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History of the Bill of Rights

The History of the Bill of Rights is one aspect of American history that many people know little about. The Bill of Rights is one of the main founding documents of the United States of America. It consists of Ten Amendments to the United States Constitution. These amendments were added to protect basic God given rights from government interference. James Madison is credited with being the main author of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights protects Americans' rights such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, the right to have a trial by jury, the right to not incriminate oneself (pleading the fifth) and many other rights. This section will give you a good understanding of the events surrounding the history of the Bill of Rights.

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History of the Bill of Rights

On June 7, 1776 Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented to the Second Continental Congress what became known as the Lee Resolution. The Lee Resolution proposed three things to the Congress at the direction of the Virginia Convention. The three things were 1) a Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, 2) that alliances with foreign powers against Britain should be sought out and 3) that provision should be made for a formal confederation between the thirteen colonies. Committees were set up to study each issue and to present ideas to Congress about how to implement them.

The committee set up to study the confederation proposed a draft in the summer of 1777 and the formal Articles of Confederation were adopted by the congress on November 15, 1777. The Articles still had to be ratified though by each colony. The last state to ratify was Maryland on March 1, 1781, and from that time the Articles of Confederation were the ruling document of the United States of America until the Constitution of the United States was adopted in 1788. Read the Articles of Confederation here.

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The Articles of Confederation

Right from the start there were problems with the Articles of Confederation. Recall that the American people were extremely concerned about their government abusing their rights. This was the whole purpose of the Revolutionary War. Because of this fear, the Congress and colonies that adopted the Articles of Confederation made the government purposefully weak. The problem was that they made the government so weak that it didn't have enough power to accomplish much. Several issues that arose over the next few years included:

  • The Congress had no power to tax the people to raise revenue. It could only ask the states for money or get loans. When it did ask the states for money, it had no power to force them to comply, so most of the time the states didn't send the requested money, yet the Congress was supposed to oversee military affairs and regulate the economy.
  • Another problem was that each state had one vote. This was inherently unfair to the larger states because they were asked to contribute more because of their size, yet had no greater say in how things should be done.
  • Congress was supposed to control the military, but had no power to impose taxes to pay for it. It also had no power to require people to serve in the army. Instead Congress would send requests to each state to supply troops, which many times went unfulfilled. This is one of the reasons why George Washington's Continental Army was continually undermanned.
  • The Congress had no authority to require delegates to even meet. States would appoint their delegates, but they might or might not show up to scheduled meetings. This made the course of conducting business extremely slow. It was so slow that the Peace Treaty with Great Britain, which had already been signed by the ambassadors, sat for months in Congress because there weren't enough delegates present to vote on it!
  • Congress could make decisions, but could not enforce them.
  • Congress could not regulate trade between the states. Instead, each state created its own trade laws, rules and tariffs. This created a confusing set of regulations from state to state and created a great deal of competition from state to state in trade matters.
  • Each state was considered to be a completely sovereign entity that could do whatever it wished apart from the specific things mentioned in the Articles which were given to the federal government, which included the right to make war, control foreign diplomacy, control weights and measure and act as an arbiter between states.
  • Decisions had to be made unanimously, so one state could veto a measure that all the other twelve wanted.
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    Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists

    All of these problems made many believe that the union could not ultimately be held together without doing something to strengthen the central government. These people were called "Federalists," because of their support for a strong central, or federal, government. The first two Presidents of the United States, George Washington and John Adams, were Federalists. The third, Thomas Jefferson, was an Anti-Federalist. Anti-federalists generally wanted the central government to be weaker so it did not encroach on the rights of individuals to govern themselves. You can't understand the history of the Bill of Rights without understanding the differences between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.

    The Virginia Plan - James Madison, May 29, 1787

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    By 1787, the states were convinced that the Articles of Confederation needed to be revised and the Congressional delegates met in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17 to try to make the necessary changes. Many present, including James Madison and Alexander Hamilton believed that the Articles were wholly insufficient and needed to be done away with completely. Consequently, what became known as the Virginia Plan, was presented to the Congress by Edmund Randolph, a Virginia delegate. Largely written by James Madison, the Virginia Plan, called for a completely new government and constitution with a much stronger central government. The picture at the right is James Madison's own copy of the Virginia Plan.

    After much deliberation, the Congress voted to accept the new constitution on September 17, 1787. In order for the Constitution to take effect though it had to be ratified or accepted by 9 of the 13 colonies. This is when a very strong cry for a Bill of Rights occurred.

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    What is a Bill of Rights?

    You can't understand the history of the Bill of Rights if you don't know what a Bill of Rights is! A Bill of Rights is basically a list of the rights of the people from which the government is forbidden from interfering. Bills of Rights were nothing new at this point in history. The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, forced King John to respect certain rights of those in his kingdom, such as their right to writs of habeas corpus (meaning their right to appeal unlawful imprisonment), and forced him to admit that his actions must be controlled by the law. The English Bill of Rights of 1689 guaranteed certain rights to the people as represented by their members of Parliament against the King, such as freedom to petition the government, freedom from taxation without legislative approval and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment. Many of the states had enacted their own bills of rights to protect their own citizens as well.

    George Washington letter to the Marquis de Lafayette, April 28, 1788

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    After the states received their copies of the proposed Constitution, each state was to hold a ratifying convention to discuss the merits of the Constitution and to accept or reject it. Five states, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut, voted to ratify immediately. The rest of the states, however, were more slow to get on board. A vigorous and bitter public debate began all over the states between Federalists and Anti-Federalists about whether or not the newly proposed Constitution gave too much power to the government and did too little to protect the rights of individuals. Keep in mind, they had just fought a bloody war in order to get rid of an oppressive government. They sure didn't want to create another one! About this time, George Washington wrote to the Marquis de Lafayette, a French general who had helped him in the Revolutionary War. In his letter he talks about the proposed Constitution and the calls for a Bill of Rights. You can read the George Washington letter here.

    Anti-Federalists, such as George Mason of Virginia, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts called for rejection of the Constitution completely or at the least, an inclusion of a Bill of Rights. George Mason had even proposed a Bill of Rights to the Constitutional Convention on September 12, 1787, according to James Madison's notes, but it was declined.

