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> From: "Andrew Prout" <[log in to unmask]> > Dear all > > At DC4 in Canberra I took on the responsibility to coordinate a small > group of interested people in discussing the meaning of the current > "date" definition and whether it needs expanding. > > We have done this since March and have explored our views, and > solutions to the minimialist - Structuralist tensions inherent in > date > > As yet our small group has not come to any definite agreement > although progress is being made. > > I have noted some discussion on Meta2 about date over the last month > or so about dates but it does not seem to have developed into a major > discussion like some other topics of discussion of late. > > I am quite happy to continue to discuss this topic among our group, > and hope we come to some recommendation soon. > > Alternatively I am open to expanding the group to other interested > people on the list as a seperate discussion. (if we do this we will > probably need a dedicated listserv set up, which we havn't now). > > Alternatively we could just discuss this on Meta2 ( I am against this > move until we actually come up with a recommendation) > > Date will need to be talked about in Helsinki, I would love to be > there and will work towards this, but I don't know how possible this > will be. Helsinki is about as far away as you can get from > Wellington. > I would like to see the DATE subgroup come forward with a recommendation before diving into a free-for-all. I think its also important that folks know what is going on in general and have a chance to contribute if they feel so inclined. Andrew... how would people join the subgroup if they wanted to? stu