Review of Kelley's files

[a_reader2003]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "a_reader2003" 
<carolynwhite2 at a...> wrote:
> > 
> > Overall, however, I think the approach we have started is very 
> > compatible with all these previous cataloguing efforts, and will 
be 
> > much more comprehensive if we ever get it done !
> > 
> 
> Encouraging news is always welcome and I approve of comprehensivity,
> but could I make a plea before the tidal wave of accumulated posts
> engulfs us. 
> 
> Would it be possible for someone who is holding the ends of all the
> strings (seems to be you Carolyn) to provide an occasional update as
> to what decisions have been made. Nothing fancy, just a few lines 
that
> states "Right, we've agreed to A, and that x will do this, y will 
consolidate
> these and pass it them z who will..." Maybe you already plan to do 
so.
> 
>
Barry (and everyone)

Yes, of course, no problem. The situation is easy to summarise - no 
decisions at all have been taken at present, and I would not do so 
without explicit agreement from you all.

The present state of play is that I am looking through the files that 
Kelley put up on the site last night, and seeing how they may affect 
Version 2 of the subject category file, which I emailed to everyone 
yesterday. Hopefully, I'll finish this analysis today or tomorrow, 
and I will send this to you all (it will be effectively version 3 of 
the subject list). I would greatly appreciate it if people could 
respond to that, as its essential we all feel comfortable with the 
classification system, and feel able to use it with confidence on the 
posts.

In the meantime, the other useful feedback to receive would be on the 
reject classifications - are there enough, what do people think ?

On the technical side, Carolina needs to start a dialogue with Paul 
Kippes, but unfortunately she had a bad accident last week and broke 
some bones in her foot, and is woozy from painkillers. Its the sort 
of subject which needs clear thinking, so I don't think its fair to 
pressurise in the circumstances !

In the short term, we could undoubtedly begin with the original plan 
A and code up Excel sheets (especially as the message indexes are now 
available from the files Kelley put up last night), so from that 
point of view, agreeing our subject categories and reject categories 
is quite a high priority.

Hope this helps
Carolyn