    Federalists believed a Bill of Rights was unnecessary because they believed that the Constitution only gave the government limited powers that were specifically listed. The government had no power to do things it was not entitled to in the Constitution. Alexander Hamilton believed that the people were not giving up any rights by accepting the Constitution. Therefore, in his view, it was not necessary to protect something which was not taken away from them with a Bill of Rights.

    The Federalists also believed, though, that adding a Bill of Rights could be very dangerous. If specific rights to be retained by the people were listed in the Constitution, they believed it would imply that any rights not listed were not protected and that the government would gradually encroach upon these rights.

    The Anti-Federalists remained unpersuaded. They wanted guarantees for such things as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to petition the government and many others, specifically listed in the Constitution.

    James Madison letter to Thomas Jefferson, October 17, 1788

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    The impasse was finally overcome by what is known as the Massachusetts Compromise. The Massachusetts ratifying convention finally got enough Anti-Federalists on board by recommending a number of amendments be adopted by the First Congress under the new constitution. So the Anti-Federalists voted yes, on the promise that a Bill of Rights would be added. Four of the next five states to ratify did so with similar demands. North Carolina refused to ratify until significant steps had been made toward a Bill of Rights. James Madison wrote an interesting letter to Thomas Jefferson about this time, about the pros and cons of adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution. Much of it was written in cipher, a secret code between the two parties that only they knew, so that if the letter was read by anyone else they wouldn't understand what was written. You can read the James Madison letter here.

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    Ratifying the Constitution

    Ratification Dates of the Constitution by State
    Delaware December 7, 1787
    Pennsylvania December 12, 1787
    New Jersey December 18, 1787
    Georgia January 2, 1788
    Connecticut January 9, 1788
    Massachusetts February 6, 1788
    Maryland April 28, 1788
    South Carolina May 23, 1788
    New Hampshire June 21, 1788
    Virginia June 25, 1788
    New York July 26, 1788
    North Carolina November 21, 1789
    Rhode island May 29, 1790

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    The First Congress

    The first Congress under the new Constitution was scheduled to meet in March of 1789. The states had submitted over 200 proposals for amendments to be included in the Bill of Rights. Many people were even calling for another Constitutional Convention because they were displeased with the current one.

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    James Madison

    James Madison recognized that the new government would not succeed unless the states' demand for a Bill of Rights was not met. He personally did not believe a Bill of Rights was necessary. He agreed with Alexander Hamilton that the Constitution did not take any rights from the people in the first place. He also thought the State governments were more likely to pass unjust laws than the federal government, and he supported a provision that would have given the federal government veto power over all state laws.

    Madison realized, however, that in order for the new government to be accepted, a Bill of Rights would be necessary. He ran into the same Anti-Federalist sentiment that existed in the Massachusetts Constitutional Ratification Convention, when he was trying to get the Virginia Ratification Convention to accept the new constitution. He ended up publicly supporting the addition of amendments in order to help get it ratified. He basically considered passing a Bill of Rights to be throwing a bone to the Anti-Federalists in order to get their support for the Constitution. He was even forced to promise to seek a Bill of Rights in order to be elected to the First Congress. His strongly Anti-Federalist district would never have voted for him if he hadn't.

    Madison moved quickly once Congress was seated in 1789. Some people had advocated throwing out the Constitution and starting over. He didn't want the hard work he and many others had put into creating the Constitution to go to waste. He believed the compromises the delegates at the Constitutional Convention had made would be very difficult to reach again or to improve upon. He also wanted to propose his amendments first, which focused on the protection of individual rights, before others made proposals that would have made structural changes to the constitution. Indeed, most of the proposals from the states were structural in nature and Madison believed that this would weaken or undermine the Constitution. He also wanted to move quickly on a Bill of Rights in order to secure the ratification of the last two states, North Carolina and Rhode Island, who still had not ratified the Constitution. You can read more about the Bill of Rights' Purpose here.

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    James Madison's Proposal

    On June 8, 1789, Madison presented his proposed amendments to the Congress. In the speech he delivered that day, he said:

    "For while we feel all these inducements to go into a revisal of the constitution, we must feel for the constitution itself, and make that revisal a moderate one. I should be unwilling to see a door opened for a re-consideration of the whole structure of the government, for a re-consideration of the principles and the substance of the powers given; because I doubt, if such a door was opened, if we should be very likely to stop at that point which would be safe to the government itself: But I do wish to see a door opened to consider, so far as to incorporate those provisions for the security of rights, against which I believe no serious objection has been made by any class of our constituents."

    Madison had studied all of the proposals by the state governments and decided to push for amendments that were widely popular in order to speed up the process and prevent further delay. He also based much of his proposal on George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776. Some of Madison's wording is nearly identical to this document. Thomas Jefferson had also relied heavily on it when writing the Declaration of Independence.

    James Madison's proposal called for twenty amendments to the Constitution. You can read James Madison's speech to Congress proposing the Bill of Rights here. Only twelve were finally approved by Congress and sent to the States for ratification, and only ten of those were ratified by the States. Some of Madison's amendments were completely rejected by the Congress. Some were drastically altered.

    Some of Madison's amendments that did not receive congressional approval included one that preserved the right of religious dissenters to abstain from military service, one that protected freedom of the press from censorship by state governments (first amendment freedoms at this time were considered only to be restrictions of the federal government, not state governments, thus, the state governments could restrict freedom of the press, religion, speech and so forth) and one protecting the right to trial by jury in state criminal cases (again, the right to trial by jury was only applied to the federal government at this time, not state governments).

    Madison considered these restrictions on the States' power to be the most necessary of all the amendments, yet they were completely rejected by the Congress. Later on, in the early 1900's the enforcement of these rights was applied to the state governments by the courts, as well as the federal government by the court's interpretation of the 14th amendment. Thus, today, a state cannot restrict these rights any more than the federal government can. You can read the 14th Amendment here.

