Thanks Anne.

 

I think your language is a good start to a compromise.  The concern is both knowing what the panelist is looking at and relying on as well as making sure that panelists don’t slip into an advocacy role s/he believes that a particular party is not being very well represented.  Even the best of us are vulnerable to confirmation bias from time to time.  How about:

 

“deemed necessary to verify the community status of the applicant (the “Limited Research”), provided, however, that the evaluator shall disclose the results of such Limited Research to the applicant and the applicant shall be provided 30 days to respond to such research before the evaluation decision is rendered.  When conducting any such Limited Research, panelists must be especially aware not assume an advocacy role, such as searching for evidence which a party should have already included in its filings.”

 

 

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

Best,

Paul

 

 

 

Paul,

You wanted to start a small group on this topic, but we have not heard from you as to a counter-proposal.  Jamie and Kathy are copied.

Thank you,

Anne

 

 

Dear WG,

In light of the short time frame, I am proposing language re the standard for Community Evaluation panelist relying on independent research (proposed limitation from 2012 by Kristine Dorrain and Paul McGrady) as follows:

 

“deemed necessary to verify the community status of the applicant, provided, however, that the evaluator shall disclose such independent research to the applicant and the applicant shall be provided 30 days to respond to such research before the evaluation decision is rendered.”

 

Just trying to get the ball rolling on this proposed compromise – noting that a lack of consensus results in a fallback to 2012 implementation.

 

In addition, I think I have missed the proposed revisions to the Community Guidelines for scoring.  Jeff, was this sent around again?

 

Thank you,

Anne

 

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