Re: [pki-lowercosts] Contractor costing

[Steve Hanna <shanna@funk.com>]

David,

I agree with your plan to get quotes from a few
qualified and available consultants. You might
want to talk to Stephen Wilson for one.

Thanks,

Steve

Skyberg, David wrote:

> Hi Ross,
> 
> In response to your question—we agreed a couple of months ago that none 
> of the current members of this sub committee have the time to actually 
> perform on any of these task, and that we need to hire a contractor to 
> get this done.  So, the work of this sub committee begins with 
> identifying the contractor tasks and then getting bids on the work. 
>  Thus, the contractor cost.
> 
>  
> 
> Now on to the next topic.  We need to get some bids on this.  Does 
> anyone have an idea of where to send this?  I know Arshad had offered to 
> take a stab at estimating the cost.  But that was to support providing 
> feedback into the Membership Section budgeting process.  I think it’s a 
> waste of time at this point and that we should give this directly to a 
> couple of folks that can perform on it.  Then as a committee, we can 
> select the candidate we want to go with, take the bid to the steering 
> committee for funding, and get this work turned on.
> 
>  
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> You originally had an action item to dig up a sample funding document so 
> that I could prepare the funding request.  Personally, given how we are 
> currently handling these sorts of things in the steering committee, I 
> don’t think that is necessary.  I suggest we simply take the proposals 
> we get from the contractor(s) and use that as the basis for our funding 
> request. Comments?
> 
>  
> 
> OK folks, we’re almost there!  All we need now is a contractor!
> 
>  
> 
> =david
> 
>  
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> *From:* Ross Smith [mailto:Ross.Smith@pwgsc.gc.ca]
> *Sent:* Monday, November 01, 2004 8:05 PM
> *To:* Skyberg, David; PKI Lower Costs
> *Subject:* RE: [pki-lowercosts] Contractor costing
> 
>  
> 
> David - I think it looks fine.  We are all going to have to find the 
> time to provide input into the survey. 
> 
>  
> 
> I am curious about the subject line "Contractor Costing".
> 
>  
> 
> Ross
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Skyberg, David [mailto:dskyberg@rsasecurity.com]
>     *Sent:* Monday, November 01, 2004 9:51 AM
>     *To:* PKI Lower Costs
>     *Subject:* [pki-lowercosts] Contractor costing
> 
>     Hi folks,
> 
>     We really need to close on this issue soon.  At our current rate, I
>     don’t see us doing much of anything for the remainder of the year.
>      We really need to pick up the pace!  Here is the list of tasks that
>     we have outlined.  Let’s please all take a moment and flesh these
>     out so that we have what we believe to be a complete set of tasks.
>      If you don’t have any input for this, then please signal your
>     acceptance by emailing as such to the group.
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     Draft the survey
> 
>     Work with the sub committee members to draft a survey.  The sub
>     committee will approve the survey before the survey is conducted.
> 
>     -         Survey Phase 1
> 
>     TC members will be the target of the first phase.  The contractor
>     will conduct the survey with all willing TC members.
> 
>     -         Phase 1 analysis
> 
>     The contractor will provide analysis of the survey results and
>     coordinate feedback from the TC on the survey itself.
> 
>     -         Refine the Survey
> 
>     The contractor will edit and refine the survey based on the feedback
>     from the TC, the analysis of the phase 1 results, and guidance from
>     the sub committee.
> 
>     -         Identify second phase targets
> 
>     The contractor will coordinate input from the TC as to likely
>     candidates for the second phase survey.  The subcommittee will
>     approve the final list.
> 
>     -         Survey Phase 2
> 
>     The contractor will conduct the survey with representative on both
>     the consumer and producer side of the PKI industry.
> 
>     -         Report analysis of results
> 
>     The contractor will report analysis of the results to the sub
>     committee in a format suitable for reporting to both the TC as well
>     as the public
> 
>      
>