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Subject: RE: [egov] Call for chair election, and conference call 23 May
Jamie Many thanks for your efforts in keeping the e-GOV TC alive and I wish my successor every success. I will continue to observe and contribute whenever possible. Regards, John -----Original Message----- From: James Bryce Clark [mailto:jamie.clark@oasis-open.org] Sent: 12 May 2005 00:22 To: egov@lists.oasis-open.org Cc: pim.vandereijk@oasis-open.org Subject: [egov] Call for chair election, and conference call 23 May Members of the OASIS e-Government TC: As you know, after an internal reassignment John Borras has found it necessary to resign his role as chair of this committee. John continues to serve as a member of our Board of Directors, and as chair of the OASIS Election Services TC; we deeply appreciate the leadership he has provided to the important work of this e-Gov committee as well as those other continuing contributions. In order for this committee to move forward, we must elect a successor TC chair. The e-Goverment TC has completed several of its early planned deliverables relating to early-emerging technical issues (such as use of data core components use), but its workplan includes providing important guidance to governments about the use of standardized methods for many other key functions, such as semantic interoperability and web services. Several additional proposals already have been made to the TC for future work within its scope. . In order to ensure the smooth continuation of this work, we would like to take the following steps. First, the rules allow me as TC administrator for OASIS both to call meetings and to conduct the election of a new chair. I declare nominations open for that role, and am pleased to report that Mr Harm Jan van Burg has accepted a nomination. Mr van Burg is a senior policymaker for the Netherlands Ministry of Finance who (like Mr Borras) has significant leadership experience in global, European and national e-government initiatives, and is the co-chair of the OASIS TaxXML TC. We appreciate the willingness of Mr van Burg and his ministry to make his time available. OASIS staff have made several inquiries about other potential candidates as well. Of course, election of a replacement chair is a matter for the committee to decide. TC Members are welcome to nominate or suggest others, and should do so to me directly or to this list. However, if I am aware of no other nominees, then I will plan to conduct an election ballot. This committee often has conducted its business by e-mail and web-based ballots, due to its wide geographic distribution. Accordingly, failing objections, I plan to open a ballot on 16 May 2005, closing 23 May 2005, which will list each declared candidate as well as permit write-in nominations. In the interim, I will review the TC records to confirm that the voting status of each member is properly reflected in the roster. This timing would allow some informal recruiting and future planning for the TC to occur at the upcoming OASIS Open Standards Day on 24 May 2005 in Amsterdam: http://www.xtech-conference.org/2005/oasisosd.asp, adjacent to IDEAlliance's XTECH conference (formerly XML Europe) that week. This event often enjoys strong attendance from e-government-oriented participants. Second, in connection with that event, we would like to call a telephonic meeting of the TC, to discuss the TC's progress, leadership and current work agenda. My colleague Pim van der Eijk has offered to convene this session from Amsterdam and I will attend (telephonically) from Los Angeles. Date: Monday 23 May 2005 Time: 0700 Pacific US (Los Angeles), 1000 Eastern US (New York), 1600 CET (Brussels), 2300 JST (Tokyo) Conference call-in data: To be circulated to this list shortly. Finally, at the above meeting, we also would like to discuss possible plans for an Autumn face-to-face meeting, perhaps in September in or near London. As always, we deeply appreciate your contributions to our e-government work as well as your support for open standardization. We would be delighted to see you in Amsterdam, but in any case we look forward to your advice and participation and to talking with you on the 23rd. Best regards Jamie Clark ~ James Bryce Clark ~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS ~ jamie.clark@oasis-open.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php "The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. 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