Re: [sdd] December F2F meeting -- e-mail poll

[James Falkner <james.falkner@sun.com>]

I have a "medium" (again, salsa scale) preference for keeping
the F2F in Orlando, as I would put my chances at a London trip
at 50/50.  But as far as the dates go, they are fine for me.

-jhf-

Brent Miller wrote:
> 
> SDD TC,
> 
> [Please note: this is not a duplicate of previous e-mail! This concerns 
> our OTHER planned F2F meeting]
> 
> The ballot to determine dates for our planned December (perhaps 
> November? see below) meeting has closed, with the week of Dec. 4 being 
> the leading candidate.
> 
> As discussed in today's call, per the e-mail I previously sent, OASIS is 
> planning an adoption forum meeting the week of November 27 (the week 
> before the ballot "winner") and is encouraging TCs to schedule F2F 
> meetings during that week (in addition, this would enable us to present 
> our TC's status to a broader OASIS body and participate in wider OASIS 
> discussions and networking). Hence, we agreed to see how many TC members 
> could attend during the OASIS meeting (presumed dates would be November 
> 30 and December 1; we probably could schedule another day on November 27 
> (the OASIS meeting is Nov. 28-29) and/or evening sessions as required. 
> Rather than incur the overhead of a ballot, we agreed to take an e-mail 
> poll.
> 
> Members, please reply to this e-mail and indicate whether or not you 
> could attend a 2- to 3-day TC F2F meeting in London on November 
> 30/December 1 (and perhaps also Nov. 27). Note that the venue would 
> change from Orlando (hosted by Sun) to London (OASIS venue) if we make 
> this change..
> 
> I'll compile and distribute the results.
> 
> I would like to close on the date for the F2F meeting during next week's 
> call, so please reply as soon as possible.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> Brent
> 
> Brent A. Miller
> STSM, Autonomic Computing Architecture
> IBM Corp.
> Tel. 919-543-6959 (TIE 441)
> 
> "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
> practice, there is."
> -- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut