Re: Docbook meeting at X-Tech

[Michael Sabrio <rms@fpk.hp.com>]

I agree with Tony that the schedule conflict is a pain.

I'd rather see the TC meeting before or after the conference.
If chairs are active in more than one TC, that is a problem.

Philadelphia did not work well for me :-(

Michael Sabrio

Eduardo wrote:

 > Tony Graham wrote:
 > > 
 > > At 28 Jan 2000 11:18 -0800, Eduardo Gutentag wrote:
 > >  > The Docbook meeting at X-Tech is set for:
 > >  >
 > >  > Wednesday 3/1 all day
 > >  > Thursday  3/2 morning
 > >  >
 > >  > The meetings will be at the Hilton hotel, room to
 > >  > be announced.
 > > 
 > > Is there an agenda?
 > 
 > No, the agenda has not been set yet; given the problems caused by
 > past announcements at the last minute, I thought it would be convenient
 > this time to set up and announce the dates as soon as possible, and
 > deal with the agenda later.
 > 
 > > 
 > > Why does OASIS schedule its meetings to conflict with the conference?
 > 
 > This is not OASIS's fault; the scheduling has been done at the
 > requests of the chairs of the various TCs, who much prefer to travel
 > to one place than to have to travel to three or four places if they
 > are active in more than one TC. I believe participants other than
 > chairs share in this preference too, as well as the desire not to have
 > to travel somewhere for two weeks instead of one. I thought the arrangement
 > worked quite well in Philadelphia. (It certainly worked fine for me ;-)
 > 
 > Eduardo
 > > 
 > > Regards,
 > > 
 > > Tony Graham
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