Dee, Honestly, I'm frustrated trying to understand what the OASIS staff and board expect of LegalXML. After our Steering Committee call today, I can safely say that Robert and Monica feel the same way. Scott McGrath suggested Monday that we should talk but we have not connected yet. Specifically, the Steering Committee was asked to provide a program and spending plan. At the October 3 F2F meeting of the Steering Committee, which Jamie Clark attended, we approved several expenditures including up to $2000 for a representative of OASIS and LegalXML to attend the RuleML 2011 conference in Fort Lauderdale November 3-5. The minutes, attached, were posted to Kavi on October 10. In the end, I represented LegalXML since our first choice, Tom Clarke from NCSC, was unable to attend.
I did not have any discussions with Laurent regarding the spending plan or this allocation specifically. Was I was expected to send the minutes to Laurent to be included in the Board's agenda? Regardless, I know that the Board received them because Laurent invite me to attend the Board meeting to discuss them. Unfortunately, he proposed a time that I had already explained I was unavailable and no alternate time was suggested.
Scott McGrath's email earlier this week that the Board had not lifted the spending freeze was news to me and the other members of the Steering Committee. Since no minutes have been posted from OASIS Board meetings since July, how were we to know this? As to this specific expense, who will need to review this request for reimbursement? When will it be reviewed? Is there anything else you need from me? Feel free to give me a call if you think it will help reduce the confusion.
Thanks, Jim Cabral MTG Management Consultants, L.L.C. www.mtgmc.com (206) 442-5010 Phone (502) 509-4532 Mobile
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