DRAFT CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

[James Tauber <JTauber@bowstreet.com>]

*** NOTE: THIS IS A DRAFT. WE WILL DECIDE ON THE CONFERENCE CALL AS TO
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THIS ***


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        CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: OASIS DSML 2.0 TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

        The OASIS DSML 2.0 Technical Committee is being formed
        to further work on DSML in order to broaden its scope to
        directory operations such as querying and modification.

        James Tauber of Bowstreet.com, Inc. has agreed to serve as
        chair of the proposed committee.

        The proposed deliverables of the TC are as follows:

           (1) requirements document (in XML and HTML)
           (2) prose specification (in XML and HTML)
           (3) schema (as an XML 1.0 DTD and W3C XML Schema)
           (4) implementation guide

        In the six months following its proposed formation, the TC is
        expected to meet at:

		Bowstreet (either Lynnfield, MA, USA or Portsmouth, NH, USA)
               in October 2000 (exact date TBD)

	      and possibly in February 2001 in either West Coast USA or
Europe.

        The TC also intends to meet weekly by phone, Bowstreet having
        agreed to provide phone conference services.

        Upon startup, the TC will consist of a set of voting members
        and a set of non-voting observers.  The voting members will
        be those who have been appointed by the ACTC from among
        persons nominating themselves in response to this call.
        Note that voting members must be able to promise attendance
        at meetings in order to meet quorum requirements.
        Therefore, OASIS members wishing to track and comment upon
        the work of the TC in the mailing list but not to attend its
        meetings regularly should subscribe to the mailing list but
        not apply for voting membership.

        Members of this list willing to commit to voting
        participation in the OASIS DSML 2.0 Technical Committee are
        hereby requested to respond to this list no later than
        31st August 2000 with the following statement:

           I agree with the purpose of the DSML 2.0 TC as stated
           above.

           I understand that OASIS technical committees regularly
           meet in person or by phone and that participation in the
           DSML 2.0 TC will require me to attend most of its meetings.
           Based on the estimated meeting schedule given above, I
           certify that I have the means and the interest to attend
           such meetings and that I intend to do so.

           I understand that the TC cannot transact business in the
           absence of a quorum or take action by mail ballot without
           the active participation of its members and that
           therefore failure to attend meetings and vote in mail
           ballots will result in my removal from the committee.  I
           promise to submit a letter of resignation to the chair or
           chairs of the committee if in the future I find myself
           unable to participate actively in its work.

           [name]
           [affiliation]
           [email address]
           [phone number]
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