From: Tina Tawdre (dlvdisc@geekbabe.com)
Date: Sat Oct 04 2003 - 14:17:06 CDT
And I thought I started the comments about Mother's Day. :-)
No, there's no conspiracy<grin>, but I do think there needs to be more
publicity about proposed dates to everyone in DLV and longer and later
decision cycles. Proposing next year's dates in the immediate afterglow
of the current DLV feels good, but really isn't necessary. Not
everybody goes online every day, or even every week, to check the latest
details about DLV scheduling , or have a clear preference about dates,
particularly when its 9-10 months away. Some people actually do go on
vacation without their laptops, or go out of the country, or have a
crash, or just get busy. It takes more effort and more time to pierce
through all that.
The depth of emotion many people (on all sides of this issue) feel about
this has been reflected in the correspondence for the last month and
clearly shows how important this date was to the scheduling process. In
my opinion, the ORG committee (of which I am a member) didn't
sufficiently recognize that fact this year. I wish all the energy that
has been directed towards telling people they should have spoken up two
weeks (or whatever) sooner had instead been redirected towards
reconsidering the basic scheduling decision. Too much time defending
the process, or proposing band-aids on a bad choice, and not enough time
fixing what's broken, IMHO.
A few recommendations for Next Year:
1). Avoid Mother's Day (well, duh)
2). Don't be in such a rush to set the dates 10 or 11 months in advance.
3). Publicize the planned dates longer and later in the year to all
DLV members. Solicit more feedback.
4). Have a longer minimum voting period on non-emergency items
(minimum 1 week). Not everyone is online every day.
Can't promise that this is *my* last word on Mother's Day, although I
have realistically given up on convincing the ORG committee to change
the dates. Hope you'll find these comments constructive.
Best to all,
-- Tina
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