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

[Geoffrey Brown <Geoffrey.Brown@oracle.com>]

Bill,

Just my .2 cents ...

With all due respect I completely disagree with you concerns over a F2F ..
we are shooting for an INTENSE session early March to thrash out remaining
issues and decide on what we do with the other issues. Time is ticking away
and the BTP specification MUST be accelerated due to movement in other
related standards areas.

I consider the BTP to contain some excellent and innovative work that solves
many known problems, the key is to get v1 out the door now. In my humble
opinion any time spent face to face with any members of the BTP is
definitely *NOT* a waste of time.

Geoff.

William Cox wrote:

> 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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