Fwd: Messaging Standards Meeting Report

[Elysa Jones <ejones@warningsystems.com>]

This forwarded email and attachments is a summary of the work done during
the Feb 16-17 meeting in Washington, DC referenced in the EM-TC minutes
of 2/22/05.  Elysa Jones EM-TC Chair represented the work we are
doing in OASIS.  Other TC members were also present:  Michael
Daconta, Tom Merkle, Paul Embley, and Sukamar Dwarkankanath.

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> Subject: Messaging Standards Meeting Report
> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:44:16 -0500 
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> Dear Participants, 
>
> We want to take this opportunity to thank you for your
> extremely valuable input and your commitment to coordinate efforts in the
> development of messaging standards.  We appreciate your time,
> energy, and contributions throughout the course of the event and look
> forward to collaborating with you at the next messaging standards
> meeting.  
>
> Your participation in the messaging meeting held on
> February 16-17, 2005 created the momentum needed to bring together other
> standards developing organizations in order to reach our mutual goal of
> increasing information sharing.  From the presentations, where you
> shared what your organizations are working on, to the Principles and
> Points of Agreement, where you reached consensus about what steps must be
> taken next in order to increase information sharing, your contributions
> will have a long-term impact on the messaging standards effort. 
>
> We hope to sustain the momentum and energy created in
> this meeting by calling on your expertise and experience to help develop
> and implement the messaging standards initiative.  We would also ask
> for your help to provide input about which other organizations involved
> with messaging and data dictionaries standards should be invited to the
> next meeting.  Attached to this document are the meeting report, a
> list of potential organizations to involve in this ongoing effort, and a
> list of draft definitions for conflicting vocabulary.  Please
> provide contact information you may have for the proposed organizations,
> along with upgrades to the draft definitions. Your comments and feedback
> concerning the report are also welcome.  A zip file containing
> presentations given at the meeting will be sent by Ashley Baker. 
> Please send all questions and comments to myself or Ashley at
> Ashley.Baker@touchstone.com.
> We look forward to working with you all in the future, and again thank
> you for your participation.
>  
> Chip
> Hines 
> Program Manager
> Disaster Management eGov Initiative 
> Office of the Chief Information Officer 
> Emergency Preparedness and Response/FEMA
> Department of Homeland Security
> (202) 646-3115 
> chip.hines@dhs.gov
>

Organizations for future involvement.xls

Vocabulary to Define.doc

Messaging Standards Report FINAL.doc