Re: RAD FTF

[Linda Heaton <linda@omg.org>]

Hi,

Yes, the first two dates (Nov. 22, 1999 and Dec. 20, 1999) are OK with
me.  Thanks for asking.

Regards,
Linda




At 10:20 AM 8/27/99 -0700, Konstantin Beznosov wrote:
>Resource Access Decision Facility Finalization TF will be
chartered
>during next OMG TC meeting in November.
>
>Those who would like to be on the voting list of the FTF, please let
me
>know. 
>
>Warning: The votes in the FTF will be done most of the time over
e-mail.
>One week or so will be given to FTF members to study proposed changes
to
>the spec and to vote. If an FTF member does not vote by the vote
due
>date, it will be his/her problem. There is also some rule in P&P
that
>drops a voting member out of RTF (and I think out of FTF) if the
member
>missed several (like 2 or 3) voting deadlines.
>
>The following preliminary dates are proposed for the FTF (with
>explanations from Andrew Watson's e-mail):
>
> * A deadline for producing a Draft Adopted Specification. 
>
> November 22, 1999 (4 weeks before December 20)
>
>    Explanation: "This Draft must
>    be made available to all the submission contacts (for checking
that
>it
>    correctly reflects the contents of their submission) and to
Linda
>    Heaton, OMG Staff Editor (for checking formatting and style).
At
>this
>    point the specification is supposed to look like the Real Thing -
a
>    complete, publishable OMG specification rather than an RFP
>submission.
>    This deadline must be at least 21 calendar days before
..."
>
>
>  * A publication date for the Adopted Specification. 
>
> December 20, 1999 (3 weeks before January meeting/ 5 weeks
before
>January 24, 2000)
>
>   Explanation: "Once Linda and the FTF
>    members have given the draft the OK, it gets published, and
FTF
>members
>    and non-members refer to when raising issues or making comments.
The
>    purpose of the FTF is to find and fix any remaining
technical
>problems
>    with this document before it is finalized. This publication
date
>must be
>    at least 28 calendar days (but often several months) before
..."
>
>  * A deadline for comments on the Adopted Specification from
OMG
>Members and others.
>
> January 24, 2000 (1 week after January meeting)
>
>
>  * FTF report delivery deadline. 
>
> February 14, 2000 (3 weeks before March meeting)
>
>    Explanation: "This is the date by which the FTF produces
a
>recommendation on how to fix any issues in the
>    adopted spec. This recommendation *must* include a list of
issues
>that
>    were raised, which  ones were resolved and how (with specifics
on
>how
>    the adopted spec is to be edited to address them), and which
ones
>were
>    deferred or dropped (or otherwise brushed aside :-). Either the
FTF
>    members or the Staff Editor will also need to apply the changes
to
>the
>    Adopted Specification at some point, to generate the
Available
>Specification."
>
>Linda, are the first 2 dates ok with you as the OMG editor?
>
>Konstantin Beznosov
>

Linda A. Heaton

Object Management Group

linda@omg.org

1-508-820-4300 x 130

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