[ALAC] Suggested revision of At-Large Policy Development template

[Maureen Hilyard]

Sounds good to me because when you don't see the developments as new
contributions are incorporated into the statements, it may seem as if its
only just been ONE or only a few contributors

Some statements go through several transitions.

M

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
wrote:

> It has been pointed out to me that the template we use has a space for
> "First Draft" and then "Final Draft". This works for issues that do not
> generate a lot of dialogue and revision of the statement. For such
> statements, there is no specific place to post the revised version(s).
> Simply changing the first draft does not really work, because then we are
> left with Wiki comments on that draft that refer back to something that is
> no longer there (unless you go to the trouble of finding the correct
> earlier version).
>
> I suggest that we change the title from "FIRST DRAFT SUBMITTED" to "DRAFT
> STATEMENTS" and add instructions saying that if multiple draft versions are
> posted, old versions should remain, with the newer version posted at the
> top of the box, prefixed with the date posted and author, and separated
> from earlier versions by a horizontal line.
>
> That way we have a full history of the draft evolution.
>
> Does anyone see a reason not to do this?
>
> Alan
>
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