[blml] EBU White Book [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Richard Hills:

>>>The EBU Orange Book is of limited value to non-EBU
>>>directors, since it is merely a compilation of EBU
>>>system regulations.

Grattan Endicott:

>>+=+ I think that is too simple a statement. The
>>first 43 pages contain regulations on a variety of
>>matters which are worthy of perusal for their
>>ideas. Pages 44 through 67 are a compilation of
>>system regulations.
>>                      ~ Grattan ~   +=+

Ed Reppert:

>As a non-EBU director, I gotta agree with Grattan on
>this one. One has to remember when making rulings,
>of course, that one is not *in* the EBU. :-)

Richard Hills:

Okay, my "merely" was too simple.  But I still do not
resile from my opinion that the EBU White Book is
more generally useful than the EBU Orange Book _for
directors_.

The ideas in the first 43 pages of the EBU Orange
Book may be useful _for administrators_ designing
regulations, but there is chaff amongst the wheat.

For example, EBU Orange Book regulation 3B4:

"Opponents can then ask a supplementary question..."

and 3B9:

"If the questioner asks a more specific question then
a TD or Appeals Committee is unlikely to consider it
misinformation if he gets a correct but incomplete
answer to his question."

:-(


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
Level 6 Aqua Training Suite, DIAC
02 6225 6776

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