    In studying the history of the Bill of Rights, it should be noted that Madison's proposal did not actually call for a Bill of Rights, but rather for insertions, deletions and revisions of the Constitution to be added right into the text, not a list of rights to be added at the end of the Constitution. It was the whole Congress who decided to add them as a list at the end. Madison also proposed some changes to the Preamble. The rest of the changes were to be inserted into the Constitution wherever they applied, most of them into Article I, Section IX, which dealt with restrictions on the legislative branch, the branch he believed the most prone to usurping the people's rights.

    Madison's proposals were not actually taken up until August 13, two months after he had proposed them. The Federalists dominated the Congress and passing a Bill of Rights was not an urgent issue to them. Nonetheless, Madison believed it was necessary to secure confidence in the Constitution and he tried to shepherd his amendments through the House of Representatives. In the end, on August 24, 1789, the House accepted 17 of the amendments, making many changes to Madison's proposals and throwing out his preamble.

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    Twelve Proposed Amendments to the Federal Constitution

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    Twelve Proposed

    The Senate received the House's bill and paired the list down to twelve. A joint committee further revised the language of the twelve amendments that were finally chosen to be presented to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. Read the Twelve Amendments Congress proposed to the States here.

    But wait, doesn't the Bill of Rights have Ten Amendments? Yes, that's right. The states rejected two of the proposed amendments. The Constitution requires that 3/4 of the states vote to ratify an amendment to the Constitution and the first two didn't make it.

    The Rejected Amendments

    Studying the history of the Bill of Rights would be complete without learning about the rejected amendments? What are the two rejected amendments? The first one deals with the number of delegates apportioned to congress based on population. It reads like this:

    "Article the first: After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred, after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred; after which the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons."

    The second rejected amendment, which was the second on the list, had to do with not allowing Congress to give itself pay raises. It reads like this:

    "No Law varying the Compensations for the Services of the Senators and Representatives shall take Effect, until an Election of Representatives shall have intervened."

    Remarkably, this amendment did finally become law, but not until 1992, more than 200 years after the First Congress proposed it! It became the 27th Amendment to the Constitution.

    Congress approved the Twelve Amendments, or Twelve Articles as they were called, on September 25, 1789. Next, it was time to send them to the States for discussion and rejection or ratification. Congress printed up a copy of the proposed amendments and President George Washington had thirteen handwritten copies transcribed and then sent them off to the governors of each state. The 3/4 requirement stated in the Constitution meant that 11 of the 14 States had to vote in the affirmative on each article for them to become law. There were 14 states by the time it was over, because Vermont was admitted as the 14th state on March 4, 1791.

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    Ratifying the Bill of Rights

    On November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify. New Jersey ratified eleven of the articles, but rejected article two. The ratification dates of each state are listed below.

    Ratification Dates of the Bill of Rights
    New Jersey November 20, 1789 Rejected Article 2
    Maryland December 19, 1789 Approved all articles
    North Carolina December 22, 1789 Approved all articles
    South Carolina January 19, 1790 Approved all articles
    New Hampshire January 25, 1790 Rejected Article 2
    Delaware January 28, 1790 Rejected Article 1
    New York February 27, 1790 Rejected Article 2
    Pennsylvania March 10, 1790 Rejected Article 2
    Rhode Island June 7, 1790 Rejected Article 2
    Vermont November 3, 1791 Approved all articles
    Virginia December 15, 1791 Approved all articles

    Notice that Massachusetts, Connecticut and Georgia are not included in this list. That's right. These three states did not vote to ratify the Bill of Rights, until 1939 that is, when they were urged to do so on the 150th anniversary of adopting the Bill of Rights! In spite of these states' unwillingness to pass the amendments, Articles III through XII received the eleven votes that were needed to become law. Article II was rejected by Delaware, so it only had 10 out of 14 votes needed and thus did not pass. Later, after Kentucky became a state, Article I received another vote, giving it 11 of 15 states, but this still did not meet the 3/4 threshold. Article II received only 6 out of 14, later 7 out of 15, with Kentucky added, and thus did not become law. Article I has never become law, but Article II did finally become law in 1992.

    James Madison letter to George Washington, December 5, 1789

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    James Madison's letter

    Even though the Bill of Rights eventually became law, there was still much opposition from Anti-Federalists. In general they believed that the amendments did not go far enough in safeguarding their rights. Here is an interesting letter from James Madison to George Washington discussing the opposition of Richard Henry Lee to the proposed amendments.

    With Virginia's vote for ratification on December 15, 1791, articles III through XII became law as the first Ten Amendments on that day.

    Since Congress sent twelve amendments to the states, and the first two were rejected, the third amendment in the original proposal became what we know as the First Amendment today.

    History of the Bill of Rights -
    Where are they today?

    So where are the original copies of the Bill of Rights today? The original copy printed by Congress is housed in the Rotunda of the Charters of Freedom at the National Archives in Washington DC. Two other copies are also held by the National Archives. One is the copy that was sent to the State of Delaware. Which state the other one belonged to is unknown. Eight states still have their copies, some of which are on display. They include Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia, Rhode Island and North Carolina. One copy is in a public library in New York, but we don't know which state it belonged to. There are two that are completely missing. The two missing copies and the two copies that we have but are unsure to which state they belonged, were the copies from Georgia, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania.

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TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE: "Elf" (2003), 8 and 10:02 p.m., ABC Family.

Ever since 1996, "25 Days of Christmas" has livened Decembers. Now there are lots of cable copies, but the original is still busy and fun, starting today with four films from theaters.

Richard Attenborough's "Miracle on 34th Street" (1994) is 12:30 p.m., with Nicolas Cage's "Family Man" (2000) at 3 p.m. and Michael Keaton's "Jack Frost" (1998) at 6.

But the highlight is "Elf," which puts Will Ferrell alongside a great supporting cast. There's Bob Newhart, James Caan, Ed Asner, Peter Dinklage and a thoroughly charming Zooey Deschanel.

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For the second straight night, Fox has a college football championship game.

Wisconsin lost three of its last four regular-season games and had a 4-4 record, finishing four games behind Ohio State and two behind Penn State.

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? "A Few Good Men" (1992), 7-10 p.m., Bravo. A great movie night starts here, with Rob Reiner beautifully directing Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of his own military-courtroom drama.

? "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), 8-11 p.m., NBC. Once omnipresent, this classic now shows only twice a year. One is Christmas Eve; here's the other one.

