Cartel "Working Rules"

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:24:14 -0400
From: Mark Poepping 
To: Cartel 
Subject: FW: Cartel Working Rules

Submitted for general consumption..
Wordsmithing is welcome if you care.

mark.

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Cartel Working Rules..				7/27/1999

 . [point] get some technical 'do-ers' together to talk
 . [definition] cartel "members" are:
	Mark Poepping (CMU)
	Laurie Collinsworth (Cornell)
	Paul B. Hill (MIT)
	Sandra Senti (Stanford)
	Gavin Eadie (UMich)
	RL 'Bob' Morgan (UWash)
 . [withdrawal] a member may choose to withdraw at any time
 . [delegation] a member may not delegate membership to anyone else
	without agreement of a majority of the other members.
 . [new members] a new member may be added by agreement of a majority
	of the members.
 . [expulsion] a member may be expelled by agreement of a majority of
	members.
 . [meetings] members will meet as a group at least once each year,
	usually for 2-3 days.
 . [meeting attendance] only members are explicitly invited to attend
	each meeting, however each member may invite 2-8 additional
	people (from their home institution or otherwise).  The host
	can invite more people since it's their venue.  In general, we
	try to keep the total size of the meeting to 25-40 people.
 . [meeting logistics] members take turns hosting the event, organizing
	advance e-discussion of the 'agenda' (a list of topics that people
	want to talk about), and arranging for specific presentations or
	dedicated discussions as appropriate.  Logistics include planning
	for dates, venue, lodging, snack/lunch during the meeting, and one
	evening event/dinner.
 . [mailing list] each member should manage the addresses from their
	institution on the cartel mailing list (mailto:cartel@mit.edu).
	Change requests should be sent to mailto:owner-cartel@mit.edu.
	Appropriate use of the list is discussion of the sort of topics
	that are addressed at face-to-face cartel meetings.
 . [breaking the rules] these rules may be violated at any time by
	agreement of a majority of the members.
 . [changing the rules] these rules may be modified at any time by
	agreement of a majority of the members.