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Subject: RE: [legalxml-sc] 2006 spending plan
From: "Winters, Roger" <>
To: "''" <>,
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:10:09 -0800
I agree that
resources for 2006 do not appear to be sufficient to support Steering Committee
reimbursement for attendance at a face-to-face meeting at the OASIS Symposium. I
support Alternative 1 - which makes it unanimous (for all those who've
weighed in).
It is true
that those of us who work in public sector are not likely to have other sources
to support attendance. My department understands they contribute the value of
my time when I attend any meetings or programs even though they cannot support
things like transportation, registrations, and lodging. Others who are Steering
Committee members might not be able to afford to attend either. In general, if
there were reimbursement of expenses, I favor making that available to all (understanding
that some might have ample resources or other sources of funds that could be
used instead).
We know
the value of face-to-face meeting. The alternative of conference calls (even
with Web tools added in) has been satisfactory, but not ideal. We can do better
with them by preparing for them in advance, identifying the decisions needed
(not just issues to discuss) and when and why, and conducting much of the discussion
in advance through emailing or blogging or something. I don't mean to
burden the Chair (who sets the agenda and leads the meeting) - I mean to
burden us all with this work. WE ALL should be the sources of agenda items,
issue identification/clarification, and explaining what decisions we think
needed. Whether elected or appointed by our TCs, we need to be committed to
attend to this business, to participate in the calls (making that a priority regular
appointment in our schedules), to read and discuss in advance, to take
assignments, etc.
During
the past year, the content of our work in Court Filing TC has been very, very
technical. I don't know whether that chased people away from LegalXML
within OASIS or not. Some discussion of what participating in LegalXML TCs can
and should mean for other OASIS members might help us boost the participation
(and revenues) in our member section. Perhaps there are things to do to attract
others to OASIS for LegalXML involvement. We need more revenue to provide
better support to our TC work. When revenue is bountiful (if ever), then it
might be appropriate to think of a reimbursed face-to-face - provided there's
a business justification for it.
My
2-cents. Adjusted upward for inflation.
Roger
Roger Winters
Program and Project Manager
and
Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Coordinator
King County Department of Judicial
Administration
516 -609 MS: KCC-JA-0609
V: (206) 296-7838 F: (206)
296-0906
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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