What's our responsibility, anyways?

[bluesqueak]

--- In HP4GU-FAQ at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" <abigailnus at y...> 
wrote:
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> Is there a chance that the FPs will be discontinued?  Pip, 
> since you seem to be the voice of MEG at the moment, how 
> about giving us some semblence of a policy regarding our 
> work? 

::Pip blinks, wondering if being the 'Voice of MEG' is anything like 
being the 'Voice of Sauron'::

:-)

No, there is no chance that the FPs will be discontinued. They are 
very popular and much admired by listmembers. We would love you to 
produce some FAQ's that are updated to OOP status - we're perfectly 
aware that you may be some time doing that. 

We have no problem with Cindy continuing as FAQ group leader. As I 
said in a previous post, we also have no problem with you deciding 
yourselves how you want this list to run. On the whole, I personally 
see FAQ as a semi-autonomous task force, free to decide for itself 
how and by whom its work is organised.

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> Personally, I think we should wait.  The material on the 
> list is simply not coherent enough to be worth the time and 
> effort.  By the time we finish writing an FP it will already 
> need updating.  That having been said, I think there is 
> probably work that we can do in the interim.  The different 
> houses can get to work on outlines for their FPs, and we can 
> start scouring the list for Fantastic Posts on a more formal 
> basis as opposed to counting on eagle-eyed members as we 
> are now. 

Canon changes between OOP and GOF, for example, might be a good 
thing to include. That doesn't need the main list. A summary of 
the 'new things we learnt in OOP' might be a handy paragraph or two 
for the FP.

Yours

Pip