Re: Task Force Model

On Oct 28, 2014 7:58 PM, "Noah Mendelsohn" <nrm@arcanedomain.com> wrote:
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> My only concern about this proposal is the implication that TAG task
forces or committees would be something new.
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> In fact, the TAG has kicked off both formal and informal task forces for
many years when it deemed them useful. Typically the TAG would ask non-TAG
members to participate, and at least one effort was led by a non-TAG member
(Norm Walsh, who in fact was at the time a former TAG member). I recall
Jeni Tennison leading a very successful task force on an issue that
involved some controversy a few years ago. I forget the topic but as I
recall it was one of the more productive things we did that year.
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> So, I think it's often a good idea, but it's not a new one. Our
experience with it has been about what you'd expect IMO: when the topic is
suitable and the chosen membership motivated and willing to work together,
the results have been good.
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> Noah
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Yes, to be clear, the only "new" thing that I'm suggesting here is that
something already proven useful could be tweaked and used to great effect
as part of normal operating procedure to solve a whole number of issues
(procedural/logistical as well as merely technical).