From rinehuls@Radix.Net Tue Aug 31 01:03:56 1999 Received: from mail1.radix.net (mail1.radix.net [207.192.128.31]) by dkuug.dk (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id BAA76270; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:03:55 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rinehuls@Radix.Net) Received: from saltmine.radix.net (saltmine.radix.net [207.192.128.40]) by mail1.radix.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA26991; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:04:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:04:29 -0400 (EDT) From: William Rinehuls To: sc22info@dkuug.dk cc: keld simonsen Subject: SC22 N2981 - SC22 Plenary Ad Hoc on Increasing Working Group Participation Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ___________________ beginning of title page __________________________ ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces Secretariat: U.S.A. (ANSI) ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 N2981 TITLE: SC22 Plenary Ad Hoc Meeting on Increasing Participation in Working Groups - PLENARY AGENDA ITEM DATE ASSIGNED: 1999-08-30 SOURCE: Secretariat, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22 BACKWARD POINTER: N/A DOCUMENT TYPE: Convener Contribution PROJECT NUMBER: N/A STATUS: This document is the framework for the ad hoc meeting under agenda item 10.1 at the SC22 September 1999 Plenary. ACTION IDENTIFIER: FYI DUE DATE: N/A DISTRIBUTION: Text CROSS REFERENCE: N2947 DISTRIBUTION FORM: Def ___________________ end of title page; beginning of document ___________ Reply-To: James.W.Moore@ieee.org Subject: SC22 Plenary Ad Hoc on Increasing Participation in Working Groups The revised wording to explain the intent of the Ad Hoc meeting at the SC22 plenary on Increasing Participation in Working Groups (Agenda Item 10.1). ==== Formal membership in SC22/WG9 is declining because of financial policies pursued by JTC1 member bodies. Several nations have ceased participation in WG9 in recent years because of fees levied upon volunteers to finance the operation of the national bodies at levels higher than the working group. In the case of WG9, many of the individual participants are true volunteers who participate independently of their employment. WG9 and its Rapporteur Groups have held travel expense to a minimum by conducting business by email and by co-locating meetings with technical conferences. In spite of this, though, national body fees have taken their toll on participation. Perhaps other Working Groups are suffering similar problems. Working Group conveners, and other interested persons, are invited to an ad hoc discussion of the problem. Questions for the discussion might include: - Is this a general problem, or a problem only in specific working groups? - Does the problem threaten the quality of the work being performed? - How can high quality work be assured when national body participation is thin? __________________________ end of SC22 N2981 ___________________________