Draft Minutes: TC Coordination Call - March 10, 2009

[donald_harbison@us.ibm.com]

Here are the draft minutes for review,
comment and ballot for acceptance at the next TC Coordination.

1. LOGISTICS
The 2009 bi-weekly TC Coordination meeting schedule has been established:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/email/archives/200901/msg00002.html
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/calendar.php

The next TC Coordination call is scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2009
at 10:00 a.m. EST, 15:00 hrs. UTC. 

1a. Roll Call 
Meeting Attendees
Name          
              Company
                 
              Status
Bart Hanssens        
        Fedict      
               
               
  Group Member
Donald Harbison      
  IBM              
               
          Group Member
Robert Weir        
        IBM        
               
               
Group Member
Alan Clark        
        Novell*      
               
               
  Group Member
Jane Harnad        
        OASIS      
               
               
  Guest
Carol Geyer        
        OASIS *      
               
          Group Member
Marino Marcich      
          OpenDocument Format
Alliance (ODFA) Group Member
Michael Brauer      
          Sun Microsystems  
               
      Group Member
Louis Suarez-Potts      
  Sun Microsystems          
              Group
Member

1b. Meeting Statistics
Quorum rule        
               
51% of voting members
Achieved quorum      
          true
Counts toward voter eligibility  
      true
Individual Attendance    
    Members: 8 of 36 (22%)
Voting Members: 7 of 8 (87%) (used for
quorum calculation)
Company Attendance      
  Companies: 6 of 20 (30%)
Voting Companies: 5 of 6 (83%)

  - Approval of minutes from February 24, 2009 TC meeting 
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/odf-adoption/email/archives/200902/msg00009.html

- Acceptance of today's agenda 

2.) Review, and amend the ODF V1.2 Communications Matrix  - Don

• The TC reviewed and discussed the proposed communication plan and deliverables
• The TC agreed that a technical white paper detailing the differences between ODF V1.1 and V1.2 is a top priority
• The TC agreed that a general overview brochure for non-technical audiences focused on ODF V1.2 is a top priority.
• The TC agreed to promote the milestone of Public Review Draft when available.
• The TC agreed that a package of ODF V1.2 communications deliverable must be developed in advance of an OASIS ballot on ODF V1.2 in support of its announcement

3.) ODF Toolkit Union - Brief status report - Don & Rob

• Don and Rob updated the TC members on the current status.
• A Steering Committee is formed
• Working Groups are established: ODFDOM, Conformance, and Infrastructure
• New member recruiting is in progress
  

4.) ODF Interoperability and
Conformance TC: role for ODF Adoption? - Bart

• The TC was advised by Bart to wait for output of the OIC TC before providing promotional efforts.
• The OIC TC needs to develop test cases, State of Interoperability report, etc. before the ODF Adoption TC will be able to engage on such things as a plug-fest.

5.) Creating a Google Map of worldwide
ODF policy progress  - Marino

• Marino reported that the a first draft of the map is completed but lacks additional information needed to discriminate different degrees of ODF support by country.
• Marino took the action to update the map legend with this additional information.

6.) ODF Events opportunities discussion
 - Jane and Carol

• Jane Harnad and Carol Geyer, OASIS Event Mgr., and Communications Mgr. respectively joined the TC for a discussion on 2009 event opportunities
• The short list of events for consideration include: XML-in-Practice, Gilbane, Government 2.0 Summit (formerly GOSCON), and OpenOffice.org Conference 2009.

7.) ODF News / Round Table  --
All

• Alan Clark raised the topic of the Officeshots interoperability web service for discussion.
• The TC discussed the JTC1 SC34 ODF Maintenance agreeement between OASIS and SC34.
• Rob updated the TC on the revised ballot procedures at ISO JTC1 for both PAS and Fast Track ballots. If a DIS six month ballot fails, the process ends. If a BRM vote passes, NB members have 30 days to review the written, revised DIS before confirming their ballot.

The meeting was adjourned.

Regards,

/don

Don Harbison
Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative
Business & Technical Strategy
IBM Software Group
tel:1-978-399-7018
Mobile: +1-978-761-0116
email: donald_harbison@us.ibm.com