? More movies, 8 p.m., cable. You can choose a mega-adventure - "Inception" (2010) on TNT or James Cameron's superb "Terminator 2" (1991) on AMC. Or go with a drama: Hallmark debuts "A Bride For Christmas," with Arielle Kebbel as someone who keeps almost marrying.

? "Criminal Minds," 9 p.m., CBS. This is a busy week for Brigid Brannagh, the "Army Wives" star. On Tuesday, she was the guest villain in the return of "Leverage"; in this rerun, she plays someone whose daughter disappeared.

Exactly seven years later, she suddenly goes missing.

? "Apollo 13" (1995), 10 p.m to 1 a.m., Bravo. Ron Howard superbly directed this true story of astronauts almost lost in space. It was nominated for nine Oscars, including best picture and supporting actors Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan. Tom Hanks stars.

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SharePoint 2013 preview has been out for some time now and we are starting to see it come up in planning, envisioning, road mapping and other strategic discussions with clients on a more regular basis. I have been discussing this with people on an almost daily basis. Everyone upgrades eventually (or they move away from the platform) so I think it’s always good to talk about why businesses are accelerating their upgrades or where (in terms of workload) they are considering an ‘early’ upgrade to SharePoint 2013.

Authors Note: When I say upgrade in this article I do not mean a full upgrade of all existing sites/content. While some organizations are planning this many organizations may only upgrade certain farms, or collections of content versus everything and use a phased approach that can take years before ‘everything’ has been upgraded. (As an example some organizations may not upgrade all 2010 content based on the loss of SharePoint Designer’s Design view and other changes in 2013.)

So why do people upgrade? First it’s worth noting that there are internal and external pressures on IT to upgrade their technology.

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  • Internally we are always in a cycle of doing more with less. Often upgrades provide many ways to do things in an optimized or more efficient way which supports the increasing demand placed on IT.
  • Maintaining old versions of a technology like SharePoint can be challenging. Finding people who have experience or knowledge of SharePoint 2003 (and want to work with it) is extremely difficult now (not only because there were less SharePoint experts back then, but mainly because experienced professionals want to work with the latest versions).
  • Often upgrades (especially SharePoint ones) provide increased support for standards or newer technologies. In the case of SharePoint the improved browser support, device support, and windows/office integration can support related upgrades or the growing needs that result from new technologies in the workplace.

External Pressure:

  • In the consumer marketplace we have a plethora of options and increasing expectations for technology user experience and ease of use. This is putting considerable pressure on IT to be more responsive and to accelerate upgrade cycles internally (to ensure they have competitive offerings and usability). This is especially made evident when leaders within organizations go around IT and buy into SaaS or alternative technologies that may or may not be initially sanctioned by enterprise IT.
  • Mobile, tablet, and the pressure for remote device support are all primarily driven by the increased comfort and reliance of these tools in the consumer world. In BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) environments there is increased pressure for IT to provide support and options for devices that may have not historically been supported or considered.

Why are people planning on upgrading to SharePoint 2013?

No one is going to upgrade to SharePoint 2013 for the new Geo-location field or a minor feature change. But there are some benefits that businesses believe they will realize by upgrading sooner, rather than later. The top reasons I hear (regularly) for why businesses are really considering upgrading to SharePoint 2013 (and are planning for it now) follow:

  1. End User Improvements That Lead To Increased Productivity & Adoption
    The most significant improvements in SharePoint 2013 are those that don’t require deep technical understanding to admire or see the value of. These are the little things that begin building up very quickly. For some organizations the potential increase in adoption and productivity due to easier drag and drop, simpler sharing of content and general UI improvements may be a strong driver for encouraging a partial upgrade of generalized team sites or content.

    Beyond these basic end user improvements like drag and drop when you combine the following it also can add up to a strong motivation for an enterprise upgrade or 2013 farm.

    • Simpler sharing and permissions management for sites (this is a huge potential benefit and is something you should really look into).
    • Embedded and intuitive social capabilities (for personal recall, and social sharing).
    • Improved task management and automatic (configurable) task rollup and aggregation (across SharePoint, Exchange, Project Server etc).
    • Themes and a more accessible design experience for many developers or end users. (Example: HTML vs XSL based).
    • Office Web Application integration/improvements such as hover over previews (not really SharePoint anymore – since it’s a separate product, but worth noting)
    • Cross site collection roll ups and less site collection boundaries (for some organizations using Office 365 this may be a huge boon – as there are no effective ways beyond search to do this now).
    • Video and iframe embedding/support improvements. (There are a plethora of interesting changes that support the editing, and content management experience. The social ability to tag media content could also be considered here if media is a big part of your organization’s need.)
    • Better mobile support and browser support (especially for those building mobile solutions and options due to the increased demand/expectation of businesses).
  2. Social Improvements Can Be A Significant Driver
    Comparable to many social enterprise tools (and much easier to extend). For many organizations that are evaluating enterprise 2.0 platforms this may be a primary or at least significant driver, especially if they have already invested heavily in SharePoint but not in enterprise social. We have worked with Newsgator extensively and there will still be a need for third party improvements on top of the improved SharePoint 2013 model, but even without these tools it supplies a fairly complete social experience OOTB.When you add up the new improvements I believe this richer feature set and improved capability can stand on its own as a reason to upgrade for some organizations and in fact has been a motivator for a few I have spoken with. (As an example this post lists 72 social features in SharePoint 2013 – Some are a bit of a stretch to consider as a feature ‘on its own’ but it shows a bit of an idea for just how much is available).

  3. The New Search Experience & Engine Can Transform Your Organization’s View On Search
    At a personal level I am extremely (unbelievably) happy and excited about all the work Microsoft has done incorporating FAST and BING capabilities in a way that makes sense. This new search core makes it so much easier to use the OOTB search experience from an end user perspective.Here are a few spotlights (by no means a complete list) of why the new Search is just so much better, and a truly exciting enhanced capability set.

