[dq-rules] Re: Format and Submissions and "pre-release"

["John Rauchert" <john.rauchert@sait.ab.ca>]

"snafaru" <eri-@iosphere.net> wrote: 
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/dq-rules/?start=40
> Ok, I'll try the RTF... just give me a few days to see if it works.
> Meanwhile, I'll get my hands on Acrobat.
> 
Ok guys, I feel we are still getting a little "cart before the horse". 
We have not even decided totally yet how we are going to communicate
within our group yet.

Compiling rules is fine, but our main activity, IMHO, is not to just
gather rule additions, we have the opportunity to fundamentally start
thinking about how DQ works from the guts outward.

Things like does the order in which the rules are presented in 2nd ed
DQ going to remain the same or not? There are reasons pro and con.
What rules are core to the system and what rules are plug-ins to the
system? How do plug-ins work?

To move foreword, I suggest:

Rodger check out RTF on his system. Are you running windows 95+ if so
WordPad under Accessories should read RTF files just fine.  Report back
to the group if this is not the case.

Anyone else with RTF problems report them now before we become fixated
on this format. Oh yes, default font is times new roman font size is
10. Agreed? We need your opinions Now!

I nominate John Corey and Craig Brain as constituting the working group
for developing the final release document when we get to that point.

I nominate Snafaru's website to be the official place we put up all our
working documents.  All documents should be clearly marked as such:

I would remove the following reference from the front page of the
current document:

"FOURTH EDITION, release Beta 1.0a
Pending DQPA revision and approval

CREATED BY THE DQ PLAYER'S ASSOCIATION"

Ease up on using the name DQ4e for now

Add the Date of the Update, rather than to try version numbering things
at this point.

Add the statement:
This is a DQOS Working Draft for review by DQPA Members and other
interested parties. It is a draft document and may be updated, replaced
or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use
DQOS Working Drafts as reference material or to cite them as other than
"work in progress". This is work in progress and does not imply
endorsement by the DQPA membership.

John