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- Reports from Volunteers
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- of the
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- USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee
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- Each volunteer on the USENIX Standards Watchdog Commi-
- tee should provide a written report to the report editor
- after each standards meeting. These need to be rather
- high-level reports, unlike either the official minutes of
- the meeting, or the reports of events that appear in
- /usr/group's CommUNIXations magazine. More how, why, and
- who, than just what.
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- Specific kinds of desirable information include:
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- Issues:
- Things that are new, important, controversial, or
- chronically discussed. Although the Policy Committee
- may suggest some specific things to watch for, mostly
- picking issues to report is left to the discretion of
- the volunteer.
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- Arguments:
- on each side of the issues.
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- Parties:
- Who is promoting each side, preferably phrased as types
- of parties, such as vendors, users, user groups, etc.
- But when in doubt, give names and details; let the
- report editor worry about paraphrasing for publication.
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- Recommendations:
- What you think should be watched closely, what you
- think should happen, and what you think USENIX should
- do about it.
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- Opinions:
- Whatever else you think people should know.
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- December 13, 1988
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- Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 47
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