(j3.2006) documents and votes (tempest in a teapot)

[Van Snyder]

On Tue, 2017-02-07 at 11:26 -0700, Dan Nagle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a ballot, in docx format, that ustag must vote at 212.
> Debbie has approved the wording and wants it to be
> a numbered meeting document.

I don't have any Windows computers.  My LibreOffice has trouble with
docx files, frequently spraying characters in random fonts and sizes all
over my screen.  If it can't be converted to text, at least try to
convert it to pdf.  I think there's an "export as pdf" button in Word
(but I don't know for sure).

> The document has so many "formatting features" that export to txt
> is pointless.  I can likely make something readable, but it's
> a one-off copy-paste-intensive operation.
> 
> Do we wish to forego our "txt only" rule for meeting documents?
> Only for INCITS documents?  With some other criteria?  (see 16-013)
> 
> I don't see that we must decide this before 212, but I must return
> the document with votes per organization recorded and a paper number.
> So I must know the paper number when I return it, directly following
> the meeting.
> 
> The committee's pleasure?
> 
> --
> 
> Cheers!
> Dan Nagle
> 
> 
> 
> 
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