[EURO-Discuss] alac review

Vittorio Bertola vb at bertola.eu
Tue Jun 24 03:35:46 EDT 2008


Annette Muehlberg ha scritto:
> All,
> 
> Regarding the ALAC review, we are working in Paris on a draft for a
> statement from EURALO which we will post on the list. Meanwhile I
> want to let you know that theNARALO has already been working on such
> a statement. This is its latest draft. Best greetings

Just my two cents, as a person who's been seeing how this statement is 
being received: I think it's the wrong kind of statement to make; it 
sounds like "three days after the first draft of the report, since it 
doesn't give us 100% of what we wanted, we're ready to conclude that it 
is unacceptable in its entirety, and by the way you're all corrupt, you 
owe obedience to us and we call for a revolt against you". I assume that 
this is a common tone for statements in the US, but IMHO here it is 
unlikely to be very well received or even considered - its only result 
(as we saw yesterday) will be to put your interlocutors in defensive mode.

If *RALO thinks that there are factual errors or omissions in the 
report, it should submit a written comment to the reviewers specifying 
where are the errors and providing facts to support the claim. The 
NARALO statement doesn't do any of that. Apart from that, the reviewers 
are independent and are free to conclude whatever they deem fit, others 
are free to disagree but challenging their legitimacy or honesty won't 
fly very well, and won't get them to change their report.

Alternatively, a statement to the Review WG focusing on suggestions for 
the way forward - what to do with the report, and why certain parts 
could be ignored or considered under a different light - is appropriate, 
but perhaps it is even too early for that, as the initial draft 
recommendations of the WG won't be out before Cairo. In any case, any 
constructive suggestion regarding how to go forward (including requests 
about how to address the issues that many people care about, but that 
clearly don't pertain to an ALAC review) would be much more useful and 
productive.

Ciao,
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