From dave@rc.gc.ca Thu Feb 18 01:53:12 1999 Received: from blackhole.rc.gc.ca (blackhole.rc.gc.ca [205.150.42.41]) by dkuug.dk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id BAA16391 for ; Thu, 18 Feb 1999 01:52:54 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from dave@rc.gc.ca) Received: id TAA22584; Wed, 17 Feb 1999 19:48:09 -0500 From: "D. J. Blackwood" X-Mailer: SCO System V Mail (version 3.2) To: ajosey@rdg.opengroup.org, austin-group@opengroup.org, pasc-sec@pasc.org, sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Subject: Re: (SC22WG15.1393) Procedures, ORs and Chair selection Cc: jpc@opengroup.org, ogtgbase@opengroup.org, pasc-gen@pasc.org Date: Wed, 17 Feb 99 19:45:56 EST Message-ID: <9902171946.aa23552@hodgson.rc.gc.ca> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:01:14 GMT Andrew Josey wrote: > hi All > > The Draft Procedures and Policies for the Joint Development of Common Standards > are now available from the Joint Procedures committee. > > I have added these to the Austin Group document register as > document number Austin/14 , to read them , see URL > http://www.opengroup.org/austin/docs/austin_14.pdf > > One of the items defined by the procedures is that each group > (IEEE-SA, ISO/IEC and TOG) identify an organizational representative (OR). > > The ORs will play a significant role in the operation of the group. > We need to identify the ORs for each group at the start of the > upcoming meeting, so I would ask each body (PASC SEC, ISO/IEC SC22 WG15 > and TOG) to take the necessary steps to identify their OR and to > notify me (as interim Chair of the Austin Group) at your earliest convenience > or at the start of the Austin Group meeting on March 2nd. > > An immediate task for the ORs will be to elect a chair of the Austin Group; > the procedures state that the chair is selected by a majority vote of the > three ORs (note that the chair cannot also be an OR). I will stand down as > chair early in the meeting for the election. > > I am willing to stand as a candidate for chair and would invite other > candidates to come forward by March 1st. > > best regards > Andrew Unfortunately, what the Joint Procedures Committee has failed to include in this draft are the procedures and policies which govern its own operation. Is the JPC also expected to meet in March? Dave -- D. J. Blackwood Manager, Internet and Intranet Services Room 2169, 875 Heron Road Electronic Commerce Services Division Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L5 Revenue Canada Voice: 613 957-9305 Fax: 613 941-2257 Internet: dave@rc.gc.ca