Reports from Volunteers of the USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee

[Moderator, John S. Quarterman]

                  Reports from Volunteers

                           of the

            USENIX Standards Watchdog Committee

     Each volunteer on the USENIX Standards Watchdog  Commi-
tee  should  provide  a  written report to the report editor
after each standards  meeting.   These  need  to  be  rather
high-level  reports,  unlike  either the official minutes of
the meeting,  or  the  reports  of  events  that  appear  in
/usr/group's  CommUNIXations  magazine.   More how, why, and
who, than just what.

     Specific kinds of desirable information include:

Issues:
     Things  that  are  new,  important,  controversial,  or
     chronically  discussed.   Although the Policy Committee
     may suggest some specific things to watch  for,  mostly
     picking  issues  to report is left to the discretion of
     the volunteer.

Arguments:
     on each side of the issues.

Parties:
     Who is promoting each side, preferably phrased as types
     of  parties,  such as vendors, users, user groups, etc.
     But when in doubt, give  names  and  details;  let  the
     report editor worry about paraphrasing for publication.

Recommendations:
     What you think should  be  watched  closely,  what  you
     think  should  happen, and what you think USENIX should
     do about it.

Opinions:
     Whatever else you think people should know.

                     December 13, 1988


Volume-Number: Volume 15, Number 47