William Overington wrote...
> So, when Ken states the sentence above, is that Ken writing as a private
> individual ... or Ken writing as a Technical Director
> ...
> ... there exists scope for considerable confusion as to the
> provenance of a statement made on this list where members of the unicode
> user community may well not know who are the directors of the Unicode
> consortium.
Ken can speak for himself, I'm sure. I'll speak for myself.
In my experience, officers generally tell you if they are making an
official statement. On this list, there are almost never any official
statements of policy posted -- people express their opinions.
This is a public discussion forum and anyone can post messages here and
say pretty much whatever they want to about pretty much any topic. You are
free to take it or ignore it as you see fit. And others are free to tell
you if they think something is off-topic. You are free to differ.
If I ever make a statement of official Unicode Inc policy on this list, I
would certainly tell you so, and I would sign the note with my name and
title. (Or more likely, I would let Mark Davis, as President, make such
statements.)
As to what can and cannot be discussed on this list, or what is welcome or
topical, I merely point you at section 5 of the posted policy statement:
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/consortium/distlist.html
You can use your own judgement I'm sure. The Unicode list is basically a
Limited Anarchy; if Sarasvati complains, you've stepped over a line
somewhere.
To sum it up:
1. I'll tell you if I'm posting in an official capacity.
2. Topically speaking on this list, "anything goes".
Cheers,
Rick
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