OASIS E-GOV TC : FUTURES

[john.borras@e-envoy.gsi.gov.uk]

TC Working Arrangements

We will be issuing the minutes of last
week's TC meeting and workshops shortly, but in the meantime the main TC
discussion was around the future of our sub-committees and was there a
better way of working.   We agreed to the following course of actions
and I just want to be sure everyone is comfortable with this new approach.

1.  We will suspend the current
 sub-committee arrangements for the time being.
2.  We will operate on a project
basis, ie identifying particular topics, appointing a project leader and
allowing TC members to work on those topics of interest.  The topics
should be well-defined and generally things that can be completed in a
relatively short space of time.  We do not want projects that have
open briefs and run on for months.
3.  TC members are invited to put
forward topics for prioritisation and scheduling.  In addition to
the topics identified in the workshops suggestions made at the TC meeting
were Naming and Design Rules for XML, and Patterns and Reference Models.
  The prioritisation and scheduling will be undertaken at each TC
meeting.
4.  We will review the situation
progressively to see whether sub-committees have a role to play.

If anyone has alternative views on this
approach then please let me have them by close next Tuesday, 11th November.


Dates of future TC meetings

In an attempt of keeping the momentum
going from last week's sessions, I propose holding monthly TC meetings
from now on.   These do not necessarily have to be lengthy meetings
but let's keep in touch and review progress on a more regular basis.  With
that in mind the dates for the next few meetings are as follows, so please
note your diaries:

Tuesday 28 November  -  teleconference
meeting between 15.00 - 17.00 GMT ( 10.00 - 12.00 EST)
Tuesday  6 January - teleconference
meeting between 15.00 - 16.00 GMT ( 10.00 - 11.00 EST)
Monday 26th and/or Tuesday 27th January
 -  video conference and teleconference meeting, details to be
confirmed 

I'm exploring dates of events for the
rest of the year to see where we might hold F2F meetings.  If anybody
has any suggestions please let me know.

Regards,
John