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- From: merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean Merritt)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics,news.groups
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: Are there important unresolved issues?
- Message-ID: <MERRITT.93Jan11100049@macro.bu.edu>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 15:00:49 GMT
- References: <MATT.93Jan10010325@physics2.berkeley.edu>
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- In-reply-to: matt@physics2.berkeley.edu's message of 10 Jan 93 06:03:25 GMT
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- In article <MATT.93Jan10010325@physics2.berkeley.edu> matt@physics2.berkeley.edu (Matt Austern) writes:
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- > The purpose of this article is exactly what the subject line says: I'm
- > trying to find out if there are any issues that haven't been resolved
- > yet that people think are important. (I think it's best that we do
- > this before the vote, not after...)
- >
- > I don't claim that the current proposal is perfect, only that it is
- > (in my opinion) good enough, and that I couldn't think offhand of a
- > way to make it substantially better. The question, then: do you
- > people agree with me about that, or do you think that there is
- > anything about it that's so bad that it absolutely has to be fixed
- > before they would be willing to support it?
- >
- > To be more specific, I'm interesting in hearing from you if
- > (a) There is something in the proposal as it stands that's so
- > bad that you would consider voting against it;
-
-
- As I stated before I object to one memeber of the panel. Now I find that
- after the discussion I also don't have much confidence in Baez to
- perform as a "filter" if articles in sum are to be considered as
- ensembles of indistinguishable particles. Nevertheless I feel that he
- and Dale may have some "constructive ineterference" efffect and
- all my objections may be for nought.(see below)
-
- > (b) You have a specific suggestion in mind for fixing it (I'd be
- > especially happy if you could tell me exactly how you would
- > like the wording in the charter to be changed); and
-
- I think the specific guidelines of how an article get's posted or
- rejected needs to be finalized before we vote. I don't think "Who"
- is moderating is as important as to "How" they go about the task.
-
- I have a very simple suggestion. If a moderator thinks an article
- should be posted, it gets posted, with his last name in the subject
- line. It's simple, it's not a lot of extra work for the moderators
- and it allows for accountability.
-
- > (c) You would support the creation of the group if these changes
- > were made.
-
-
- Under the above conditions I would change my vote(which if the present
- form is maintained or no rules are posted shall be NO.).
-
-
- > One specific question: I, personally, don't have any very strong
- > preference for either sci.physics.research or sci.physics.moderated.
-
- I think sci.physics.moderated is more accurate and it allows for
- a wider defintion of content.
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-
- -sjm
-
-
- --
- Sean J. Merritt | "Every revolt is a cry of innocence
- Dept of Physics Boston University| and an appeal to the essence of being."
- merritt@macro.bu.edu | Albert Camus, The Rebel
-