AGENDA
IT infrastructure (Mailing lists) - All
Update on Recruitment/HR
- Web master - Laura
- Technical Operations - Bill/Eric
- CFO (part time) - Laura
GCA relationship update - Bill
ebXML update - Bill/Bob
Proposal for non-member participation in mailing lists/TCs
- Norbert
Discussion on the scope and shape of the OASIS Board - All
Event calendar - Laura
Board meeting schedule - All
Plan for Board Elections - Laura
Review 2000 Budget - Bill/Jon
XML.ORG and ACXO report - Laura/Simon
CGM Open - All
MINUTES
Bill called the meeting to order and appointed Simon as chair
of the meeting.
Since one member of the Board is not able to participate on
the 2nd day of the Board meeting, Bob moved that an Executive
Committee be formed for a day, 19 April, to enable the Board
to discuss and decide Consortium business.
2nd: Norbert
Vote: unanimous
Bill announced that he was resigning from the Process Advisory
Committee.
IT infrastructure (Mailing list)
a. Research options for outsourcing mailing list and website
admin
b. Utilize volunteered external resources for dealing w/short
term issues (available w/in
10 days; will be available for 30 days). With high priority
on transfer of knowledge from
CIO and volunteered resource to OASIS staff member
Review feedback from interviews for Member of Technical Staff/Standards
Development
Manager Director of Technical Operations
Contracts for services w/providers of technical operational
infrastructure
Bob Sutor moved that total compensation for the Director of
Technical Operations is not to exceed $90K
2nd Eric Garcia
Ayes: unan.
Update on recruitment of web master - Laura
Reported on temporary-to-permanent staff.
Update on recruitment of Operations Director - Laura
Candidate appears to have declined the OASIS opportunity
AI - Laura to come back to board w/3 names to investigate
(CFO/legal/etc.)
GCA relationship update - Bill
ebXML update - Bob & Bill
Bill did a joint presentation w/Klaus at the UN/CEFACT meeting
in Geneva.
AI - Board and Walker to encourage members to participant
in ebXML
Non-member participation in mailing lists/TCs
Decided to stick with current process and rules. Walker will
come back to Board with
proposals for "eval" membership, if appropriate.
Discussion on the scope and shape of the OASIS Board
We are now approaching an election, added to which there has
been Mary's
recent decision to resign. We have had initial conversations
as to whether
we should change the make up of the Board (for example appointing
non-exec
officers). This session is an open discussion to review
our options and
identify what changes, if any, we should plan on implementing.
This
discussion should also include a decision on recruiting a
replacement for Mary
Date for next face to face - Wednesday, 7 June in San Francisco.
Sun has offered to host.
Discussion "convergence" summit -- agenda appears
to have changed significantly from the
original plan.
Calendar of forthcoming events and shows - Laura
02-04 May XML Scandinavia
08-12 ebXML Brussels
12 Possible Consortia
meeting (comptia, etc.) (Brussels)
15-19 WWW9 - (Amsterdam)
23 W3C/OASIS workshop
@ WWW9 (Amsterdam)
22-24 W3C AC Meeting (Amsterdam)
23 compTIA Board
meeting (Bellevue)
24 InternetWorld
UK
22-24 Dynamic Content (San Francisco)
05-09 Jun Java One (San Francisco)
08 Regrep Soft Launch
08-09 Regrep Media tour (SF &
NYC)
12 Regrep announcement
12-16 XML Europe (Paris)
26-29 XML DevCon (NYC)
17-19 Jul XML Summer School (CSW - Oxford)
07-11 Aug ebXML - US (location TBD)
Aug eXtreme (Montreal)
Aug OASIS Summer Workshop (Montreal)
28-01 Sep Seybold SF
02-05 Oct XML One San Jose
02-05 XMLeadership
18-20 XML One London
06-10 Nov ebXML Tokyo
Dec XML2000 (DC)
AI - Scott McGrath assigned to propose Summer Workshop schedule
and agenda (coincident
w/eXtreme in Montreal?) by Tuesday 24 April
2000 Budget - vote
Tabled until after discussion of strategy and business plan.
Board has requested month
cash flow reports and to continue with the full financials
on a quarterly basis. Until
budget is adopted, run at break-even (without dipping into
cash reserves).
CGM Open - we have a proposal from the CGM Open Board that
we started
to discuss during our last conference call. This session
is to review the
proposal and vote on whether to adopt or decline.
Review of member section language in new bylaws (yet
to be ratified).
By laws to be distributed by vote by 28 April
Board recommends that CGM Open not act until after
ratification of bylaws.
xml.org and ACXO report - Laura & Simon
Report on status of regrep reference implementation.
The Board recognized the efforts of OASIS staff in
moving this
work forward (particularly Craig Chevrier, for his
work on the
classification scheme) , and also the work of the implementation
team.
Discussion of Strategy and Business Plan
AI - Eric to take planning to the next step
AOB
- Salary increase
AI - assigned to N. Mikula
- Hiring Admin assistant
Simon moved to hire admin as proposed
by Walker. 2nd by Norbert. Vote: unan.
- Review of European operations
AI - Walker to provide status report on
1 May
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