Re: Bits from the DPL (August 2019)
Sorry about the lateness here, been busy...
On Tue, Oct 01, 2019 at 12:22:34PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> >>>>> "Sean" == Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> writes:
>
> Sean> You might separate your detailed, narrative descriptions of
> Sean> how discussions went from what you took away from the
> Sean> discussions. You could either drop the former, or put it in a
> Sean> "read this if you want more details" section.
>
> I've found that if you do that, people get surprised and upset when it
> is not obvious how you got to a decision. Basically I've found that
> enough people are upset without a narrative that you get much more
> overall mail and less confidence in the process without.
>
> I do organize my mail so people can skip sections, and I do try to
> consistently put the conclusions after the narrative.
That's great. It does help to be explicit about it then:
"if you're short on time and/or not interested in the details, please
skip ahead to the conclusion in section XYZ".
I did miss that in your most recent "Bits" email, and I do think it
could be useful for those of us who are short on time.
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