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Re: Proposed New Note Well

"Doug Ewell" <doug@ewellic.org> Mon, 04 January 2016 19:15 UTC

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From: Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org>
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Subject: Re: Proposed New Note Well
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 12:15:38 -0700
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IESG Secretary wrote:

> The intent is to make the note well shorter and more readable

Can this goal truly -- not just superficially -- be met if the reader
must "read [BCP 79] carefully," two RFCs totaling 21 pages, in order to
understand the Note Well text?

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Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸

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