Draft minutes of meeting in Prague, 2011-03-31

[Francis Cave]

Thanks to spotting the errors, Dennis. I attach a corrected draft.

Regarding the timing of a BRM, according the JTC 1 Supplement to the ISO/IEC Directives (Clause F.4.2), a BRM may be held "not earlier than two and a half months after the distribution of comments...". On Dennis' projections that would imply that a BRM could be held as early as the middle of April 2012 but not earlier. 

There doesn't seem to be any procedural reason for not delaying the BRM until the end of June, other than that it delays the FDIS ballot that would normally have to follow the BRM (unless the BRM makes no changes to the DIS text). Any revisions of the DIS text would necessitate further approval processes within OASIS, so the FDIS text would presumably not be issued immediately. The FDIS ballot period is two months.

By my calculation, the earliest that we would start maintenance of a published International Standard would be around September 2012.

Francis Cave
Convenor



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamilton at acm.org]
> Sent: 11 April 2011 01:59
> To: francis at franciscave.com; 'SC 34/WG 6 mailing list'
> Subject: RE: Draft minutes of meeting in Prague, 2011-03-31
> 
> A couple of touch-ups for the minutes:
> 
> In 6.2, my notes indicate that Michael Brauer reported on the status of
> ODF v1.2.
> 
> In 6.3.2, I would change to the beginning of the second sentence from
> "If it planned that a first Committee Draft ..." to "The road-map
> anticipates that a first Committee Draft ... ."
> 
>  - Dennis
> 
> ODF 1.2 PAS SCHEDULE SPECULATION
> 
> With regard to schedule speculation, my spreadsheet for tracking
> progress of ODF 1.2 has the following estimated milestones, assuming
> that the ODF 1.2 Candidate Standard Public Review is the full 60 days
> and there are no set-backs:
> 
> Approval of ODF 1.2 as an OASIS Standard by the end of July, 2011.
> 
> Start of JTC1 PAS 5-month ballot, September 1, 2011 (with allowance of
> August for windage, submission, etc.).
> 
> End of JTC1 PAS 5-month ballot, January 31, 2012
> 
> where, if a BRM is required, there will need to be a subsequent period
> of time for preparation of comment dispositions, review of proposed
> dispositions by NBs, and conduct of a BRM.
> 
> I don't claim a crystal ball, although it would appear that a BRM would
> be in late Spring as you surmise.  The question would be whether it
> could be orchestrated to coincide with a June 2012 Face-to-Face meeting
> in Brasilia.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sc34wg6-bounces at vse.cz [mailto:sc34wg6-bounces at vse.cz] On Behalf
> Of Francis Cave
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 16:15
> To: SC 34/WG 6 mailing list
> Subject: Draft minutes of meeting in Prague, 2011-03-31
> 
> Dear members of WG 6
> 
> 
> 
> I attach draft minutes of the meeting in Prague, 2011-03-31. Please
> would those of you who participated in the meeting review the draft and
> let me have your corrections as soon as possible. Thank you.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> It may seem premature to be thinking about a face-to-face meeting in
> 2012, given that we do not yet know exactly when ODF v1.2 will be
> submitted for PAS transposition. However, WG 6 experts should bear in
> mind the distinct possibility that a DIS ballot on the PAS submission
> of ODF v1.2 would result in the need for a Ballot Resolution Meeting
> (BRM), probably no earlier than February 2012 but most likely in the
> first half of the year. Depending upon the timing and location of a
> BRM, we may have to consider arranging two face-to-face meetings in
> fairly quick succession.
> 
> 
> 
> This is probably as much speculation as is needed for now, but I’m
> happy to receive your views, if any.
> 
> 
> 
> Francis Cave
> 
> Convenor
> 

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