This is a continuation of the discussion that was started in our most recent OCC call. The issue is expanding the list of topics that OCC considers. We contribute our own ideas, but is that sufficient? Rainer has been interviewing people individually to get their sense of which RDA operations need attention. The idea of soliciting public comment was raised as was the idea of brining it up in meetings such as the TAB/Chairs meetings at the Plenaries.
Andrew wisely raised the problem of controlling expectations.
“Tell us what is desperately wrong and, lacking time and resources, we will proceed to ignore it and, to rub salt into the wounds, ask you again at the next meeting.”
I am highly sympathetic with that POV, especially in regards to general public comment. But to get a good sense of what the bulk of those RDA members putting real time and effort into RDA feel most strongly about, I think we have to raise it more broadly, probably within TAB, OAB, Chairs, and so on. So I think we may have to try, but with the strong caveat that time and resources are lacking and we ask not because we can fix everything but simply that we need to understand the 3 most pressing issues among the 100 that deserve consideration.
This also ties in with the idea of the prioritized list, which I think we agreed to in our recent call.
Larry