Re: [business-transaction] next BTP face to face

[William Cox <William.Cox@bea.com>]

My two cents (0.02 Euros?) --

I'd like to see a stable new draft, including the model and (separate)
primer sections available for detailed internal review two weeks before
a face-to-face.

Given that we don't have that draft yet (though pieces seem to be
pulling together), I think that the early March dates are just that -
too early.  I think we have a shot at an early April date if we can have
the complete reviewable draft by March 15 or earlier, which I believe is
the current goal.

I think that a F2F to attempt to produce a committee draft is a waste of
time until we have the complete draft that can be reviewed in advance by
non-initiates.  Otherwise we'll have another round of  'I need to get
the right people in my company to look at this and there's not enough
time.'

In short, too early an F2F, and one without a stable draft in advance,
including the model section we'd agreed on, will DELAY getting to an
approved committee draft.

If the F2F is to chew over already posted issues, I don't have the same
objections, and would find the early March dates that don't overlap with
the OMG Web Services Workshop (i.e., only the Friday of that week, March
8th, for a ONE-DAY meeting) quite acceptable. But are there enough
issues that can't be resolved by phone and put off the travel investment
until we can come to a broad consensuss on a committee draft?

Given my other commitments and the timing, skipping out on a day of the
OMG meeting is not acceptable to me.  That meeting ends at 4:30pm on
Thursday, March 7th.

bill cox

William Z Pope wrote:

> Hello,
> There have been several dates proposed for the next BTP face to
> face meeting.  The locale is the San Francisco Bay area.  The
> exact location is still being finalized.
>
> The current plan is a half day BTP protocol walk through / tutorial
> and a full day of meeting.  The objective for the meeting is to
> prepare the spec for committee review.  Completion of committee
> review releases the spec for OASIS review and consideration as
> an OASIS standard.
>
> Prospective dates:
> March 4 and 5.
> March 7 and 8.
> April 1 and 2.
>
> If you are planning on attending the face to face please indicate
> a first and second choice for the meeting date.  If you are unable
> to attend on one or more of the dates please indicate that to.
>
> Thanks,
> BT TC Chair
>
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