[NCSG-PC] Proposal : Quick Guidelines for Public Comment Writing

[dorothy g]

Good job Farell. I am sure people will find this helpful. My first point
would be most people will not read long comments. A few staffers have no
choice but to read them and summarize them. Our goal should be to be
succinct.  This usually takes more effort but it should help us to be clear
and less subject to misinterpretation.  We should also avoid emotional
statements (in general).

My next question would be, how do we evaluate the effectiveness of a public
comment? How often are our concerns taken into account in final decision
making? In drafting comments we need to understand the policy context and
mindset of the eventual decision makers.

best

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 10:03 PM, Farell FOLLY <farell at benin2point0.org>
wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Following The NCUC Policy and Public Comment Writing Course I participated
> in in San Juan, I committed to suggest a few guidelines to guide people who
> will volunteer to draft public comments in the future. It can also helps us
> within the PC to quickly assess a document by using a common framework.
> Most of the contents derived from the course which was very appreciated by
> all the participants.
>
> Please see the document here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1-Kuw_nS6uul7f3P-z6C3EopU8s3QP_BZhS0PRnm0o/edit?usp=sharing>
>
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>    1. The first page briefly outlines the key point to focus on while
>    drafting a comment : Feel free to comment or make any suggestion that can
>    help improve it.
>    2. The second page is intended to help the new drafter start writing a
>    comment by answering the questions directly : feel free to add more
>    questions or modify the existing ones.
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> Best Regards
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