OPEN ISSUE: Quality Process WG Charter

[Margaret Wasserman]

Hi Spencer,

There is no suggestion in our process document that the nomcom
should choose the chairs for the near-term WG to improve the
quality processes used by WGs.  That is the WG we are discussing
here...

The problem-statement did list an open issue about how the
charter for this WG should be determined.  I proposed that
the charter should be determined by the AD and chairs, probably
through the normal BOF process.  Several people agreed, and
no one disagreed.

The usual BOF process typically involves someone (or a group
of people) proposing a BOF to the relevant AD (in this case,
Harald).

There is a suggestion that the nomcom (or a similar mechanism)
could be used to choose chairs for the longer-term
Improvement WG -- the one that will start by determining
our mission/values/goals...  There are still a lot of open
question about how that longer term group will be managed,
chartered, etc.

Does this clear up your issue, or are you concerned that we
may not be ready to hold a BOF for the near-term WG?

Margaret



At 01:56 PM 5/29/2003 -0500, Spencer Dawkins wrote:
>Dear Harald,
>
>Ouch!
>
>My understanding was that we were thinking "request NOMCOM to provide
>co-chairs
>for the WG". I guess I assumed this would happen before Vienna.
>
>Are you requesting volunteers (or, more likely, nominees) to chair a BoF in
>Vienna?
>
>Spencer
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <harald at alvestrand.no>
>To: "Margaret Wasserman" <mrw at windriver.com>;
><problem-statement at alvestrand.no>
>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:01 AM
>Subject: Re: OPEN ISSUE: Quality Process WG Charter
>
>
> >
> >
> > --On torsdag, mai 29, 2003 09:22:23 -0400 Margaret Wasserman
> > <mrw at windriver.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > At 03:23 PM 5/29/2003 +0200, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> > >> I think this WG would/should be focused on the WG process, and review
>as
> > >> one tool to improve that process.
> > >
> > > Sold.
> > >
> > > So, Harald, do you know if there is any effort underway to
> > > actually _start_ this WG?  Any hope for a BOF in Vienna?
> >
> > as far as I know, the line of volunteers is completely empty.... but the
> > deadline for scheduling BOFs in Vienna is not yet over (the scheduling
> > officially closes on June 20).
> >
> >               Harald
> >