Re: [Mtgvenue] What does "mandatory mean?"

Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@nomountain.net> Tue, 31 January 2017 22:30 UTC

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From: Melinda Shore <melinda.shore@nomountain.net>
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Subject: Re: [Mtgvenue] What does "mandatory mean?"
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On 1/31/17 10:50 AM, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> My point is a bit more subtle, and I tried to explain in the
> reply I just sent to Andrew. It's *intended* to apply to the
> venue, but it unintentionally applies to the IAOC process of
> making judgment calls.


It's a good point, although I'm not sure it's necessary
to build firewalls against the IAOC doing really stupid
things (I've been wrong about that sort of things before).
The main thing is that I think we're blocked on
this until some alternative text is proposed.  Presumably
we can continue the discussion without personalizing it.

Melinda