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Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] 2006 spending plan
From: "Cabral, James E." <>
To: <>,<>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:51:22 -0800
John,
I support Alternative 1. I am available any time
today to discuss.
jim
From: John M. Greacen [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 10:36 AM
To:
Subject: [legalxml-sc] 2006 spending
plan
OASIS has asked for our 2006
spending plan by the first of December.
I attach three alternative budgets.
We need to resolve this matter immediately. I will be available most of the day on
Monday (except noon to 1:00 pm Pacific) and Tuesday afternoon after 1:30 pm
Pacific time if we need a conference call to discuss the alternatives. I will not be available the rest of the
week, unless we are able to meet before 7:00 am or after 5:00 pm Pacific
time.
Based on the most recent reports
from OASIS, I project next year’s available revenues at only $34,466.11. By contrast, we will spend almost $96,000
in 2005.
I have heard from eight of the ten
Steering Committee members about their availability for, and expenses for
attending, a Steering Committee face to face meeting in in May in
conjunction with the annual OASIS symposium. Assuming that the two non-responding
members (Debi and Rolly) will attend and will need reimbursement, the costs of
such a meeting would be almost $10,000 – or one third of available
resources. If we were to fund all
of the four requests actually made, it would cost us $6340 or 20% of available
resources. If we were to limit
reimbursement to Robin and Roger – our public sector members who require
reimbursement – we would spend $3340 on such a meeting – 10% of our available
resources.
My personal view is that we should
not plan to reimburse any Steering Committee expenses. Those of us who choose to attend the
meeting should meet and include the other members by conference telephone call.
That position is included in
Alternative 1. Alternative 2 would
fully fund a Steering Committee face to face. Alternative 3 would fund only the
expenses of Robin and Roger.
All three alternatives include $5000
for TC travel (we spent $4800 in 2005), $2145 for bad debts (that is what we
spent last year), and $5,000 for reserves or carry forward to 2007. The amounts available for consulting
services in the three alternatives are $22,300, $12,400, and $19,000
respectively. We have a
non-specific request for such services from the eContracts TC; the ECFTC may
need a small amount of additional consulting time to revise ECF 3.0 to
incorporate the lessons learned from test implementations. So, this area, in my view, is the area of
greatest need within the Member Section.
I welcome your comments on the three
alternatives, and other suggestions (e.g., suggested changes in the amount set
aside for TC travel reimbursements or reserves).
John
M. Greacen
Greacen
Associates, LLC
HCR
505-289-2164
505-289-2163
(fax)
505-780-1450
(cell)
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