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Subject: Re: [dita-adoption] Decisions on future meetings and activities
My apologies for being slow to respond
on this. As many of you know, I've had several (!) deaths in my
family this year, including a brother in September.
I've been part of the Adoption TC since the beginning, albeit never a officer. I've attended most of the meeting, authored a whitepaper, posted materials on dita.xml.org, and more. This TC started with a lot of energy: A Webinar, followed with 10 or so whitepapers about DITA 1.2. Then new OASIS rules came into effect. The OASIS rules put in place circa 2010 really had an effect on this TC's work. We no longer could quickly author and publicize white papers, and a number of our active members (for example, Joe Gelb) no longer could participate without purchasing an expensive corporate membership. Another factor in the slowing of the TC's productivity is that many meetings were cancelled. Both JoAnn and Gershon had crazy schedules, and I don't think there was a secretary in place at the time. I do think that for a TC to be viable and productive, it's imperative that regularly scheduled meetings be held. Meeting should only be cancelled in advance, for major holidays or conferences. If chairs cannot attend, then the responsibility for conducting the meeting should be delegated to the secretary or sergeant-at-arms. (Honestly, I'm not even sure what a sergeant-at-arms is, but Eliot Kimber is such for the DITA TC, and he facilitated a meeting several years ago when neither the chair or secretary could attend.) Vis-a-vis the question of what the DITA Adoption TC should do -- I agree with Jang Graat that many significant adoption work efforts will -- and must -- happen outside OASIS. Still, the DITA Adoption TC can do productive work. It has the ability to author non-normative materials and get them thoroughly vetted for technical accuracy by the DITA TC, something that cannot happen easily outside of OASIS. I think we need to hunker down and consider what the TC should attempt to do in 2013, and how to get more people involved. I'm willing to continue to attend meetings, whether they are once or twice a month. Best,
On 10/3/2012 11:30 AM, JoAnn Hackos wrote:Kris Kristen James Eberlein Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting Co-chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee Charter member, OASIS DITA Adoption Committee www.eberleinconsulting.com +1 919 682-2290; kriseberlein (skype)
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