    • The feature that allows you to see (as you type your search – or after you search and are reviewing the results) what you have searched for and selected previously is such a simple but impactful feature. For recall scenarios it will have a significant positive impact.
    • Content by search allows a user (still a technical one) very easily build the query they want and see the results as they build it. If you haven’t taken a good and long look at this web part in 2013, make certain that you do.
    • Continuous crawl and general performance enhancements enable a potentially much faster crawl of new/changed content ensuring the results are up to date and relevant.
    • Many minor enhancements to the experience such as File Type identifiers on the left of search results (for quick recognition), native PDF support on indexing, and a much more developer accessible HTML/JavaScript model of changing how search results display.
  4. Technical Benefits
    This is typically not a significant a driver for many implementations to upgrade. That is not always the case though and sometimes it can be enough of a driver for an organization that appreciates or understands the technical benefits they will realize by upgrading.Authors Note: At SPC 2009 several attendees were excitedly discussing how SharePoint 2010 was going to make their jobs so much easier in IT. Virgil Carroll replied “When was the last time the business made an investment (like an upgrade) to make your jobs easier?” So it is important to note that technical benefits typically motivate upgrades only when there is a clear cost benefit. For SharePoint there is typically an additional cost on hardware for the new environment that actually results in increased costs up front, not to mention potentially related licensing costs, and the migration/upgrade cost itself. So these cost benefits can be very difficult to illustrate if they aren’t providing increased business value.

    As an example an organization may be able to predict considerable storage savings and performance improvements based on shredded storage, improved caching, and improved control/flexibility at a site collection level (for organizations that have distribution model based on site collection access rights/controls). Based on technical changes or factors like this the organization may be able to provide reasoning and benefits for upgrading that reduce technical limitations, or provide IT cost savings.

  5. Solution Benefits
    Depending on the solutions you have built and offer in your SharePoint implementation certain capabilities may be extremely important to you. Here are a few minor examples that may be important based on how you are using SharePoint.
    • New Document Set features may be important if you are heavily leveraging this feature.
    • If your organization believes that their eDiscovery needs can be met for exchange, file share content and SharePoint and is considering alternatives this might be a strong motivator for evaluating an upgrade.
    • Organizations that support multiple languages may find the improvements to variations and automatic translation to be a driver for upgrading.
    • Metadata navigation, image renditions, clean URLs, and other WCM improvements may be extremely important for your public facing website or publishing based intranet.

Example risks when you don’t upgrade…

There are also risks around cost when you don’t upgrade. While these aren’t often the primary drivers they can still motivate upgrades. A few examples of these potential costs are:

  • It costs more to upgrade from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2013 than it does from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013. (Richard statement [opinion based on experience – I firmly believe this.])
  • Integration scenarios and third party product availability may be very different based on the versions of your SharePoint implementation (Microsoft officially only supports certain versions as well).
  • Moving from SharePoint 2013 to Office 365 will absolutely be easier then moving from other versions of SharePoint to Office 365.
  • Storage improvements! The amount of content in our organizations is always growing and storage becomes more challenging to coordinate, control, and manage over time. However with new versions of the product and the underlying storage technologies (like SQL) new features enable better scale, performance, and flexibility (shredded storage is a great example).
  • Some web based systems require certain browsers or browser compatibility that can be costly or challenging to maintain over time when they are not upgraded (IE 6 examples abound).
  • When you skip a version or two it results in even more significant changes for the end user experience and can be more challenging to train (at all levels) and deal with the change management involved.

Example issues when you do decide to upgrade…

SharePoint 2013 is visually very different than previous versions. Quite a bit of functionality has changed and the way a user performs actions they may be familiar with has changed. Here are a few changes in 2013 that the user will notice (and that require some communication planning):

  • No Design View in SharePoint Designer 2013
  • No Breadcrumb (By Default)
  • Create Sub Site Has Moved
  • No Sign In As a Different User
  • App Naming & Organization (For Those Who Are Used To Previous Methods For Creating New Lists/Libraries The App Naming Can Be Confusing)
  • Share Instead Of Manage Permissions (Better Than Previous Model, But Requires Explanation)

Longer explanations of a few of these changes can be found in my “SharePoint 2013: A Few Changes That Might Surprise Users” article.

What about you? Do you have specific reasons you are considering an upgrade to SharePoint 2013?

Hope this helps,

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AUSTIN -- Junior Casey Clark broke her own school record in the 200-yard freestyle while swimming the lead leg of Rice's 800-free relay Friday night at the UT Invitational in Austin.

The 800-freestyle relay may have been the only event Rice had entered by Friday's two-thirds-point of the three-day meet (which actually began on Thursday), but the Owls made up for the late-start with an extra burst of seed. Clark broke her own school record in the 4x200 relay the same way she set the mark last February while Rice was on its way to the C-USA team title. The Spring, Tex., native blazed to a 1:45.69 start as the lead-leg, re-writing her previous record (1:45.78) in the process.

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Bill Babcock has dedicated much of his lifetime to the education, training and promotion of sports in the Richmond Hill community. After graduating from the University of Toronto and McMaster University with two teaching degrees, Bill went on to be a Phys Ed teacher at Richmond Hill High School from 1953 – 1968. While at Richmond Hill High, he spent numerous hours coaching basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, track & field, wrestling and gymnastics. He was also instrumental in introducing new sports, intramural programs as well as camping and outdoor education to the school system.

In 1955, Bill formed the Richmond Hill Track Club, where many notable athletes such as Marian Munroe and John Passmore got their start. In 1957, he began the Richmond Hill Day Camp for children. Later the day camp became known as 'Richildaca Camp' and served the children and youth of York Region. This was one of the first camps to provide programs for children with special needs.

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The sun is warming, the snow banks are melting and the temperatures are finally above freezing. It’s time to change the oil, adjust the valves, bore and stroke your credit cards and go wear out some tires!

Here’s a list of some of the major motorcycle rallies and events this year, along with contact info and a brief description of what’s happening. So mark your calendar, call some riding buddies, top off your tank and get your clutch hand workin’!

Because things may have changed since press time, be sure to check the website for updates shortly before you lift the sidestand and hit the road. And when you get there, tell ’em Rider magazine sent you!

