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Re: PowerPoint considered harmful (was Re: Barely literate minutes)

Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com> Sun, 02 December 2012 17:58 UTC

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On 12/02/2012 12:50 PM, John C Klensin wrote:
>
> --On Sunday, December 02, 2012 12:19 -0500 "Joel M. Halpern"
> <jmh@joelhalpern.com> wrote:
>
>> There is another unfortunate community habit that I have
>> noticed.
>> It is, I believe, a consequence o their being simply too much
>> stuff to look at.
> Of course, having too much stuff to look at is ultimately a
> consequence of the inability of the Steering Group to prioritize
> and structure work enough (even if it means saying "no" to
> reasonable, but less-important, proposals) that the number of
> things people (and they) have to look at bears a reasonable
> relationship to available time and resources.
I'd add working group chairs (though I'm sure there are a few 
exceptions) to the list of those with an apparent inability to 
prioritize and structure work.   Or perhaps WGs should have to get 
approval from their supervising AD before they can take on new documents.

Keith

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