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Rules and responsibilities of the Records Office(Note: this is a bit of a re-post from my blog entry, but I feel it is appropriate here, as well) No deadlines or rules as to the frequency and time limit for records exists. It seems that I have not made them available in a desirable amount of time. I would like to correct this so that I may do my job better, and so that I am held accountable for my position and all that it entails. In light of this, I would love to hear suggestions on deadlines, methods in which the records are kept/posted, etc. I will be starting a new forum thread for this discussion here, and my hope is that a system can be put in place that is agreeable for everyone. This post will be updated with suggestions. Thank you.
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This has been voted on and
This has been voted on and approved. See http://memwiki.pirate-party.us/index.php?title=Posting_of_logs for details
I think next-day postings
I think next-day postings seems reasonable for regular meeting logs. Annual or bi-annual meeting logs should be posted within 3 days. I think at any point when the Recorder isn't going to be able to post the log the next day, a replacement Recorder should be designated for that meeting. This seems both reasonable and timely.
Good idea.
Good idea.
I think unless there is a true emergency, which will happen from time to time, the Record Officer should know in advance if there could be a delay. I would have no problem with Bethany saying "Guys, I won't be able to go online tomorrow. Can someone post the log to the Wiki for me?"
That way whoever volunteers to post the log will be "on the record". If someone tries to complain that Bethany didn't post the log in a timely fashion she will be able to pull the log and show that "D-USA agreed to post the log because I will be out of town". That keeps her out of the fire, and keeps the person who volunteered accountable.
Sounds great to me!
Sounds great to me!
I propose a solution!
the IRC will be logged automatically by IRC bots of some form. these logs will be dumped into auto generated dated wiki pages where they can be summarized and picked over by volunteers. meetings will take place in IRC as scheduled. meetings will involve announcements from the Administration as well as links to each topic's appropriate forum, discussion of such topics will take place in said forums not in IRC, doing this will allow for organized and more transparent documentation of discussion.if someone has something important to announce, they should post it to the forum for the upcoming meeting in advance so that it may be addressed accordingly, and not as a big giant cluster fuck of IRC chatter. I assume this is what ryan was getting at all along, but I'll come out and say it cause it seems like such an issue. logs of IRC chat suck, threaded discussion is where it's at people.
hopefully this will remove some burden from the Records officer.
whatever method or practice you choose
I would be more than willing to transcript any audio segments you have, as for past experience, I used to spend time in the back of my classes transcribing the lyrics of Radiohead songs from my ipod. if you've heard a bit of radiohead you'd know how difficult such a task could be.
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Quite the experience there. I can transcribe portions of "15 Step" from memory, despite the fact that most of the lyrics are imprinted on the liner notes.
Besides, IRC bots create overhead. There's no need to do that sort of thing, especially since retaining and enabling personal logs from clients is much easier than setting up a supybot instance.
Perhaps Bethany needs insight on how to turn on logging in her client; too bad she already knows how to do this, as evidenced by the previous meeting. So, what's the issue at hand? A lack of drive is apparent to me - Bethany's job is to maintain records, including logs. She should be able to make an executive decision and post logs in a timely manner, whatever that may mean: asking for input on how to do her job is amateur.
I was asking this question
I was asking this question and looking for input because there is no clear job description or exact responsibilities outlined in the constitution.
There has been some issue with members and volunteers of the party feeling like they are not involved in the party's decisions, and that there has been a lack of transparency, and thus, I am looking for input on how and what the records office should be doing from those very people.
True, I am capable of logging meetings, as evidenced by the last meeting. I do plan on posting the logs either the day of or day after a meeting from now on, since coming to the understanding that party members find anything more than that unacceptable.
When Ryan has made "executive decisions," as you say, he has been decried as showing a lack of transparency and disregard for the party member's wishes.
Which is it, then?
Question answered
Being transparent and making decisions are not mutually exclusive, like you seem to be disposed to think. If Ryan, or even you, make a decision or act in one way or the other, you must inform the public. That's the definition of transparency.
I'm still very disconcerted that you need to inquire with the public on your duties - very basic requirements, at that. This is something that you should use simple judgement on. Perhaps it's too much to ask that from you.