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Re: Document shepherd role

Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com> Mon, 22 April 2013 20:10 UTC

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From: Benoit Claise <bclaise@cisco.com>
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On 22/04/2013 21:45, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 4/22/13 1:37 PM, Howard, Lee wrote:
>
>> Can we offer some recognition for Document Shepherds? I don't think they
>> even get listed in the Acknowledgments section, unless they have already
>> contributed.  Unlike Author, Contributor, WG Chair, AD, Directorate, and
>> Secretary, the Shepherd toils in anonymity.
> Not always... :-)
>
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-saintandre-impp-call-info-02#appendix-A
>
> This is something we can all do as document authors and WG chairs.
>
>> Shepherding is good experience for a future WG chair.  It would be nice to
>> recognize the work in and of itself.
That makes a lot of sense.
And I like the way Peter did it in the example above.

Regards, Benoit

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