Going out of town for a week

Hello,

This supercedes the agenda we were working on, from
http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-bylaws/2003/000005.html and
incorporates the proposal from
http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-bylaws/2003/000067.html which uses
Manoj's and Taral's suggestions.

I've posted some suggested deadlines that we should try to stick to, so that
we can have our final product out well in advance of the general meeting. I
think it's plenty liberal for our purposes, but if not, there is certainly
wiggle room there.

Draft agenda, present -- June 2003
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Items marked with a * have been completed and detail has been removed.

*1. Self-organization
* a. Voting procedures
* b. Deciding on our output
* c. Selection of first secretary

2. Identification of problems
Deadline for completion: March 1
* a. Compilation of lists of problems
* Each person submits a list of problems to the mailing list.
* The secretary takes these and posts a single large document.
b. Brief prioritization
Items get organized into high, medium, and low-priority categories.
The secretary issues a new document ordered by priorities.

3. Analysis of problems
Deadline for completion: April 15
a. Starting with the highest-priority items, we discuss each item
in a separate e-mail thread, using the Subject line to differentiate
between items. The chairman ensures that every item gets discussed
within constraints of available time. (If we run out of time,
low-priority items may be skipped).
b. For each item, we decide if the best solution involves a bylaws
change. If not, we communicate our analysis and recommendations
to other responsible people (such as the board or membership
committee) if applicable.
c. For each item whose best solution involves a bylaws change,
we agree on an appropriate change. The secretary adds that change
to a running document recording all our proposed amendments.

4. Review of proposals
Deadline for completion: May 1
We review the final document from step 3 as maintained by the secretary
in 3(c), checking for internal consistency, typos, vagueness, and
any other things that needs to be fixed. The secretary incorporates
our changes into the document.

5. Publication of results
Deadline for completion: May 15
We will publish results as listed in section 1b in accordance
with our charter.

Hi,

I shall be visiting snowbound Boston next week, and may not
have access to a network connection while I am there. I should be
back at the end of the month.

manoj
--
Business is a good game -- lots of competition and minimum of
rules. You keep score with money. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta(at)acm(dot)org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
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Thanks for letting us know, Manoj.

I propose we handle this in the following manner:

* The prioritization we should be able to handle in Manoj's absence.
His preferences are already on record and I don't think this will
be a controversial step.

* For the remainder, we will have some initial legwork to do (things
relating to the format of our proposals), and then we can start in
on the analysis. We'll go ahead and work forward but hold off on
any communication to other groups (ie, recommendations for new
resolutions to the board) until Manoj's return.

* When Manoj gets back, we can revisit things as necessary, and he can
inform us when he has caught up on the backlog of mail so we can
take care of any pending business at that time.

-- John

On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I shall be visiting snowbound Boston next week, and may not
> have access to a network connection while I am there. I should be
> back at the end of the month.
>
> manoj
> --
> Business is a good game -- lots of competition and minimum of
> rules. You keep score with money. Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari
> Manoj Srivastava <srivasta(at)acm(dot)org> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>
> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E
> 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C
>
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