RE: [wg-review] The Number 1 Problem

[Greg Burton <sidna@feedwriter.com>]

At 07:02 PM 1/9/01, Cindy Merry wrote:
>Kent Crispin and Greg Burton had an interesting discussion, a part of which
>I've clipped for comment.

Thanks, Cindy - I was wondering if anyone besides Kent and I was reading it 
:) Nice response, thank you.

>Everyone has their own motives and agendas, but we have to
>start with the agreed upon understanding that all of those that choose to
>become involved start with a desire to achieve something.  Establishing
>rules of procedure, clearly defining a meeting agenda and a process of
>presenting ideas can lead to consensus.
...
>Bottom line is policies and procedures, clearly explained, for this work
>group would most likely have kept those who dropped out or were overwhelmed
>on board with the rest of us.

I would hope so, If I recall rightly, YJ mentioned that some 70 people 
dropped the WG, and that for a lot of them it was the volume of email. If 
somewhere between 25% and 33% of interested people drop because of the 
method we're using, it seems to suggest email lists don't promote inclusion.

Actually, I said the below - not Kent :)

No, actually it doesn't. It assumes that you establish general and explicit
>rules and procedures ahead of time and publish them. You create an
>"education about our process" list. When you create a WG participants
>explicity agree to the rules when they sign up, and you direct them to the
>process list and the published rules so that they CAN understand them if
>they don't already.
>
>For crying out loud - this is NOT rocket science.


Regards,
Greg

sidna@feedwriter.com

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