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Lance:
<br>Good idea. Briefly: eliminate all possible reasons for rejection,
before taking any Draconian measures. Makes sense.
<p>Bill Glaze
<p>s.vannostrand@kodak.com wrote:
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<br><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>The energy on this topic is super
valuable. Both James and Emory's letters are well written and persuasive.
But I'm afraid we have done a super job of stating our intent without backing
it up with the detail that the AMA asked for. Eric H posted the reasons
for Ron's proposal rejection. The AMA clearly doesn't want a proposal
of ideas, like put the sequences in an annex. They want the idea
backed up with a procedure, like timelines for how new sequences are adopted,
how published, who runs the process, etc.</font></font>
<p><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>I had sent my comments on this
including my proposal for a controlled process to Ron during his review
cycle. He had said at the time he would include these process details
in the proposal, but they didn't make it in. I understand the AMA's
position. I participate in some of my company's regulatory and operating
procedures committees and I understand how these bodies work. They
don't want to be held responsible for a process that falls apart and they
don't want to be left with the job of implementing someone else's idea.</font></font>
<p><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>If we want control over this we
need to rework our proposal. Ron and Eric (still NSRCA officers for
the next 21 days) have talked with AMA officials and should be able to
specifically define the AMA's "review comments". We must make proposal
updates and resubmit. Maybe even run a draft by Dave Brown before
we officially submit to make sure we hit on all buttons. Since Ron
and Eric have most of the feedback, then maybe one of them could distribute
the original proposal and a list of specific changes that are needed.
We could divide up the re-work or have one editor make a new proposal.
This is how it works in the real world.</font></font>
<p><font face="sans-serif"><font size=-1>--Lance</font></font></blockquote>
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