Mike,

Yeah, I raised the concern at the meeting and had previously raised
it with Tanyss when that newsletter came out. When she says that
CDISC is committed to keeping the standards open, I think we need to
trust her there. I know that many folks did not respond well to
that newsletter statement and my advice is to wait and see what
happens. If you want to express your concern with others at CDISC
then by all means do so, but I know they have heard the message of
concern.

Cheers,

Jack

--- In rtp_cdisc@yahoogroups.com, Mike Molter <molter.mike@...>
wrote:
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> Hi everyone,
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> At the end of yesterday's meeting, concern was raised over just
how much of what is currently available to the public will be moved
over to the member's only area.  Tanyss assured us that the
standards and the implementation guides would remain open and others
agreed, but I want to point out a quote from the last newsletter,
dated February 3.  Under the headline of "New Tools for CDISC
Members", it states the following:
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> "In 2009 we will be adding more value for our members, including
gradually moving implementation guides and standards documentation
into the Members' Area."
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> I don't know any other way to interpret this.  This could be
another case of not everyone at CDISC being on the same page.  Any
other thoughts?  I'm going to follow Tanyss' advice and try to
follow up with someone at CDISC through their website.
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> --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Chris Decker <jcdecker71@...> wrote:
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> From: Chris Decker <jcdecker71@...>
> Subject: [rtp_cdisc] REMINDER: CDISC User Group Meeting at 2 .m.
today at GSK
> To: rtp_cdisc@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 3:28 PM
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> Come and join us!
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