Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!longway!std-unix From: mark@jhereg.Minnetech.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Reactions to the 12/1989 Standard Summaries Message-ID: <463@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 5 Dec 89 15:29:32 GMT References: <459@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: mark@jhereg.Minnetech.MN.ORG (Mark H. Colburn) Organization: Open Systems Architects, Inc., Mpls, MN Lines: 54 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman) 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. -- Mark H. Colburn mark@Minnetech.MN.ORG Open Systems Architects, Inc. Volume-Number: Volume 17, Number 90