From dave@rc.gc.ca Wed Aug 5 18:47:49 1998 Received: from blackhole.rc.gc.ca (blackhole.rc.gc.ca [205.150.42.41]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA19085 for ; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:47:42 +0200 Received: from hodgson.rc.gc.ca (hodgson.rc.gc.ca [142.136.252.250]) by blackhole with SMTP (DuhMail/2.0) id MAA13276; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:41:02 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: blackhole: Host hodgson.rc.gc.ca claimed to be hodgson.rc.gc.ca From: "D. J. Blackwood" X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2) To: j.isaak@computer.org Subject: Re: (SC22WG15.1302) Convener nomination to SC22 Cc: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Date: Wed, 5 Aug 98 12:44:24 EDT Message-ID: <9808051244.aa02589@hodgson.rc.gc.ca> I have recommended that Canada support the nomination of Mr. James Oblinger for the position of WG15 convener when it comes up at this month's SC22 meeting. Jim has been a long term participant in the POSIX community and has always brought a fair, balanced perspective to our discussions. I would be a pleasure to welcome him to the role of convener at our next WG15 meeting. Dave -- D. J. Blackwood Manager, Internet Services Room 2169, 875 Heron Road Information Highway Initiatives Division Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5 Revenue Canada Voice: 613 957-9305 Fax: 613 941-2257 Internet: dave@rc.gc.ca > WG15 members, > As you note in the mail from Roger Martin, the U.S. > has proposed a convener candidate: Jim Oblinger. We previously > had Prof. Saito, and Keld Simionsen who had indicated > a willingness to serve on an interim basis, but expressed > a preference for a "full term" candidate. > > We have been looking to fill this role for a year, and > I'm quite pleased with both the willingness of interested > national bodies and individuals to fill the gap, and of > course with (finally) having a candidate for the full term. > > If I hear no objections from WG15 members, or other > full term candidate nominations, I will indicate WG15's > support for Jim at the August SC22 meeting. > > thanks ... > > Jim Isaak > --------- > mailto:j.isaak@computer.org or inside Compaq: Jim.Isaak@Digital.com > Internet Best Practices: http://computer.org/standard/Internet > Candidate for President of the IEEE Computer Society > http://www.tellink.net/~isaak/CSPres.htm