Potential off-OASIS discussion

[Arshad Noor <arshad.noor@strongauth.com>]

Bob/Mark/Tony,

Unless one of you happened to be a silent observer on the
EKMI TC call - or unless Robin from OASIS reported back to
you all - you may or may not know that there was near
unanimous consensus (one member withheld his opinion since
he has not read the KMIP charter yet) in the EKMI TC that
the KMIP TC's charter overlaps the EKMI TC's.

Notwithstanding that, the EKMI TC believes that there is
much to be gained with a discussion between the convenors of
the KMIP TC and the EKMI TC members.

However, understanding OASIS policy, this discussion is NOT
a formal OASIS discussion, but an informal discussion between
the convenors and individual EKMI TC members to discuss your
charter and the position of the EKMI TC.  The objectives of
the discussion are:

1) To understand the rationale for why the KMIP TC convenors
    believe that the EKMI TC charter cannot accommodate the
    goals of the KMIP TC;

2) To discuss potential ways in which the KMIP TC can join
    the EKMI TC so that OASIS puts out a consistent message
    wrt key-management.

Are you (and other convenors of the KMIP TC) open to such an
informal discussion?  Any part of the discussion will neither
be binding on the KMIP TC convenors nor the EKMI TC (unless
they choose to make a motion and vote on it in a formal OASIS
setting later on).

Thanks.

Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.