Re: Restarting in 2014

["Bob Beims" <bob.beims@freescale.com>]

I'm copying the thread below into the official record of the SC:
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Folks,

With the responses thus far (and in particular, the lack of any responses from Freescale folks regarding their availability), I think we'll postpone the next call until we can ensure a quorum for the discussion on the path forward. (Also, I just got a call from a consulting client who is in a line-down situation and needs my help as soon as possible.)

I'll create a poll in the SIDSC members area in the near future to more effectively select a time for the next call that fits everyone's schedule (assuming my OASIS login doesn't go dead on me too quickly).

Regards,
Bob

On Jan 14, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Bob Beims <bob.beims@gmail.com> wrote:

SIDSC members (and observers on cc);

It has been a while since our last teleconference, and an interesting thing has happened in my career since then. January 3rd was my last day with Freescale, which may or may not impact my ability to continue as the SIDSC chair.

With the "distraction" of this career pivot, I failed to re-establish the calendar event for our bi-weekly calls, the next of which we'd intended to hold tomorrow at 10:00 AM Central U.S. time. If everyone is good with that schedule, then by all means we should have the call. However, I now have the further complication that the conferencing platforms I'd used in the past are no longer available to me. So if we're to have the call, I'd need someone to step forward with audio and/or screen sharing information.

Obviously, the first order of business will be to determine what should be done about the chair position. As I evaluate my career options, I see no roadblock to my continuance as the chair, albeit I'll need to change my OASIS membership to an individual one. Before I incur that expense, I'll want to make sure that the subcommittee feels that would be the best road forward, at least for the next few months.

So, I'm asking for a couple of actions here:

if you're a regularly-participating member, please reply (all) to indicate whether you're available for a call tomorrow morning (10:00 AM, Austin, Texas, time)
if we could use your audio and/or screen sharing bridge, please provide that information, as well.

Please note that I've sent this message from my personal email, as my Freescale email which is currently associated with my OASIS login is inaccessible to me. So replies to the dita-sidsc mail list won't make it to me (until such time as I switch to an individual membership).

Regards,
Bob