Ride for Kids

37 events in 2014
In 2014, there will be Ride for Kids events in 37 cities across the nation, including a new ride in Jackson, Mississippi. The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation sponsors the Ride for Kids to give us the opportunity to ride, and by doing so to help kids beat cancer. These rides raise funds to help find a cure for childhood brain tumors, and to help support families of brain tumor victims. With this many events there’s sure to be a ride in your area.
(828) 665-6891, (800) 253-6530

Arizona Bike Week/Cyclefest

April 2-6
Scottsdale, Arizona
Held at the WestWorld facility, Bike Week kicks off with pre-event activities March 28-April 1. Then things really get rockin’ with rides, demo rides by major manufacturers, camping, stunt shows, bike shows, trail rides, a charity street ride and live performances by ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others.
(480) 644-8191

Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas

April 11-13
Austin, Texas
Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. designed for all classes of racing. In April, riders will battle it out for the MotoGP World Championship on this 20-turn course covering 3.4 miles. Race weekend includes three full days of racing, entertainment, VIP parties and more.
(866) 801-6975

Laughlin River Run

April 23-27
Laughlin, Nevada
The 32nd annual version of the West Coast’s largest motorcycle event will include a custom bike show, poker runs, rides, vendors, casino action and the Ms. Laughlin River Run contest. Concerts include performances by Great White, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Los Lobos and Los Lonely Boys.
(949) 502-3434

Myrtle Beach Bike Week

May 9-18
Myrtle Beach area, South Carolina
This is a riding rally, which this year celebrates its 75th anniversary. It features vendors, a custom bike show, bands and a major street scene, along with a Loop Tour and Treasure Hunt Ride. Ride stops include Medieval Times and the Speedway, a 5/8-mile paved and banked track.
(336) 643-1367

Run for the Wall XXVI

May 14-23
Cross-country ride to Washington, D.C.
To honor veterans, this cross-country ride reaches Washington, D.C., on Memorial Day weekend. Riders can join all along the route, and the ride culminates in the Rolling Thunder Parade to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The mission is to promote healing among veterans and their loved ones, to call for an accounting of all prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA), and to honor the memory of those killed in action.

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Rally and Poker Run
May 15-18
Ruidoso and Mescalero, New Mexico
What’s with the cash? Because there’s a $10,000 poker run, that’s why! Also enjoy the four-day trade show, stunt show, live music and daily scenic rides.
(575) 973-4977

13th Annual Run-A-Mucca Motorcycle Rally

May 23-25
Winnemucca, Nevada
This rally is held on Memorial Day weekend in northern Nevada. It includes a $1,000 poker run, $1,000 burnout contest, tattoo contest, stunt shows, concerts, bike games, BBQ, ride-in bike show, bike raffle and the burning bike event.
(800) 962-2638

BMW Riders Association 42nd Annual International Rally

May 29-31
Barber Motorsports Park, near Birmingham, Alabama
The rally at this 740-acre multi-purpose racing facility will feature camping, vendors, seminars and bike judging, along with access to the spectacular Barber Motorsports Museum. The museum has more than 1,200 vintage and modern motorcycles and cars on display.
(866) 924-7102, (937) 339-7100

June 2-7
Lake George, New York
Billed as the world’s largest touring rally, Americade takes place in beautiful upstate New York. It will include guided and unguided mini-tours, fireworks, boat cruises, featured speakers, seminars, demo rides from many manufacturers, the huge TourExpo trade show and a parade.
(518) 798-7888

Motorcycle Sport Touring Association Star 2014

June 8-11
Rapid City, South Dakota
Not to be confused with Yamaha’s Star event, this club’s rally is dedicated to those who enjoy sport-touring motorcycles. It will be held at the Holiday Inn Rapid City-Rushmore Plaza Hotel. Check the MSTA website for more details.

Laconia Motorcycle Week

June 14-22
Weirs Beach, Laconia, New Hampshire
Come celebrate the 91st anniversary of the longest running motorcycle event in North America. It’s huge and includes vendors, demo rides, guided tours, boat cruises, bike shows, a bike build-off, swap meet and a major street scene with live bands. Also enjoy racing, including vintage GP, flat track, motocross, hill climb and the Loudon Classic.
(603) 366-2000

The Mother Road Ride/Rally

June 14-22
Chicago to Los Angeles
Historic Route 66, known as “The Mother Road,” stretches 2,448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Now in its 20th year, this week-long ride/rally involves hundreds of enthusiasts riding all brands of bikes along the old original route, with an awards dinner upon completion.
(352) 684-5293, (304) 422-0478

The Concours Owners Group Silver “Dammit” National Rally

June 16-20
Johnson City, Tennessee
If you’re a fan of the Kawasaki Concours, join the fun with the Concours Owners Group for rides, seminars, tech sessions, guest speakers, bike games and a banquet. This 25th anniversary COG rally gets its colorful name from the fact the original Concours came in “Pearl Gentry Gray.” However, the running inside joke one member started was “…it’s not gray, it’s silver, dammit!!”

MTA Gathering

June 16-19
Montrose, Colorado
Riders of all brands are invited to this Motorcycle Touring Association event. It features guided and self-guided tours, poker runs, field events, bingo, bike and light shows.
(970) 663-2044 (information),
(970) 249-4507 (reservations)

Christian Motorcyclists Association National Rally

June 17-21
Hatfield, Arkansas
This family camping rally in the Ouachita National Forest features seminars, youth activities, worship services, rides, a parade, bike games and a 5k Fun Run/Walk.
(870) 389-6196 x 235

Wing Ding 36

July 1-5
Madison, Wisconsin
Ride your Honda Gold Wing—or whatever bike you happen to own—and meet with thousands of enthusiasts and hundreds of exhibitors to enjoy demo rides, more than 40 seminars, entertainment, fireworks, guided tours, a grand parade and many prize giveaways.
(800) 843-9460, (623) 581-2500,

25th Annual American Voyager Association International Rally

July 7-10
Asheville, North Carolina
The American Voyager Association is an international Kawasaki Voyager owners group that welcomes riders on all makes and models. Held at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville, the rally will feature tours, a bike show, sock hop, seminars and an awards banquet.

