[H-GEN] raymonds missing agenda items

[Raymond Smith]

2009/9/17 Gary Curtis <gazilla at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 08:11, James C. McPherson
> <James.C.McPherson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> matheist76 at westnet.com.au wrote:
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>>> Also I have issue with using just the initials to indicate which
>>> members have proposed the agenda items. Example:  Russell
>>> Stuart and Raymond Smith both end up as [rs]. I would think
>>> that a far better way would be to use your full name. You could
>>> do it this way [Raymond Smith] or add it to the end of the
>>> agenda item like this -- Matthew Franklin. Either way works.
>>
>>
>> You could also use middle initials. That's what we do inside
>> Sun for this sort of thing.
>>
>> James C. McPherson
>
>
> Most people will not know the middle initial of other members.
>
> I believe the defacto standard is to use the full name when it
> is first encountered and the initials are defined at that point.
> Thereafter, the initials are used.

Right. And for executive members you can just use their position.

> So if we refer to Russell Stuart [RS] first, then later in the text
> we refer to Raymond Smith [RS2] we can then have an item
> raised by RS2 and seconded by RS. It is also possible to use
> nicknames instead of initials. e.g. Gary Curtis [Gaz].

I'd prefer middle initial (RMS) to numeric, but in general I agree.

Raymond