Re: charter revisions, please review

Len,

Yes, I like the tweaking and believe it is in line with the philosophy the 
group has been discussing.  I would not separate it out as a separate 
deliverable as I think the way you have it make sense.

--wendy

At 09:03 AM 4/21/00 , Leonard R. Kasday wrote:
>where it says
>
>>Where we can not find a tool that implements a technique from the ERT, we 
>>will:
>>          - Participate in developing open source software such as Amaya 
>> or Mozilla,
>>          - Develop a prototype to test that the technique is a sound 
>> suggestion,
>>          - Provide a forum for members of the list to discuss tools in 
>> progress,
>>             such as A-Prompt, Bobby, WAVE, etc.,
>>           - Encourage developers of commercial tools to participate in 
>> the developer forum.
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>This ties the items in the bullet list to the condition "Where we can not 
>find a tool..."
>
>Actually, we'll want to do these even if there is a tool somewhere that 
>does implement a technique.  It's just that lacking such a tool, it's even 
>more important to do one or more of these things.
>
>Also, these aren't exactly "deliverables" in the sense of a document or 
>piece of software.
>
>How about making this a list of
>
>Related Deliverables.  These are deliverables that are not necessarily 
>products solely of this group, but are rather deliverables to which we 
>make a contribution.  Our contribution may include, but are not limited to
>      - design or code for open source software such as Mozilla, Amaya, etc.
>      - development of a prototype to test a design concept or promote 
> it's use
>      - documented discussions and feedback to developers of tools in 
> progress, such as
>         A-Prompt, Bobby, WAVE, etc.
>
>----------
>This is largely a rewording and tweaking of philosopy.
>
>The one new thing is that feedback to developers would be 
>documented.  This means providing feedback as an actual document to a tool 
>developer, to tie together what would otherwise be scattered throughout 
>email and meeting notes.
>
>Maybe we should even break this out as a separate deliverable.
>
>Len
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Received on Friday, 21 April 2000 11:21:47 UTC