Converting ET discussion into action is highly commendable, and the enthusiastic PNing of the text is clearly vital for what may be a public document, or at least one that talks to these bureaucrats in terms that they accept and understand.
The part that doesn't work so well, as pointed out, is that our tools for group editing are cumbersome and time consuming. Finding a better solution is imperative. ETWiki and Colman's widget are two possibilities: what other suggestions?
And a small detail: would it help to have available a list of real ET names and addresses with which to sign documents? I presume the gnomes already have access to these. For any document, before it is forwarded out into the big wide world, there would be an individual opt-in to include your real name as co-signatory. These real names need not appear in drafts of any document posted here - but added before dispatch. You can't be me, I'm taken
An integrated collaborative authoring tool would be nice to have. Writeboard is quite handy, though, and saves us from having to post full alternative drafts in comments here.
When you open an account here, you are not asked your name and bricks address. Neither am I sure everyone would be eager to have these data in a list on the site server. Before sending this letter, we'll call for signatories -- since the consensus at the moment seems to be multiple signatures from individual EU citizens who are also ET collaborators. I'm not sure how we'll then manage the real names (i.e. show them here or not; that will depend on individual wishes, I should think); addresses may be kept to country of residence.
