Re: [huml] FW: Proposed Conflict Resolution SC - Charter

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Title: Re: [huml] FW: Proposed Conflict Resolution SC - Chart

I have two thoughts about the Mission Statement.

I think you might want to add "mediate" to "mitigate" in relation to conflict.

I think you might want to consider another word than "feed" in the Mission Statement. It isn't clear what you mean. Perhaps "inform the development" or "help shape the development" or "aid the development" or another construction that means providing requirements to HumanML work on a Secondary Set of Schemata for Conflict Resolution  might better clarify the specific purpose of the subcommittee.

You might also want to include the Department of Justice explicitlyunder government agencies in the scope section for interested parties, since we do have observers from that arena who might then be interested in exploring a formal liaison.

I would vote in favor of it regardless, so there is no concern on that account. I just want to encourage you to keep refining the message, even after it is accepted, as I hope we all will in order to find ways to make this work more attractive to potential participants. I think the idea of a standard vocabulary for mediation and conflict resolution that could be used in less formal conflict mediation that will then not require legal action per se might be very attractive to the DOJ, especially if it works with cultural vocabularies that promote better understanding among different ethnic groups.

We need not call the vote until you say that you think you have finalized sufficiently, and the same goes for Rob's efforts. So I think votes should only be called if you guys feel ok about it. Say we call it on Monday, for a vote to last two weeks from whenever we do call the vote and I will set it up on the webpage.

Ciao,

Rex

At 11:16 AM -0400 6/19/03, Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga wrote:

> Here is the
> long overdue draft charter for the Conflict Resolution
> SC. 
>  
> The first
> step is simply to gather resources in the arena, technical and
> non-technical.  As I mentioned during our TC meeting, I may not
> have the resources to contribute extensively to this SC, at least in
> the near future, but I am hopeful we can find individuals in the
> government or NGO arena already involved in conflict resolution work
> to take on this particular effort.
>  
> Ranjeeth
> Kumar Thunga
>  
> -----
>  
>  
> CONFLICT
> RESOLUTION SUBCOMMITTEE
> -----------
>  
> Mission
> Statement, Values Statement and Objectives Statement
>  
> Mission
> Statement:
> -----
> The Conflict
> Resolution Subcommittee of the HumanMarkup Technical Committee is
> setup to gather resources and establish relationships between
> organizations with a vested interest in mitigating conflict. 
> Subsequently, this SC will feed the development of the Human Markup
> Language, and other standards, to ensure that these specifications can
> facilitate this effort.
>  
> Scope:
> -----
>  
> 1) to
> organize resources and determine agencies and organizations especially
> interested in conflict resolution standards,
> 2) establish
> membership and liaisons between these various organizations
> 3) develop
> use-cases for HumanML applications applied in conflict resolution
> scenarios
> 4) develop
> extensions to the HumanMarkup Base Schema, and other efforts within
> the Internet Standards arena, that can be helpful in promoting
> communications that can facilitate conflict resolution.
>  
> Interested
> parties may include the following:
>  
> >Government agencies -- inter and intra
> government
> >United
> Nations and other International bodies
> >Corporations -- interested in conflict management
> within
> >Individuals and Organizations involved in Negotiation,
> Arbitration, and Deal Making
> >Political Analysts and Commentators
>  
>  
> Values
> Statement:
> -----
> Openness,
> honesty, and accountability of information transfer.
>  
> Objectives
> Statement:
> -----
> We will
> endeavor to deliver an initial outline of resources for this
> subcommittee by August 31, 2003.
> We will
> endeavor to establish relationships with appropriate organizations and
> government agencies by December 31, 2003.
>
> Further we
> will establish guidelines for maintaining and extending the
> HumanMarkup Base Schema and other efforts in the year 2004.
>  
> Membership:
> ------
> Roles,
> including Chair and Secretary, are to be determined. 
>  
> ---------------------------------------------------------------

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