?
>> 
>> -- should those summaries describe levels of support, or leave that out?  
>> that's the point that Richard raised with his email
>> 
>> -- anything else we should state in advance as guidance to summary-drafters?
>> 
>> let's try to hammer this one out fairly quickly so drafting-teams can get 
>> started with their summarizing.
>> 
>> hope you don't mind me hijacking your thread Richard,
>> 
>> mikey
>> 
>> 
>> On Jul 16, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Richard Tindal wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
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