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From: dwp@willett.pgh.pa.us (Doug Philips)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: X3J14 Goals
Message-ID: <2428.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 1 Mar 91 15:42:50 GMT
References: <2426.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>
Organization: (n.) to be organized.  But that's not important right now.
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In article <2426.UUL1.3#5129@willett.pgh.pa.us>,
	D.RUFFER [Dennis] for Elizabeth Rather, Chair X3J14 writes:
> > I wonder how different the standard would be if transcripts of all
> > the meetings were made and required to be available?
>
>I doubt it would be any different.  I also wonder how many people would read a
>transcript of even one 40 hour meeting, even if someone were masochistic
>enough to transcribe it?  Instead, we're trying to write rationales for most
>controversial items.

Indeed.  My point was, albeit obscure, that I suspect the TC discussions would
go differently if the participants knew there would/could be outside 
knowledge of what they were doing.  The rationale misses all of the political
elements.  Now for recordings!  1/2 :-)

-Doug
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