Re: [chairs] New TC Process and more - live training

[Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net>]

Mary,

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 18:48 -0400, Mary McRae wrote:
> I received absolutely no response to this message so I'm resending. I
> would hate to think that no one was interested in training!
> 

The 3rd of September is the Feast of Unix Sysadmins and so no mail is
delivered that day. 

;-)

And there was some holiday the following Monday, or so I was told.
Suspect everyone was stuck in traffic trying to get out of town.

Put me down for a Webinar!

Hope you are having a great week!

Patrick



> Regards,
> 
> 
> Mary
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
> > 
> > Date: September 3, 2010 4:42:05 PM EDT
> > 
> > To: tcmembers@lists.oasis-open.org
> > 
> > Subject: live training
> > 
> > 
> > To all TC Members:
> > 
> > As you may or may not be aware, there will be some fairly
> > significant changes to the TC Process effective 15 October 2010.
> > It's been quite some time since we've held any live training events
> > and this looks like a perfect opportunity to restart the practice.
> > 
> > For starters, we're considering holding day-long sessions the week
> > of October 11 or 18 at our soon-to-be new office in Burlington MA
> > (just north of Boston). For those of you who have never been to New
> > England but have always wanted to visit this part of the country,
> > the Columbus Day weekend typically marks peak foliage season in the
> > mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont, while the Maine coast, Cape
> > Cod and the Islands are still enjoying beautiful weather to get out
> > and explore the beaches, coves and inlets. Of course you'd be coming
> > to learn all about OASIS and meet some of the staff as well as
> > fellow members - but it's always nice to spend an extra day
> > exploring! 
> > 
> > If you think you would be interested in attending one of these
> > sessions, please respond noting which day you would prefer:
> > Tuesday
> > Wednesday 
> > Thursday 
> > Friday
> > 
> > This isn't a guarantee; we're just trying to determine if there's
> > sufficient interest to do this and whether we'd need one or more
> > sessions.
> > 
> > If you are interested in attending a live training session but
> > unable to travel to Boston, what other locations do you think would
> > be worthwhile? 
> > 
> > And yes, we'll also be holding webinars for those that can't attend
> > in person and there's lots of new help material on its way, but
> > there's nothing like getting together face-to-face!
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mary
> > 
> > Mary P McRae
> > Director, Standards Development
> > Technical Committee Administrator
> > Member Section Administrator
> > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society
> > email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org 
> > web: www.oasis-open.org
> > twitter: @fiberartisan  #oasisopen
> > phone: 1.603.232.9090
> > 
> > Standards are like parachutes: they work best when they're open.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
>