New OASIS Discussion List: egov-discuss

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

     OASIS members have requested that we open a new discussion list. The proposal conforms to our rules and is set
forth below. Standards always are improved by broad participation. OASIS encourages open discussions about possible new
TCs, by offering a dedicated e-mail list for 90 days, upon member request. The address of this list will be:

egov-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org

Anyone, including OASIS members and non-members, may subscribe to this list in order to discuss the merits and
possibility of the proposed project.  The list is now open, and can be joined by sending a message to:

egov-discuss-subscribe@lists.oasis-open.org. [1]

The discussion list is governed by Section 2.1 of the OASIS TC Process [2], and may last up to 90 days.  Typically,
participants in the list will determine whether there is sufficient interest, and then collaborate on a draft
submission. Only subscribers to the list will have the ability to post to it. If you do not wish to subscribe, but would
like to monitor the discussion, archives of the list will be visible at [3].

Please feel free to forward this announcement to any other appropriate lists. OASIS is an open standards organization,
and welcomes your feedback. We look forward to assisting parties interested in joining the community of implementers,
technologists, academics and end-users contributing to open standardization for e-business and information exchange.

Mary P McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
web: www.oasis-open.org 
 

[1] Additional assistance is available, if needed, from the contacts listed at
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/contactus.php
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#2.1
[3] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/

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DISCUSSION LIST PROPOSAL

Name of discussion list:  egov-discuss
 
Preliminary statement of scope:  To discuss one or more possible new technical standards projects to further the goals
of the  OASIS' e-government community, as described in the draft proposal posted at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/egov/200704/msg00001.html.  The proposal also suggests a Member Section be formed
to coordinate any such activities, with the creation of standards to be carried out in specific technical committees, as
appropriate.

Name of discussion list leader:  Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

Peter F. Brown, peter@pensive.eu 
Honbo Zhou, honbozhou@gmail.com 
Sri Gopalan, gopalan_sri@bah.com
Colin Wallis, Colin.Wallis@ssc.govt.nz