Women on Wheels 28th Annual International Ride-In

July 8-10
Monroe, Louisiana
Details were limited about the Ride-In, but as in past years it’s likely this active women’s riding group will enjoy scenic rides, vendors and bike games at its rally.
(402) 477-1280

Moto Guzzi National Owners Club Rally

July 10-13
Elkader, Iowa
Owners and fans of the Moto Guzzi marque will gather at the Elkader City Park and campground for camping, four meals, dealer displays, a bike show, poker run and guided tour.
(515) 883-0825, (515) 285-7209

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days

July 11-13
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course,
Lexington, Ohio
Here’s your chance to see classic motorcycles of all makes and styles, and to honor the riders who made them famous. Activities include vintage roadracing and off-road racing, North America’s largest motorcycle swap meet, with bike shows and awards, street and off-road demo rides, and seminars by motorcycling experts. Visit the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame display and Wall of Death exhibition.
(800) AMA-JOIN, tickets (800) MID-OHIO

FIM World Superbike Laguna Seca

July 11-13
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca,
Monterey, California
This 9th of 14 rounds is the only U.S. appearance of the World Superbike championship series this year. It features world-class riders on loosely stock-based bikes riding this very technical 2.2-mile track. Practice, qualifying and the featured races will provide plenty of action Friday through Sunday. Bring your earplugs!
(831) 242-8201, tickets (800) 327-7322

Gold Rush XXVII

July 21-24
Boyne Falls, Michigan
Held at the Boyne Mountain Resort, this 27th national rally of the Gold Wing Touring Association offers vendors, charity events, a raffle and scenic rides. The GWTA is an international organization of touring motorcyclists who predominantly—but not exclusively—ride Honda Gold Wings.
(800) 960-GWTA (4982), (317) 243-6822

Star Days

July 21-25
St. Charles, Missouri
The Star Touring and Riding Association is devoted to Yamaha’s line of Star cruisers, and Star Days is its national rally. Open to all, Star Days includes bike games and skills tests, a custom bike show, rides and poker runs, seminars, vendors, demo rides and a Feed the Children event.
(520) 292-0200,

BMW Motorcycle Owners Association 42nd International Rally

July 24-27
St. Paul, Minnesota
Held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, the BMW MOA “Rollin’ by the River” Rally will offer rides around the area, many vendors, a bike display, tech sessions, seminars and camping.
(636) 394-7277

The 19th Annual Classic Japanese Motorcycle Club Swap Meet & Show

July 26-27
Auburn, California
Billed as the largest exclusively classic Japanese motorcycle swap and show, this event is held at the Gold Country Fairgrounds. Ride or bring your older Japanese motorcycle for the two-day swap meet, Saturday night Sunset Ride and Sunday bike show. The signature bike this year is the Honda Interceptor.
(408) 374-6288

Sturgis Rally

August 4-10
Sturgis, South Dakota
This 74th edition of the Black Hills Classic rally encourages you to ride out to Mount Rushmore and Devil’s Tower, then head back into town for the huge street scene. Sturgis remains the quintessential all-brands summer biker bash with bike shows, vendors, demo rides and music by Motley Crue, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kenny Rogers, Judy Collins and Great White.
(605) 720-0800

Red Bull Indianapolis MotoGP

August 8-10
Indianapolis, Indiana
The historic Brickyard hosts this U.S. round of the MotoGP with Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and raching on Sunday. See top American riders take on the world’s best
on this 16-turn, 2.6-mile infield course that utilizes a short section of the legendary Indy track.
(800) 822-INDY

Iron Butt Association InterNational Meet

August 19-24
Denver, Colorado
The Iron Butt Association hosts many long-distance riding events, and this meeting will allow members to gather and swap stories while they make plans for future rides. The event will include rides in the Rockies, seminars, banquet dinners and lunches, a T-shirt and swag bag.

2014 BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials

August 23-28
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
So, you think your bike’s fast? Explore its top-speed capabilities on the salt under controlled, professional conditions as the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials includes classes for everything from streamliners to “Run Whatcha Brung.” Registration is the 23rd. Here’s your chance to run the Bonneville Salt Flats for national and world speed records, or just bragging rights.

36th Annual Davis Rally

September 5-7
New Hampton, Iowa
This family rally (by the Davis family) will feature bike games, live music, dancing, self-guided tours, a dinner ride and sunset cruise. Also enjoy the “Bikin’ For Bucks” poker run, prize drawings, light parade, camping and vendors.
(563) 578-5331

Golden Aspen Rally

September 17-21
Ruidoso and Mescalero, New Mexico
Now in its 45th year, this rally features seven poker runs/tours, bike judging, a huge trade show, and the grand prize is a new motorcycle.
(575) 973-4977

Bikes Blues & BBQ

September 24-27
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Come celebrate food, music and great riding in addition to bike judging, a parade, demo rides, stunt show, BBQ contest and Miss BBB competition. The poker runs and charity events are set among the twisty roads of the Ozark Mountains.
(479) 527-9993

43rd Annual Griffith Park Sidecar Rally

October 12
Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California
You can expect to see more than 300 sidecar rigs and thousands of other bikes at this one-day family sidecar rally in scenic Griffith Park. Park your rig in the sidecar area ($10) and get a plaque, but spectators get in free. See some of the best and most unusual sidecar rigs in the country.
(818) 780-5542

Christian Motorcyclists Association Changing of the Colors Rally

October 15-19
Iron Mountain, Hatfield, Arkansas
Join thousands on Iron Mountain in Arkansas’ Ouachita National Forest for this family event. It offers camping, seminars, fellowship, youth activities, praise and worship, and an address by CEO/Chairman John Ogden, Sr. Also enjoy the vendors, guided and self-guided tours.
(870) 389-6196 x 235

October 16-19
Daytona Beach, Florida
If you missed Bike Week in Daytona in March, meet its shorter, less frazzled cousin known as Biketoberfest in October. It offers bike shows (including a chopped bagger show), demo rides, vendors, riding on the beach, that infamous street scene and roadracing at the Daytona International Speedway. There’s also a treasure hunt, live music and much more.
(866) 296-8970, (386) 255-0415

Love Ride

October 18
Castaic Lake, California
This year’s 31st Love Ride will raise money for various causes including the Muscular Dystrophy Association. It features bands, bikes and food. Comedian Jay Leno will serve as the Grand Marshal. Check the website for updated information.
(818) 246-5618

Lone Star Rally

November 6-9
Galveston, Texas
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Many of you may have heard about this “innovation festival” that RIT is hosting this spring. Maybe you’ve seen it mentioned in News & Events. Maybe you’ve heard it discussed in one of your classes. Or maybe you know someone who has submitted a proposal.

