Input for call today

[Diane Jordan <drj@us.ibm.com>]

Hi,
My schedule has gone haywire today -
I will call in, but will be in transit to another building and have a hard
stop at 4:30, so our discussion won't be all I hoped it could be.  I've
also heard that Yaron and Monica may not be available.  So, here are
some thoughts we could have discussed - lets get some reactions going by
email.  

Here is what I think we have currently
in the wings for next week's call: 
- vote on 37 (no input that I'm aware
of from those who volunteered to provide further analysis and a possible
alternative).   
- vote on issue 34/proposal to defer
- defer vote on 107 pending progress
in the group working on abstract processes.  Will ask Phil for a report.
 
- proposal on 103:  Alex and Yaron
are still working on this - they seemed to think its unlikely to have a
resolution by next week, but we should check with them.   
 - issue 75 proposal
- issue 83

I took advantage of the spec editing
call today to solicit ideas for the f2f agenda.  Here is what we came
up with (largely driven by issues in the list above that we don't expect
to close next week - if we do, we'll need another strategy):  
- issue 107 and other issues related
to abstract processes.  Hopefully there will be some results from
Phil's subgroup to review.
- issue 103 and other data handling
related issues.  Alex's view was that we could use the f2f to discuss
103 which should make it possible to propose a resolution for the next
call.
- issue 75 and other compensation related
issues, including issue 10 which Satish continues to work.  (Since
Satish is working on issue 10, we'll keep this onthe agenda even if 75
closes next week).  Since issue 1 is related to 10, we'll also include
that and scopes.  
- issue 37 and other correlation issues.
 (Again, if issue 37 closes next week, we'll find another topic).

- any other issues people want to get
discussion started on

Before next week I will send a list
of those ideas folks have generated for managing votes if we don't have
quorum at the f2f - we can discuss them on the TC call and decide if any
thing different should be adopted.  I'll send a preliminary list to
you all and finalize before the TC call on Wed.  

Regards, Diane
IBM  Dynamic e-business Technologies
drj@us.ibm.com
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