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Subject:Drafty documents From:geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA Date:Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:01:27 -0500
Kevin Feeman wondered if it was appropriate to stamp his
documents "draft" given that they hadn't been reviewed and
signed off before they were released. In my opinion, that's
exactly the way to go. Anything else is misleading to your
clients, and if a liability issue arises, it's your only
protection. If you want to make your message even more
clearly, stamp them "Draft: for review"; you might even get
some feedback from your audience that way, and that would
be valuable. In the meantime, stick to your guns until they
get some form of review process in place. Your Iridium
project may be rocket science, but reviews aren't.
--Geoff Hart @8^{)} geoff-h -at- mtl -dot- feric -dot- ca
Disclaimer: Speaking for myself, not FERIC.
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