[ubl] Minutes of the OASIS UBL TC meeting 2002.01.22-25

[Jon Bosak <Jon.Bosak@sun.com>]

The OASIS Universal Business Language Technical Committee (UBL TC)
met in Menlo Park 22-25 January 2002.  The meeting was hosted by
Sun Microsystems.

TC members present at the meeting included the following:

   Arijit Sengupta <arijit.sengupta@oracle.com>
   Arofan Gregory <arofan.gregory@commerceone.com>
   Bill Burcham <bill_burcham@stercomm.com>
   Bob Glushko <bob.glushko@commerceone.com>
   David Lewis <david@perfect.com>
   Dale McKay <dmckay@mail.northgrum.com>
   Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@sun.com>
   Eve Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
   Garret Minakawa <garret.minakawa@oracle.com>
   Gunther Stuhec <gunther.stuhec@sap.com>
   Jon Bosak <jon.bosak@sun.com>
   Lisa Seaburg <lisa.seaburg@commerceone.com>
   Marion Royal <marion.royal@gsa.gov>
   Matthew Gertner <matthew.gertner@schemantix.com>
   Mavis Cournane <mavis.cournane@csw.co.uk>
   Mark Crawford <mcrawford@lmi.org>
   Sally Chan <sally.m.chan@boeing.com>
   Sue Probert <sue.probert@commerceone.com>
   Paul Thorpe <thorpe@oss.com>
   Tim McGrath <tmcgrath@portcomm.com.au>
   Peter Yim <yimpp@cim-oem.com>

The following prospective TC members (persons waiting for the
60-day waiting period for voting membership to time out) were also
present:

   Fabrice Desré <fabrice.desre@rd.francetelecom.com>
   Kurt Conrad <conrad@sagebrushgroup.com>
   Hisham Ibrahim <hisham_ibrahim@intuit.com>
   Michael Adcock <michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk>
   Phil Griffin <phil.griffin@asn-1.com>
   Ray Seddigh <ray.seddigh@us.pwcglobal.com>

Observers present at the meeting included

   Polly Jan <pjan@visa.com>
   Ron Kleinman <ron.kleinman@sun.com>
   Stuart Feder <stuart.feder@bis.org>
   Saiqa Chowdry <saiqa.chowdry@oracle.com>

The following voting members of the TC were not present at the meeting:

   Bill French <bfrench@contivo.com>
   Derek Coleman <derek_coleman@hp.com>
   Dean Sleeper <dsleeper@accessvia.com>
   Hermann Duengelhoef <hermann.josef.duengelhoef@sapmarkets.com>
   John Dumay <jcd@progressivemanagement.com.au>
   Jeffery Eck <jeffery.eck@gxs.ge.com>
   Karsten Riemer <karsten.riemer@sun.com>
   Mike Rawlins <mike@rawlinsecconsulting.com>
   Vinod Viswanathan <vinodv@pointgain.com>
   Zachary Coffin <zcoffin@kpmg.com>

The TC met in plenary session most of the day Tuesday 22 January
and all afternoon Friday 25 January.  The TC chair noted that the
following members have resigned voting membership in the TC for
the time being due to resource constraints (this does not mean
that they have stopped participating in UBL, just that they have
withdrawn from voting membership in the TC in order to ensure that
the TC can achieve a quorum):

   Dave Carlson <dcarlson@ontogenics.com>
   Michael Jacobs <jacobs.michael@hq.navy.mil>
   James Werner <james.k.werner@boeing.com>
   Lauren Wood <lauren@softquad.com>

The TC chair also noted that these TC members have stopped
responding to mail inquiries and are therefore presumed to have
resigned:

   Adam Cheyer <acheyer@verticalnet.com>
   Eric Arnold <ericarnold@techknowledgedevelopment.com>

The TC adopted the following resolutions:

   That Fabrice Desré and Paul Thorpe are appointed to the NDR,
   TT, and CM SCs.

   That Peter Yim, Kurt Conrad, Arijit Sengupta, and Ray Seddigh
   are appointed to the Marketing SC.

   That Saiqa Chowdry, Mike Adcock, Phil Griffin, Kurt Conrad, Ray
   Seddigh, Don Rudie, and Polly Jan are appointed to the LC SC.

   That Phil Griffin is appointed to the NDR and CM SCs.

   That Peter Yim is named Asian Liaison Officer reporting to the
   UBL TC and authorized to represent the TC to Asian business and
   government officials in order to explore possibilities for
   liaison, partnership, and UBL implementation.

   That the NDR SC shall maintain the UBL representation term list
   and shall liaise with UN/CEFACT regarding changes to the list.

   That a Chairs SC shall be created to promote communication
   between the UBL subcommittees; that its membership shall
   consist of the chairs of each of the UBL subcommittees plus the
   chair and vice chair of the UBL TC; and that its chair shall be
   the vice chair of the UBL TC.

   That if the TC fails to achieve a quorum at the March 2002
   meeting in Barcelona, it shall be authorized to meet informally
   and submit proposals for resolution by electronic mail
   following the meeting, and that in this case, meeting logistics
   shall be determined by the Chairs SC.

   That attendance at the March 2002 TC meeting shall be counted
   as attendance for purposes of membership maintenance even if
   the TC fails to achieve a quorum.

   That if any SC fails to achieve a quorum at the March 2002
   meeting in Barcelona, it shall be authorized to meet informally
   and submit proposals for resolution by electronic mail.

Several of the subcommittees gave reports at the beginning of the
meeting regarding their work since the last TC meeting 29 October
through 1 November 2002, and several of them gave reports at the
end of the meeting regarding work accomplished during the meeting.
The chair also delivered a report on the work of the administation
track during the two days of subcommittee meetings.  Copies of
those reports are linked to from

   http://oasis-open.org/committees/ubl/200201/reports.htm

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC