Next B4P TC Meeting - Two Discussion Topics

[Dave Ings <ings@ca.ibm.com>]

Hi,

I wanted to seed the TC with two topics for discussion at the next TC. Comments to the list in advance of the meeting are of course welcome!

1. First TC F2F

During a previous TC we agreed to tentatively schedule our first F2F in Walldorf (Germany) the week of June 9th, and that we'd make a final decision in mid-May. Given the issues list is now primed, I think we could have a productive F2F, with main meeting goal to be to work all the open issues and come up with proposed resolutions. A secondary (but very important!) goal would be to continue to build team spirit and working relationships.

I have conferred with SAP (who has agreed to host) and if the TC so decides we could run the F2F from noon Monday June 9th through noon Wednesday 11th. The noon to noon arrangement will minimize travel disruption. Note that while it will be possible to participate by phone, it will be more effective to be there in person.

Finally, the meeting will need to achieve quorum to be effective. Could voting members come to the 5/14 TC prepared to let me know whether they intend to participate in person (assuming the TC votes to confirm the meeting). We currently have 26 voting members.

2. Collaboration Model

Hats off to Mark Ford and the rest of the Editor's SC for priming our issues list and getting us going. The next question we face as a team is what is the right collaboration model(s) to develop issue resolution proposals?

We could develop all proposed resolutions in "group mode" in TC meetings and/or in the F2F. While this is very democratic <g> like democracy it isn't always the most effective approach.

We could ask for volunteers, or small teams of volunteers, and "assign" individual issues to them, to develop a resolution "offline" followed by discussion and review with the full TC.

Or we could go with some blend of the above, perhaps predicated on the contentiousness or scope of the issue.

Note that I am only suggesting how a *draft* issue resolution might be developed. The full TC always has to review and approve any resolution prior to it being assigned to the Editing SC for incorporation into the spec.

Regards, Dave Ings,
Emerging Software Standards
Email: ings@ca.ibm.com
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