[OSList] The role of session transcribers, this is my oslist session invite.

[amerie rose]

Just a brief fluttering in to comment on the note taking. I have been  
a little concerned about the convener being the note taker. Two  
examples from the WOSonOS, which is my one and only fully attended OS  
event so far!
1) A convener who has written a report as preacher-like as his circle  
was held, and not a single note taken of the gems I witnessed and  
heard from the participants, which suggests to me he didn't/couldn't  
hear them. And then the same convener from what I can see, is  
continuing to air his views that OS is being prevented from being a  
truly open forum by overly prescriptive facilitators - well suffice to  
say try walking it before you start talking it. I do not take kindly  
to hypocrites.
2) I took use of this apparently new opportunity to comment on  
reports, as offered by the London event. And then had to remove my  
comments, as they were potentially 'dangerous' for 'them out there' to  
read. What I thought I had done was take notes, and then offered to  
share them with the community. Hmmm, still working through this one in  
heart and mind...

No offence meant. Just observations that tickle me, and keep me  
engaged with this community!
Warm smiles
Amerie x

On 22 Oct 2012, at 23:37, Kári Gunnarsson wrote:

> Hello dear oslist community
>
> I think about introducing distributed not-taking for sessions so  
> that the responsibility of notes is in the hands of every  
> participant and not the participant appointed session transcriber as  
> is the general structured meeting practice. I long for an opening in  
> the passion and responsibility for the written notes as well as the  
> spoken word.
>
> As I read about some participation content begin lost by  
> transcribers and experiencing it for my self, I think about the  
> documentation design style and the call by some to have scribes at  
> each group. Having scribes at groups makes my face expression  
> wrinkle a little and I think of an alternative solution based on the  
> responsibility and passion of every member.
>
> What if everyone could dot down there own contributions or ask a  
> fellow in the discussion to dot down there contributions if that is  
> there need. This way the responsibility of not-taking is  
> distributed, and half, if not all present take notes to there  
> contributions.
>
> But then we have a problem when all the different notes enter the  
> computers, the complexity of adding several documents as one  
> discussion will be like a discussion in the lists or some different  
> beast.
>
> I imagen that this idea has especially had some fieald time in the  
> hads of multi-language gathering facilitators.
>
> My vision is a shared and individual responsibility for session note- 
> taking without the use of session selected representative for the  
> role.
>
> I ask about your experiences with this idea of distributed  
> documentation for each session and the solutions you have identified.
>
> with love from Iceland
> Kári
>
>
>
> -- 
> Kári Gunnarsson
> kari.gunnarsson at simnet.is
> gsm: +354 8645189
>
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