[Mmwg] finalizing text

[Adam Peake]

There's a lag on email to <mmwg at wsis-cs.org> 
Comments I sent, but haven't yet appeared on the 
list, seem to refer pretty much to the "BD 
Version" text.

Thanks,

Adam



At 1:47 PM +0100 2/28/06, William Drake wrote:
>Hi Wolfgang (et al),
>
>Just logged on to see that there's been no 
>further discussion on the list and that the wiki 
>hasn't been used.  This makes things a little 
>ambiguous with respect to proceeding 
>with finalization.  In the event that it helps, 
>I just merged your text and my proposed changes 
>into one file, side by side per para for 
>comparison, and include them below.  I guess 
>just use your judgment to pick whichever bits of 
>language you think read best and come closest to 
>reflecting sentiment on the list.  Again, the 
>differences between the two versions through 
>para 6 are primarily editorial, with some points 
>rearranged in my version for flow, which makes 
>comparison a little hard but if you print it out 
>you can see what's where, all the same points 
>covered in each.
>
>There are two main substantive differences. 
>First, on the key point of the forum being an 
>umbrella under which various initiatives can be 
>launched, you have text in para 6 on "eDGIGs," 
>while I treat the topic a little more 
>expansively in para 7.  I tend to think that we 
>shouldn't be inventing non-standardized names 
>for things the governments have never seen and 
>might not embrace, and that it's better to flag 
>that collaborations can take multiple 
>forms---e.g. working groups, study groups, 
>research networks---but there's been no 
>discussion on the point, so whatever.  On para 
>8, you suggested simply deleting the 'technical' 
>issue as there's a strong divergence of views, I 
>thought my alternates (2 now) might be something 
>everyone could agree on, the SG should reach out 
>etc, but again, whatever.  Do what you think 
>right.  Hope this is helpful.
>
>Best,
>
>Bill
>
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