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Subject: Re: [emergency] Face to Face Meetings - NEED FUNDING/COMMITMENT
Bill, Thank you for the number. Can it be available for the weekend (1/30-1/31) as well as 2/1/2010 in the event we are able to do the full three day technical meetings? Also, as I work out the details with the Marriot for Sat/Sun, how can I reference the room you have reserved for Mon? It would be nice but not necessary to use the same room. Thanks, Elysa At 04:24 PM 1/13/2010, Kalin, William <CTR> wrote: >We can provide the #. >Bill Kalin >Sent from my Blackberry >Contractor >Department of Homeland Security >(O) 202-254-6774 >(C) 202-525-9732 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: >emergency-return-1829-bill.kalin=associates.dhs.gov@lists.oasis-open.org ><emergency-return-1829-bill.kalin=associates.dhs.gov@lists.oasis-open.org> >To: 'McGarry, Donald P.' <dmcgarry@mitre.org>; rexb@starbourne.com ><rexb@starbourne.com>; 'Elysa Jones' <ejones@warningsystems.com> >Cc: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org <emergency@lists.oasis-open.org> >Sent: Wed Jan 13 17:10:31 2010 >Subject: RE: [emergency] Face to Face Meetings - NEED FUNDING/COMMITMENT > >We have a conference bridge (888) that can be used if the DHS one is not >available... > >Thanks, >Lee > >Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the >public and have no self. - Cyril Connolly > >-----Original Message----- >From: McGarry, Donald P. [mailto:dmcgarry@mitre.org] >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:53 PM >To: rexb@starbourne.com; Elysa Jones >Cc: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org >Subject: RE: [emergency] Face to Face Meetings - NEED FUNDING/COMMITMENT > >Rex et. al- >I can provide meetingplace for the three all-day sessions if needed. I just >can't provide 800 number access. > >-Don >Office: 315-838-2669 >Cell: 315-383-1197 >dmcgarry@mitre.org > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com] >Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:52 PM >To: Elysa Jones >Cc: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org >Subject: Re: [emergency] Face to Face Meetings - NEED FUNDING/COMMITMENT > >HI Elysa, > >As usual, I have no means for travel and my constituencies are likewise >unable to provide such. Also, due to my Cardiologist's schedule, I have had >to schedule an appointment for 2/4. So even if I can find travel funding, I >won't be able to hang around for the conference. > >If I find funding, I would need to schedule my return departure for Tuesday, >Feb 2. > >I have no problem phoning in, provided my DSL line for Vonage doesn't fail. >If that happens, I'm toast unless we have a toll-free number for which I can >use Skype on my cable connection. > >We should check with Don McGarry to see if he can arrange to provide Cisco >MeetingPace support. I suspect that three all-day sessions would be >impossible, but we may be able to use dimdim. It gets squirrelly over long >connection times, so collaboration could be spotty. However, its better than >nothing. Closing down and restarting dimdim is relatively simple and >uncomplicated... > >If the phone works and we have MeetingPlace, I can work from home fairly >efficiently. > >Cheers, >Rex > > Friends, > > > > As you know we have been planning and hoping for some extended F2F > > meetings to be held along with the upcoming TCIP conference. The > > purpose of these sessions is to further the technical work on > > Situation Reporting and the Distribution Element. We had hoped and > > have need for 2 full days for Sit-rep and one full day for the DE. > > While much good work is done in the conference calls, it has been our > > experience that meeting face to face for an extended period typically > > allows us the time to make huge progress. Both the Msg/Not SC for Sit > > Rep and If SC for the DE felt they were ready for such a session. > > > > We have learned that DHS/S&T will be able to provide one full day of > > meeting rooms on Monday 1/1/09 at the TCIP conference. No other > > support for travel, expenses or amenities for the room are going to be > > available. I am willing to bring a speaker phone, overhead PC > > projector and Evotechs is able to provide a VOIP phone line for the > > day if the hotel cost for a phone is prohibitive. The hotel has > > meeting rooms over the prior weekend that I could secure for $500 per > > day and the hotel rooms are $153 per night. I am going to continue to > > pursue any funding source available to try to get the full time we > > need to move our work forward. > > > > The Sit/Rep group have agreed to provide their time all day Sat and > > Sun to further their work. Given the lack of funding, I'm asking this > > group two things: 1) Are you or your companies willing to also fund > > your travel and expenses to go to Philadelphia on Fri, work Sat and > > Sun on this Specification? 2) Do you know of any organization that > > will help with funding any part of this, e.g., meals, travel, rooms? > > > > The DE meeting will be all day on the Monday prior to the conference. > > Again two questions 1) are you able to attend this meeting from 8-5 on > > 1/1/10? 2) Are you aware of any organization that would help fund any > > part of this? > > > > Many agencies and of course the public serve to benefit by the work we > > are doing in the Emergency Management Technical Committee, DHS/S&T, > > DHS/FEMA, D0D, DNDO, NOAA/NWS, DHS/CIO, Environment Canada as well as > > all the member companies. We have the OASIS Member Section (MS) that > > is structured to allow for any organization to put money in the MS to > > further the work of the technical standards. I will likely be able to > > get the Member Section to provide $2,500 toward the meeting rooms for > > the weekend and possibly some food during the sessions. That is the > > full amount currently budgeted for technical work given the money we > > have. However, I will lobby for more during our meeting this Friday. > > > > We are not asking for money to pay travel expenses for those already > > planning to attend TCIP, just for those who are not. We are asking > > for money to support the meeting rooms, hotel rooms and expenses > > associated with the travel. For the key participants, my rough > > estimation is $8,500 to conduct both Sit/Rep and DE technical > > sessions. The DE only would be on the order of 2,500. These are very > > rough estimates as I do not know how many of your are able to find > > some funding source on your own. > > > > If you are a key contributor on either of these Specifications, please > > let me know the following: > > 1) are you planning to attend TCIP in any case? > > 2) do you have funding to cover the full day meeting on 1/1/10? > > 3) do you have funding to cover the full days 1/30, 1/31 (Sat/Sun)? > > > > Question to all: > > 4) do you know of any company or organization that is willing to share > > in these expenses to promote the important work of Open Standards for > > Emergency Management > > > > Thank you for all the hard work you do. I know much, if not all of it > > for many of us, is volunteer time for which we have no contract > > support. Your contributions are invaluable and are making the world a > > better place by promoting the open exchange of data sharing. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Elysa Jones, Chair > > OASIS EM-TC > > CTO Warning Systems, Inc. > > 256-880-8702 x102 > > 256-694-8702 mobile > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > > > > > >-- >Rex Brooks >President, CEO >Starbourne Communications Design >GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison >Berkeley, CA 94702 >Tel: 510-898-0670 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that >generates this mail. 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