Re: Request Re Editing Charter

I'm not clear what your initial comment about the history is intended for.
Do you want it explicitly referenced in the charter?  Or are you just
pointing it out to me?  I know it's there, but to be honest I find it
difficult to navigate the links in the history and understand what I'm
seeing.  No doubt my skills will improve.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:

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> On 6 Dec 2011, at 2:59 PM, Roger Cutler wrote:
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> > Just to help me keep track of what's going on and to avoid getting into
> an unintentional do-undo back and forth -- if you edit the draft charter
> could you please email me and give me a hint what you did?
>
> Hi Roger,
>
> I want to point out up top (you mention it below) the editing history:
>
> http://www.w3.org/community/oilgaschem/wiki/index.php?title=Oil,_Gas_and_Chemicals_Business_Group_Charter&action=history
>
> > Ian -- I think that you took out the voting and patent sections because
> there are no requirements, right?
>
> Right:
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> 1) The proc doc voting requirements don't apply to BGs.
> 2) The patent requirements are covered by the CLA and FSA; you could link
> to them but I thought it was unnecessary.
>
> > It does seem to me, however, that it might be a good idea to discuss the
> IP framework for Community and Business Groups anyway, as an informational
> thing.
>
> No problem with that.
>
> > I have in mind pointing to the IP page for Community groups and perhaps
> including some "user friendly" approximate discussion along the lines that
> you once sent me.  Sound OK?
>
> I would avoid paraphrasing the policy. You could just say something
> vanilla like "Contributions are made under Community and Business Group
> agreements" with a link to the agreements.
>
> [Meanwhile, I am working on a summary of the policy (not yet ready).]
>
> Ian
>
> >
> > Jennifer -- I find the history tracking of the Wiki confusing and I
> can't figure out what you did.  Not much, as far as I can tell -- unless I
> am confusing what you did with what Ian did.  Did you sort of complete what
> he started?
> >
> > I am not trying to discourage anyone from adding content or modifying.
>
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