From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 21:59:26 EDT
Yes, if you can't attend, the best plan is to work closely with
someone who will be in attendance (ideally a voting member) so that
they have the background to educate others in the meeting as to the
important issues.
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kirk" <peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com>
To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>
Cc: "Ted Hopp" <ted@newslate.com>; <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 18:19
Subject: Re: From [b-hebrew] Variant forms of vav with holem
> On 30/07/2003 17:04, Mark Davis wrote:
>
> >We should make sure that you all understand that this email list is
an
> >open disucssion list for anyone interested in Unicode.
> >
> >Consensus on this list does *not* imply agreement by the Unicode
> >consortium technical committee (UTC), whose voting members are the
> >full members listed on
> >http://www.unicode.org/consortium/memblogo.html.
> >
> >
> Thanks for the clarification. I didn't mean to imply that decisions
were
> made by consensus on this list, rather that consensus on this list
and
> agreement by a number of key UTC members (e.g. in this case Ken
> Whistler, who seems to understand the situation well and be in
general
> agreement with what Ted and I are saying) is a good basis for moving
> forward to a formal proposal; whereas sharp disagreement on this
list
> would suggest that a proposal, at least from outsiders like Ted and
> myself, is unlikely to be successful.
>
> >The UTC accepts and considers proposals from other parties (see
> >http://www.unicode.org/pending/proposals.html for submitting a
> >proposal for new characters). For complex matters (which this
> >definitely seems to be, based on the volumn of mail!), it is far
and
> >away the best if someone can attend the appropriate UTC meeting to
> >explain the details of the proposal, with the pros and cons of
> >different approaches. The chair or vice chair of the UTC should be
> >contacted in that case.
> >
> >Mark
> >
> I regret that I will be unable to attend a UTC meeting in the near
> future, certainly unless anyone pays my fare from London. So I will
> probably have to rely on others to present any proposal which I
might be
> a party to. But I can help to provide background material. Indeed I
am
> drafting something now and will make it available soon.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com
> http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
>
>
>
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