Re: Those "closed door" BRC meetings...

["Malcolm Cohen" <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, I appreciate the continuing efforts by committee members to
discuss topics on the email lists, I was just grumbling about how
the procedures made it difficult for me to comment.

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:18:26 +0900, David James <dvj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > behind-closed-doors BRC.
>    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I don't believe this is accurate. The BRC meetings are open
> and anyone can attend (although you are not necessarily granted
> the right to speak at all times, as is true in town meetings).

Right.  Unfortunately the document being discussed isn't publicly
available, as far as I can tell.  Not a problem initially, but
as the document diverges from the last public one either technically
or editorially it makes it difficult, because...

...not having access to the document, I don't see how I can possibly
make an informed "rogue comment" (some might think my emails are
a bit rogue-like though! - sorry about any ruffled feathers).

And not being local, dropping in just isn't an option - it's far
too time-consuming.

> These folks are doing a thankless task and (I believe) are
> carefully documenting there conclusions in an admireable attempt
> to achieve consensus.

I'm sure they are doing great work too.  Seriously, as a member of
a standards committee myself I quite appreciate the difficulties
and wasn't meaning to cast nasturtiums on the members of the BRC.

Unfortunately I don't have the time or other resources to do
much more than send email comments.

Cheers,
--
Malcolm Cohen, Nihon Numerical Algorithms Group KK, Tokyo, Japan.