Re: (resend) Re: Minutes comments 21 Sep

[Don Welch, Merit Network]

Title: Donald J

I have served on many program and general committees for academic conferences.  In every case we took great pains to preserve the privacy of the feedback.  We did strive to provide constructive feedback to the author(s) and in all cases the reviewer would also be kept confidential.  Don Cat Okita wrote: On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Curtis Villamizar wrote: Would it help if you could see anonymous ratings without the comments that go with the ratings?  Providing the comments would just mean people wouldn't record some (maybe most) of their comments and would have to make comments on the call. While I'd definitely agree that having ratings for talk proposals does make it much easier for the PC to process them, sharing those ratings publically doesn't seem like a good way to encourage people to present. <snip> -- Donald J. Welch, Ph.D. President & CEO Merit Network, Inc. www.merit.edu 734-615-0547 1000 Oakbrook Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48104