Jimmie, I know this is late, but I have rec'd/seen the automatic response message. Mary Charles --On Wednesday, October 22, 2003 7:46 AM -0400 Jimmie Lundgren <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Hugh and all, > I noticed this announcement on the PCC listserve also. > John Mitchell writes these updates, and I spoke with him on the > phone last week and knew he would include something about our > draft. He had to write it a little in advance because he was > going out of town and won't be back until the 28th. Has > anyone had any direct experience with this new feedback mechanism > yet? I will be working on integrating the input you have sent with > the previous draft of our report today and tomorrow and hope to > send a new, (and dare I dream final?), draft by Friday. > Hugh and Adam, since you did not reply specifically to > the recent message but had indicated in earlier messages being OK > with the 2-letter proposal from Mary Charles, I will count your > votes as yes to that proposal unless I hear otherwise. Since > there are 6 regular members of the task group, that would make 4 > yes votes a clear majority with no dissenting votes so far. Susan > had said she will be out through tomorrow, so that explains her > silence. The 4 liaisons have not chosen to give the group their > preferences, although one did separately give me input. Please > wish me good luck and a flowing keyboard and have a great day. > Jimmie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hugh Taylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 3:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [PCCTG1] [Fwd: Autumn leaves and Annual reports] > > > I was out of town at a meeting yesterday. Came in this morning to > find the following in a regular PCC "update" message. I find it > strange that the contribution process should be changed whilst > we're working on issues that include, inter alia, communication > with SACO contributors, without our being kept informed as to > what's going on. > "The Task Group on SACO Program Development is still drafting > its final report that will be available soon. The first draft of > the final report has been circulated among Task Group members; it > is anticipated that the comprehensive report will be available in > time for Midwinter 2003 in San Diego. > > SACO participants should benefit from the new SACO "feedback" > mechanism which has been developed and instituted. This software > program automatically notifies SACO contributors when subject > proposals have been downloaded into the authority file and that > subject proposals are available for searching through LC's Web > OPAC." > I sugggest that we say in a covering letter accompanying the > report that the latter was drafted before the news of this change > was announced, and that we did not attempt to reflect this > enhancement (welcome as it is - don't get me wrong!) in our > comments. > > Regards, > > Hugh --------------------------------------- Mary Charles Lasater Vanderbilt University Email: [log in to unmask]