Hearing and Speaking Problems for Non-Native Englishspeakingparticipants.

[Brian E Carpenter]

Jabber isn't a formal requirement, but meeting minutes are.
So I would say a chair has an obligation to find a note
taker, but a jabber scribe is an as-available extra.

   Brian

Bob Wyman wrote:
> 
> Cyrus Shaoul wrote:
> > very few work groups use the Jabber system,
> > and even fewer have good scribes.
>         It seems that scribes and notetakers are often recruited at the
> last minute -- just as the WG session is starting. Often, there are
> either no volunteers or the chair is left accepting the assistance of
> the first who volunteers. This process is not one that is likely to
> result in quality results.
>         I suggest that a WG Chair should be expected to arrange for
> proper and competent notetaking and Jabber scribes well before the WG
> session begins.
> 
>                 bob wyman