Re: [office] Proposed TC Meeting Agenda Items

[Bruce D'Arcus <bruce.darcus@OpenDocument.us>]

On Jan 18, 2006, at 5:53 AM, Michael Brauer - Sun Germany - ham02 - 
Hamburg wrote:

> If the meeting takes places in Hamburg, I'm quite sure that we will be 
> able to provide dial-in facilities for those who can not attent in 
> person. Therefore you should be able to participate.

[...]

> I'm not sure about this. I think the main issue we have with the meta 
> data discussions is that we don't have a clear picture what we want to 
> achieve. For that reason, it is difficult if not impossible to figure 
> out whether the proposals that we have or may receive meet our 
> objectives. That's why I think that we first should care about these 
> objectives.

I think that's reasonable, but there's a contradiction in the way 
you've proposed to address defining those objectives. On one hand, you 
assert this needs to be done in person. On the other, when I tell you 
it's not realistic for me to be able to make it to Hamburg, you say I 
can call in.  If we accept your first point, then my role in the 
discussion becomes marginal.

E.g. I go back to my original point: is it really necessary to tie 
discussion of the metadata objectives to a face-to-face? Or can those 
be separate issues?

Bruce