Abstract:
At the CC:DA meetings during ALA Midwinter 2001, there was a brief discussion on
the problem of CC:DA members receiving large amounts of email relating to rule
change proposals, often very shortly before a meeting, that required quick turn-around.
It was noted that before attachments became a common part of everyone’s email
workload, all of the change proposals had to be sent hardcopy in first-class U.S. mail,
which imposed a time schedule of sorts; now, these items mainly arrive in email.
In response to this problem, I agreed to write a brief document on adding a timetable
to the guidelines, “How to Submit a Rule Change Proposal to CC:DA.” The timeline I
am suggesting is based on my experiences in submitting the cartographic-materials
proposals over the last few years.
I would also suggest that the same schedule be applied to reports by CC:DA Task
Forces that contain rule change proposals.
