Re: OASIS E-GOV TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

[John.Borras@e-Envoy.gsi.gov.uk]

Apologies for the delay in following
up on my original request below.  However at long last I have found
an opportunity for us to meet and discuss how we might create a Regional
sub-committee.   Thanks to Thomas Lee, I have been invited to talk
at a Forum on E-Business Interoperability and Standardization in Hong Kong
on 14th May.  An announcement about the Forum will be made shortly
and I'm sure Dorris Tai will let you all have the details in due course.
 

 I would therefore like to hold
a workshop on 13th May to organise our sub-committee.  I would envisage
a whole day session during which we can share experiences of what each
of us is doing, I can update you on the work of the TC and we can then
agree how to form and take forward a regional sub-committee.

Could you please give me an early indication
of whether you will be able to attend so that I can finalise arrangements.
 Also if other TC members have colleagues in the Far East or the Antipodes
who might be interested, please pass on this invite. 

Regards,
John

John Borras/e-Envoy/CabinetOffice

24/12/2003 13:42

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Subject	OASIS E-GOV TECHNICAL COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

I am conscious that the way we currently
run the TC does not allow you all to participate very easily.  Not
least because of the differences in time zones and the difficulty of finding
a convenient time for you to join in meetings.   But our work has
to be international not just confined to Europe and North America, so to
overcome this I have in mind to set up a Regional sub-committee, covering
the Far East,  Australia and New Zealand so that people from that
part of the world can get together and better participate in the work of
the TC.   I don't want to end up with two separate committees so we
will need to sort out the logistics of how we do the joining up.

I'd be very interested to hear from
your thoughts on this idea and if we set up a sub-committee whether you
would actively participate in it.    For other members of the
TC, particularly those from the international organisations, if you have
contacts in that part of the world perhaps you could pass this message
on to see if there is further interest.

If I get a positive response then I
would be prepared to come to an initial meeting of the sub-committee in
late Spring or early Summer to sort out arrangements  Perhaps we could
look to a session running in parallel with a conference or other international
event which might provide hosting facilities for the meeting.  Suggestions
on events and locations would be welcomed. 

Regards,

John Borras
Chair  e-Gov TC