RE: FW: Proposed MTG contract modification

[John Messing <jmessing@law-on-line.com>]

I do believe the $5342 referenced in the message was advanced out of the
remaining SC 2006 funds, which were temporarily available in part
because Econtracts had failed to submit an invoice timely for approval
for its share of the 2006 money awarded to it. No action has been taken
on any 2007 funding requests because no formal proposals have been
presented to the Steering Committee by any TC for its approval to date
in 2007; however, at the December SC meeting the understanding was that
out of the funds for 2007, it was likely that the available monies would
be split equally between ECF and ENotary, much as had occurred in 2006
for ECF and EContracts. 

I think historically, ECF has had the lion's share of funding for its
work (to the tune of almost $60,000 in 2005, if memory serves me) and
the feeling has been that other TC's need money as well and their turn
has come and it should be respected.

I do recall that at the December ECF TC meeting, the question of TA for
ECF 3.01 and 4.0 was raised and I specifically stated, with John
Greacen's concurrence, that there was not going to be money available
for that purpose because of the needs of the Enotary TC and ECF for
development consultant assistance, which were a higher priority. (I
personally have questions about whether TA is even in scope for a
LegalXML TC under OASIS rules).

The additional $5342 paid to MTG for 2006 was temporary funding that
became available largely because eContracts failed to send an approved
invoice for its share of the monies (being $8000) in time for payment
by year end. When a proper invoice does arrive, it will have to be
charged against 2007 funds. Because it was advanced to ECF in 2006 on
account, it probably should be debited against ECF's share of any
available 2007 monies, so that in fairness Enotary does not wind up
paying out of its share by default, but we will have to cross that
bridge when we come to it, probably by vote in the SC.

I hope this makes the situation clear from my perspective.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: FW: Proposed MTG contract modification
> From: "Clarke, Thomas" <tclarke@ncsc.dni.us>
> Date: Mon, April 16, 2007 5:52 am
> To: "John Messing" <jmessing@law-on-line.com>
> Cc: <john@greacen.net>
> 
> John, Here is the information about the MTG funding for work on ECF
> Versions 3.1 and 4.0. Please advise John Greacen, Jim and myself how
> we need to proceed, since this work is critical to our progress and
> Jim has proceeded on it. ________________________________ From: John
> M. Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007
> 10:37 PM To: Clarke, Thomas Subject: FW: Proposed MTG contract
> modification I found the email to Messing laying out the entire budget
> for the ECF 3.1 and ECF 4.0 development. See below. From: John M.
> Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
> 9:06 AM To: 'jmessing@law-on-line.com' Cc: 'Clarke, Thomas'; 'Cabral,
> James E.' Subject: Proposed MTG contract modification John - Here is a
> work plan and revised contract for MTG to prepare both the ECF 3.1 and
> ECF 4.0 releases during the 2007 calendar year. Tom and I have
> reviewed Jim Cabral's proposal and recommend that the Steering
> Committee accept it. The total cost of $25,800 includes the
> outstanding balance of $5342 in the MTG technical assistance support
> contract for 2006. So the contract would require an additional $20,458
> in 2007 funding from the Steering Committee. Consistent with the
> Steering Committee decision on Wednesday night, I have asked Cabral to
> bill OASIS immediately for the outstanding $5342, with the
> understanding that this amount will be applied towards preparation of
> the ECF 3.1 release. Please let me and Tom Clarke know of any
> additional steps that you would like us to take to further the
> Steering Committee's discussion of this matter.
> ________________________________ From: Cabral, James E.
> [mailto:JCabral@mtgmc.com] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 4:03 PM To:
> john@greacen.net Cc: Clarke, Thomas Subject: RE: Preparation of the
> January 2007 ECF release John, As you requested, here is a new
> contract with the agreed scope of work for ECF 3.1 and 4.0 defined at
> the meeting of the TC last week. Because on the Member Section's
> budget limitations, MTG proposes a fixed amount of $25,800 for this
> fixed scope of work. I have included a work plan which details MTG's
> tasks and estimated hours as well as the dependencies on TC
> subcommittees and members. Please email or call me with any questions.
> BTW, I will be on vacation next week. Happy holidays! Jim Cabral James
> E. Cabral Jr. MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C. 1111 Third Avenue,
> Suite 3010 Seattle, WA 98101-3292 (206) 442-5010 www.mtgmc.com The
> information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
> which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
> material. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and
> delete the material from any computer.
> ________________________________ From: Cabral, James E. Sent: Tuesday,
> November 28, 2006 10:29 AM To: john@greacen.net Cc: 'Clarke, Thomas'
> Subject: RE: Preparation of the January 2007 ECF release John, Sorry
> for the delay in responding but I just returned from an extended
> vacation. MTG is interested in continuing to support the development
> of ECF as a consultant to the TC if that is the decision of the TC.
> Once we have a specific list of deliverables, we can provide an
> estimate. thanks, Jim Cabral James E. Cabral Jr. MTG Management
> Consultants, L.L.C. 1111 Third Avenue, Suite 2700 Seattle, WA
> 98101-3201 (206) 442-5010 www.mtgmc.com The information transmitted is
> intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and
> may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you received
> this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from
> any computer. ________________________________ From: John M. Greacen
> [mailto:john@greacen.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:23 AM
> To: Cabral, James E. Cc: 'Clarke, Thomas' Subject: Preparation of the
> January 2007 ECF release Tom Clarke and I are interested in getting
> additional funds from the Steering Committee to extend the MTG
> contract to cover preparation of the January 2007 ECF release. It
> appears that the Member Section will have sufficient revenue to cover
> this. Is MTG willing to take on the job? If so, what would it cost us
> and how should we structure the arrangement - time and materials or a
> lump sum contract? Thanks for thinking this through for us. John M.
> Greacen Greacen Associates, LLC HCR 78 Box 23 Regina, New Mexico 87046
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