But this much is certain: if we at University News do our jobs, you WILL hear all about the Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival in the upcoming weeks—beginning tomorrow.

President Bill Destler is holding a news conference at 2 pm March 11 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center to officially unveil Imagine RIT to the Greater Rochester community. Destler and Barry Culhane, chair of the festival’s planning committee, will discuss what the festival is all about.

Destler will also announce Imagine RIT’s premier sponsor.

But I think the coolest part about tomorrow’s news conference is that we’re actually going to be providing those in attendance with a taste of what they’ll experience when the festival is held on May 3. Nine different exhibits will be on display, including:

*Multitouch, a touch screen that allows users to paint and draw.
*An Interactive Miniature Golf Hole that uses a laser to help line up your shot and where robots—not windmills—serve as an obstacle.
*A Green Lung that helps clean the air.
*RIT’s Formula racecar, which was designed and built by RIT students.

Come on out tomorrow at 2 pm and see, for yourself, what Imagine RIT is all about.

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Everyone wants me to celebrate Earth Day. My inbox is full of green mail—no trees were harmed in the making—urging me to buy shoes and cosmetics, go to a yoga retreat and help Robert Redford rally the American people. Of all these, I’m most likely to buy shoes, but I’m not deluded that it will help the earth.

One of my earliest efforts to rescue the planet ended in an emergency room in Manhattan, tending to my big brother Chris, who had broken his nose doing chin-ups on a tree near Central Park’s Sheep Meadow. Maybe it was Earth’s revenge. That was at the great Easter Be-In, the precursor to what we now know as Earth Day. Hippies were ahead of the curve in saving the earth. (They did it by smoking the weeds.)

My editor encouraged me to write an Earth Day column, perhaps thinking it would be earnest and heartfelt. Poetic. But this year, with the earth’s axis tilting after the Japan earthquake, I’m a little cynical that my shopping-for-the-environment plan is going to work out well for anyone. Although I do need a new pair of shoes for my niece Abby’s spring wedding.

The wedding is in California, and instead of paying to offset our carbon footprint for air travel, my daughter and I are driving across the country. Hold the cards and letters, readers, we’re driving the Prius. I was going to drive the minivan, thinking we could bunk down in the back instead of at a Motel 6 along the way. But Andrew Revkin convinced me to take the Prius. Revkin is an environmentalist who writes for The Times’ Dot Earth blog. He’s also a certified MacArthur Genius who is known for warning that by 2050 or so, the earth’s population will reach 9 billion. And you thought the traffic on Route 17 was heavy now.

Like me, Revkin drives a Prius and a minivan. He’s no saint, mind you. Sometimes he even drinks orange juice that has had to travel 1,000 miles to his breakfast table. But this genius knows enough to drive the Prius on long trips and save the minivan for trips to the dump.

Still, I was looking forward to the idea—if not the reality—of sleeping in the blue van in National Parks in Tennessee and Illinois and California in May. I figured the extra money we would spend on gas would be saved in motel bills. Then I remembered my carbon footprint. If I really cared about my impact on our planet, I should just stay home and send the happy couple a gift certificate to a farmer’s market via email.


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Club racers competing in a CCS event at Road America, a WERA event at Talladega Gran Prix Raceway and a CMRA event at Texas World Speedway signed up for a total of 3146 race entries this past weekend.

According to a press release issued by CCS, the race at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Road America drew 2024 race entries. A BBS posting by WERA Operations Manager Sean Clarke said that the event at Talladega, Alabama attracted 225 riders and 650 race entries. And a BBS posting by CMRA Race Director Charles Brothers stated that the event at College Station, Texas drew 472 entries.

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Should a team be able to abort a sprint?

After my second retrospective on a new project, I unloaded some pretty harsh criticism about what we were building. I felt it was a “solution in search of a problem” and “not high value.” After proposing an alternative and convincing everyone to change direction, our sort-of Product Owner blasted me for not bringing my issues up sooner and basically wasting two weeks of work. I said I had voiced my concerns, but not strongly or formally, because I was focused on getting the sprint work done. My feeling was that it wasn’t constructive to second-guess things in the middle of a sprint, and that I trusted the people who made the decisions. Especially as the new guy on the team, I leaned towards agreement.

We both had a point. As a senior person, I had a responsibility to speak up. As a team members, I had a responsibility to get our work done. I don’t know if I made the right choice in this instance. Perhaps if I argued too loud too early, I wouldn’t have had enough credence for people to believe me, and would have been in a worse spot at the end. Or perhaps I would have saved two weeks or work.

This is one more reason I prefer one-week iterations. A week is too small to break up, so you just go heads down. But you don’t work on the wrong thing for too long. You get two or three times the chances to learn and improve.

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    While I love Scrum, in practice the whole product owner idea often seems to be the weakest point, because it assumes the product owner knows what they want, and that they have an interest. With a paying client it’s okay (if your contract supports it) because, hey, it’s their money they’re wasting on iteration after iteration after iteration.

    But in a company, it’s not just the PO’s money. It’s you and your team member’s money and time too. And I think you have a responsibility, as professional, to educate your PO if needed. They hired you as an expert to solve a problem. After all, people usually listen to doctor’s too and trust them as experts. Why not trust the engineers you hire? On the other hand, PO’s who don’t give a damn and are only marginally interested in a project are an annoyance too. The sort your organization picks by random.

    The problem with aborting sprints is that it can set a precedent. There is often constant change in a project. What change is severe enough to justify abort? If aborting becomes the norm, the cycles between producing a deliverable cannot be planned any more. You will end up with an unpredictable release cycle, the thing you wanted to avoid by adopting Scrum. i.e. there’s no constant time between release dates. If you really want to abort sprints, then I think you need very very tight rules, which ensure aborts are well justified and are an exception.

    But in the end I think the problem lies with the relationship with the PO, and not the way sprints are handled.

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