SUO: Re: SUOP Topic :> Definition Of Issue
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SUOPT :> Issue. Note 8
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CA = Chris Angus
JA = Jon Awbrey
MW = Matthew West
A bit more logging,
AKA "forest management",
for the sake of the trees.
Cf. SUOPT :> Issue 07. http://suo.ieee.org/email/msg11697.html
In particular:
MW: I have heard no objection to anyone being able
to raise an issue against an SUO deliverable,
so I will update the Procedures document to
reflect this.
CA replied:
CA: I believe that anyone should be able to raise an issue.
What I would however propose is that we handle issues
raised by voting members slightly differently from others.
If an issue is raised by a voting member then it should
automatically be treated as a formal issue and thus be
subject to the process that you outline. If an issue
is raised by someone else then the project may choose
to make it a formal issue, in which case it is subject
to the same process, or the project may decide to reject
it prior to it becoming a formal issue. 'Withdrawn'
and 'Resolved' under this proposal would then only
involve voting members. If someone else raises an
issue and the project rejects it, it would then be
open to a voting member to make it a formal issue
if they believe it is important.
JA replied:
JA: I think I empathize the spirit of this,
but I think the letter of it is unduly
complicated. Working as I do from the
"non-inquiry-blocking" (NIB) rule, the
only reason for having epi*rules about
it seems to be the risk of destructive
interference between various waves and
particles of inquiry -- questons(?) --
or what Matthew describes as a problem
about pigeons. In mathematics there's
this famous theorem about pigeon-holes,
which I guess is the anti-particle for
pigeons, but more to the point, I have
never found this to be such a terribly
aweful problem -- not to put myself on
the side of the pigeons or anything --
that it justifies all of the Draconian
measures commonly Inquistioned against
a few loose birds in the mental aviary.
Jon Awbrey,
Bird Secretary
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