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- From: mark@jhereg.Minnetech.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn)
-
- In article <459@longway.TIC.COM> randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Randall Atkinson) writes:
- >From: randall@uvaarpa.virginia.edu (Randall Atkinson)
- >
- >Before I get into the technical reactions, I'd like to make public
- >complaints about the way that the IEEE is handling access to draft
- >materials from the 1003 working groups. I have contacted the IEEE
- >by phone and postal mail asking how to get mailings of the drafts
- >so that I can comment on the proposals on a timely basis. The IEEE
- >has verbally indicated that they "would get back to me" with details
- >on how to do this but have not.
-
- There are a number of ways that you can participate. One of the ways to do
- this is as a corresponding group member to one of the IEEE 1003.? or 1201
- groups. If IEEE is not giving you then information, then you should let
- either Shane McCarron, Secretary TCOS-SS or Jim Issak, Chair TCOS-SS know
- about it so that IEEE may be properly chastised.
-
- The idea behind the corresponding group is that you receive mailings 8
- times a year. These mailings contian minutes and information from the
- meetings, and also contain drafts of the material being presented. These
- mailings are LARGE, especially if you subscribe to more than one group.
-
- There has been a great deal of success with the corresponding members in
- the past. This tradition will no doubt continue. The Corresponding Group
- members are just as much of a part of the commitee as the ones that
- actually attend the meeting. Several notable people including Richard
- Stallman, Dennis Richie and David Korn have all provided input to the
- working groups without attending meetings often, if at all.
-
- The mailings are not free. There is a charge associated with receiving
- these mailings, however, it is much less expensive than attending the
- meetings themselves.
-
- If you would like more information regarding the mailings, you should
- contact:
-
- Charles Haberman
- NAPS International
- 117 Mackubin Street, Suite 6
- St. Paul, MN 55102
-
- +1 612 224 9239
-
- The mailings are also a good way to find out when there are ballot groups
- forming for the various working groups. Note that being a corresponding
- group member does not automatically enter you into the balloting group.
-
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- Mark H. Colburn mark@Minnetech.MN.ORG
- Open Systems Architects, Inc.
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- Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 90
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