getting a TC going

[Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>]

I am now going to abuse my membership of this list by asking for 
some basic confirmation of whether what I've read in Robert's is 
a) right
b) applicable

I still think we should have some "tech newbie chairs about 
Robert's" sessions - maybe someone could volunteer a couple of 
hours at various XML conferences?

Anyway, getting to my questions. The entity resolution TC will have 
its first phone call next week. The chair position is settled (me). 

1) If I read Robert's right, we also need a secretary, and election of 
the secretary is the first order of business - is this correct?

2) I also have an editor lined up - we don't say anything in our 
process about how editors of specs get chosen, and Robert's 
doesn't either. So should there, or must there, be an election?

3) Does subscribing to the mail list automatically notify the chair of 
intention to attend the first meeting, or does this notification have to 
be separate? I guess it has to be separate, since in the section 
under TC visibility we say people can subscribe to the general list 
without being members of the TC. Since I missed this, and didn't 
remind people subscribed to the mailing list to send me email 
saying they want to be members 15 days before the first meeting, 
do I now have to postpone the first meeting since I have nobody 
who sent me that specific email? Or can I ignore the 15 day 
requirement, since all people who are subscribed did so at least 15 
days before the meeting. (On another note, is the system already 
in place to stop people who aren't members posting to the general 
list?)

That will do it for now.

thanks,


Lauren