Available only if Quorum Needed--Brief Reply to Ken

[Rex Brooks <rex.brooks@ncoic.org>]

Hi Folks,

I'm still buried in the the first draft of EDXL Situation Reporting and 
can't take the time away from that to attend the meeting today, unless 
we need me for a quorum, in which case I would call in to establish it 
and listen a bit then return to my work. There's just no way around this 
despite the fact we seem to be at a critical crossroads. You can call me 
at the phone number in my signature, but you'll need to have yourself 
id'd because I won't answer anything without knowing who's calling.

RE: Ken's post: I'm against the idea of adding any other sections to the 
document or fussing with the definition of service. I have listened to 
these periodic spasms of angst over the term and it always dies down 
when whichever group's favorite definition, usually aimed to provide 
their products/services with apparent (perception) advantage gets gored. 
My opinion: ENOUGH ALREADY! If we ignore them they will go away because 
the least encumbered definition is all that the marketplace will 
eventually allow. The more strings we tie onto it, the longer it takes 
us to finish and the less the chance that our work will be anything 
other than a footnote. We can't respond to these very predictable spasms.

I'll be a little less testy once this big hairy spec is off my plate and 
into its first Public Review.

Cheers,
Rex