> On Feb 26, 2013, at 5:38 PM, Pete Resnick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > But more seriously: I agree with you both. The deadline is silly.
> +1
+1
> The deadline originated because the secretariat needed time to post all of
> those drafts (by hand) before the meeting. The notion of an automated tool
> that blocks submissions for two weeks before the meeting is just silly.
All the more so since it just leads people to use informal distribution
methods. I don't recall a case where a chair forbid the discussion of a draft
distributed this way.
I recall hearing something once about routing around obstacles... Pity we don't
internalize such principles fully.
Ned
