New & horrid task/replies & suggestions

[Jen Reese]

Carolyn:
> Whether to press on now, or pause and do an interim edit....
> I think it would be fairly straightforward and quick to do some 
> types of category - the more factual ones, as it will be obvious 
> what should or shouldn't be there.

Jen: Maybe we should just dig in for a complete interim edit. Can't 
hurt anything, right?

Carolyn:
> The more ambiguous ones will require a significant amount of work 
> and thinking, and need to be done in groups of topics, rather than 
> picking off one subject after another. 

Jen: These topics definitely need to be sorted and a general 
understanding reached of what to code in each category. We're doing 
ourselves a disservice to keep coding 16 different ways, even if all 
are valid interpretations. There will always be subjectivity, but 
perhaps not so wide-spread. 

And we can always count on the end-user to tell us about lingering 
mistakes!! The process of coding never ends...*Jen's eyes glaze over 
at the thought*

Carolyn: 
> Also, some people might be keener on sorting out some subjects 
> than others (!). Is there anyone prepared to sort out the SHIP 
> section for instance? I have suggested Barry as the ideal 
> candidate a number of times, but unfortunately his responses so 
> far, though entertaining, are quite unrepeatable, and everyone 
> else I ask suddenly seems very busy...

Jen: Odd, I can't think of a better topic for Barry unless it's the 
section on parenting and child-abuse. "Perhaps if he doesn't choose 
a topic, one will be assigned for him?" Jen says *nastily*, wand in 
hand for a hasty apparation.

Carolyn: 
> One approach is that a sub-group does a review while the rest 
> carry on coding - and share the results of the sort out with 
> everyone, explaining new definitions and new sub-categories.

Jen: Good idea.
 
> More input from y'all - ?
> 
> Carolyn

Jen: "Ya'll?" Oh dear, I'm worried Carolyn is slipping. We've been a 
bad influence on her. Soon she'll renounce her idyllic walks in the 
countryside and fine wine/adult conversation for a day watching 
American football and drinking beer. And then the urge to visit 
Texas will strike her, and it's all over....pity.

"Well, dear, our guestroom is always open. You don't mind children 
or yappy dogs, do you? Excuse the mess. There's Diet Coke and juice 
in the fridge, and plenty of tissues for when that first cold hits. 
Kids! Walking germ magnets they are, but don't you worry; we'll have 
so much fun...."

Jen