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

[Kan Kaili]

Fully agreed.        - Kaili



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
To: "ALAC" <alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2018 2:42 AM
Subject: [ALAC] Suggested revision of At-Large Policy Development template


> 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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