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Re: Proposed Update to Note Well

Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> Fri, 22 June 2012 15:49 UTC

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Subject: Re: Proposed Update to Note Well
From: Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com>
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> If the chairs are going to read boilerplate in meetings all week long,
> it's going to sound like such a disclaimer anyway.  I'm happy about
> the "short", but I don't understand the reason that the notice will
> need to be read out loud.  Is such a requirement the plan?  If so,
> why?

No, no... no *requirement*.  We just want it to be concise enough so
that it *can* reasonably be done.  It's kind of the test: if it's too
long for that, then it's probably too long.  The current Note Well
says what needs to be said, but makes everyone's eyes glaze over.

Barry

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