[pki-tc] PKI TC March 25-27 Meeting Cancellation

["Sabo, John T(HERNDON)" <John.T.Sabo@ca.com>]

All,

The strong consensus view I received from many members is that, while a face to face meeting will be very valuable, we need to develop topics of discussion and a work agenda in order to make an in-person meeting more useful and to justify the travel commitment.  Consequently, we will cancel the March 25-27 meeting in New York, and take steps to schedule a series of TC working meetings via teleconference to advance our agenda and move forward. 

Given the broad TC charter, the areas of interest documented in our meeting minutes, as well as the projects in process by the PKI Forum, I would ask you to propose specific work items which you believe would be of interest to the committee, and send those to the list by Wednesday March 12.  I'll work with Terry Leahy and with the PKI MS steering committee to prepare a strawman set of work items which we can then discuss at the next TC meeting.  

I propose that we hold our next TC teleconference March 19 at 11AM ET (enabling multiple time zones access to the meeting).   Please let me know directly if this proposed date/time are bad for you and provide some options.  I would like to try to set a standard meeting schedule, and would propose the third Wednesday of each month at 1100AM ET, but again please reply to me directly with some options if this suggested schedule is bad for you.  

One member also suggested that, given the formative stage of the TC, we schedule meetings bi-weekly for a short time to give us more opportunity to discuss particular issues interactively...I'd be interested in your reaction to this proposal as well.

Thanks.

John

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John T. Sabo
Manager, Security Privacy and Trust Initiatives
Computer Associates International
2291 Wood Oak Drive
Herndon, Virginia, 20171
USA
Phone: +1 703-708-3037
Mobile: +1 443-629-6198


-----Original Message-----
From: Sabo, John T(HERNDON) 
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:57 PM
To: pki-tc@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: karl.best@oasis-open.org
Subject: [pki-tc] PKI TC March 25-27 Meeting - Response Requested


Members,

Terry Leahy and I discussed the upcoming meeting and would like your feedback on a couple of questions.

As you know, the PKI TC charter is intentionally broad and can accommodate a wide range of of business and technically-focused projects and work items.  Some of the major objectives of the planned March 25-27 meeting were to enable us to meet one another, discuss areas of interest, and develop consensus around specific work item proposals which we could formally adopt. We also need to conduct elections of TC Chair and Vice Chair. 

However, we learned at our January 28 teleconference that several members will not be able to travel to Long Island for the planned meeting, and we also discussed whether there was sufficient value in a face to face meeting prior to having specific work items sufficiently developed for TC review and consideration. To date only a small number of TC members indicated they were planning to attend in person (we will also set up a telehone bridge).

To help us proceed to develop our TC agenda in the most effective way in response to committee needs, I would propose that we reconsider the current meeting plan and would appreciate your feedback on other options for moving forward.

 - If you believe meeting in person would be useful, please let me know if you are planning to attend the March 25 meeting on Long Island or if a West Coast U.S. location would be better for you.  Would you prefer a one or 2-day meeting?

 - Please let me know if you believe we should postpone an in-person meeting until we have first developed a work plan (via teleconferences and email list interaction).

As I need to conclude arrangements in New York for the meeting facility or an alternate location, I'd appreciate your response as soon as possible.

Thanks,

John 


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John T. Sabo
Manager, Security Privacy and Trust Initiatives
Computer Associates International
2291 Wood Oak Drive
Herndon, Virginia, 20171
USA
Phone: +1 703-708-3037
Mobile: +1 443-629-6198