From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Sign-in sheet
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:06:02 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

    I like it the way it is.
      Madeleine
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 16:25:47 -0400 (EDT)
  "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
> Lee Gilliland suggested that instead of having
>"Firstname Lastname" on
> the sign-in sheet at meetings, that I have "Lastname,
>Firstname", to
> make it easier to find names.  I think that would look
>too bureaucratic,
> formal, and unfriendly.
>
> I'm puzzled that Lee even has an issue about it, since
>her name is in
> the officer section, not sorted alphabetically.
>
> Other possibilities include:
>
> * Sorting alphabetically by first name, like they do in
>Iceland.
>
> * "Firstname LASTNAME", i.e. the last name in all caps.
>
> * Vertically aligning both the first and last names,
>with a variable
>  number of spaces between them rather than just one.
> (But then I
>  couldn't fit as many names on.)
>
> * Vertically aligning just the last name.
>
> * Double spacing, i.e. a blank line between each
>non-blank line, like
>  on a manuscript.  (But then I couldn't fit as many
>names on.)
>
> Some of these alternatives can be combined.
>
> Does anyone have any preferences?
>
> A couple people have suggested that I list people in
>order of their
> probability of attending (since I compute that number
>anyway, so as
> to decide which names go on the list).  I'm pretty sure
>that wasn't
> a serious suggestion.
>
> Also, should I abolish the separate officers' section?
>
> Thanks.
>