[At-Large] [policy] Re: Documents and Draft Agenda for ALAC Monthly Teleconference, 8th April 2008

[Desiree Miloshevic]

On 2 Apr 2008, at 16:36, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

> Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
>
>> Many thanks for your comments. We would of course be happy to  
>> create wiki pages of all of these texts if the community wishes us  
>> to do so.
>
> I'd love to see people discussing substance... anywhere! I think
> editable wiki pages would help.
>
>> However, with respect to emailing out texts either as attachments  
>> or in the body of emails, since those on low-bandwidth connections  
>> have made it clear that this is a real problem for them we have  
>> refrained from taking either of these steps. We are also aware  
>> that in some areas, community members must not only live with low- 
>> bandwidth connections, but must also pay for the bandwidth that  
>> they do use.
>>
>> For these reasons, it is our hope is that those of you who are  
>> fortunate enough to have broadband connections would be able to  
>> live with visiting URLs to retrieve documents, instead of  
>> insisting on increasing the bandwidth required for all  
>> participants by including the texts in the body of emails, or as  
>> attachments. Of course, if the community wishes to decide to  
>> standardise on one kind of method of transmission over another, we  
>> would be happy to accommodate those wishes.
>>
>
> I apologize to those on low-bandwidth connections, but I'd  
> recommend you
> use a gateway to store and forward messages, rather than limiting the
> entire group's communications.  We simply can't discuss texts
> effectively without sharing and editing the texts.

Agree. Pdf attachments as well as URLs should be a better way forward.

Desiree
--

> Sadly, I haven't
> seen much evidence that we discuss texts or policies effectively,  
> lately.
>
> --Wendy
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