Process document

[Joel M. Halpern]

While I happen to think we are unlikely to be able to produce a useful (set 
of) recommendation(s), it is probably still worth trying.

In contrast, producing a document about all the things we considered and 
all the manifold variations that did not produce a recommendation (if that 
is what happens) is not a useful document.  Rather than trying to write 
such a document, if we can not produce useful recommendations we should 
admit that fact and close up.

Yours,
Joel M. Halpern

At 12:21 PM 10/10/2003 -0400, Melinda Shore wrote:
>Broadly, we have two options: 1) produce a document, and
>2) weasel out of producing a document (NOT THAT I'M BIASED).
>If there's a very strong sense that the latter is what the
>working group actively wants, we can discuss it with our
>Area Director.
>
>If we go forward with a process document we have several
>options for what to do, including 1) produce actual
>recommendations, several of which have been floated here, and
>2) document what we've been doing, the ideas that have been
>proposed and rejected, and so on, and not produce any
>actual recommendations.