EM TC 4/22/03 Meeting Minutes

Emergency Management TC

April 22 2003 Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Allen Wyke - Chair

Rick Carlton - Co-chair

Cathy M Subatch - Secretary

Michael C. Wilson - TransState Media

Joyce Kern  - SunGard 

Dave Robinson - Wells Fargo

Steve Seigel- RAMSafe

Eliot Christian - DOI

Donald Thomas - Blue 292

Art Botterell - Partnership for Public Warning

Jason Gilliam - Blue292

David Hall - Federal Support Systems

Gary Ham - DHS

Jerry Weltman - Partnership for Public

Rex Brooks - Starbourne

Jay Clark - Ship Analytics

Jerry Weltman - Innovative Emergency Management

Bill Schroeder - ESRI

 

New Meeting Times

 

Each of the subcommittees will now hold their own weekly meetings, this Tuesday (4/29).  This week only subcommittees will meet. There is no EM TC meeting this week.  The call in number will be the same for all meetings:

 

Dial number: 1.800.453.7421

Access Code: 604776

 
  
  
EM TC Meeting: Alternate Tues at 10am PDT/1pm EDT   (next meeting 5/6)

  
  
GIS - Tuesdays 9am PDT/12pm EDT
  
  
Infrastructure Framework - Wed 9am PDT/12pm EDT
  
  
Notification - Tues 10am PST/1pm EDT when no TC meeting   (4/29); 9:30 PDT/12:30pm when TC meets

 

Meeting Minutes

Allen started the meeting by announcing that he was now back as an employee at Blue 292.

 

Advisory Note

Advisory Note has been drafted and been posted and reviewed.

(http://www.lists.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/200304/msg00027.html).

             

- Next step is to get reviewed and "blessed" by Karl Best of OASIS.

- Rick - the Advisory Note has been appropriately validated by the appropriate parties.

- Allen will check with Karl.

- Question: What are next steps?

-  Advisory Note will be mailed (electronically and through the post) to the addressee of the Note.  She is the supervisor of people who create applications using current web servies and is waiting for advice from us per Eliot.

 

SubCommittee Update

How to create subcommittees within OASIS:

-  Chairs to forward approved charters and lists of members to Karl 

-  Karl will set up infrastructure - tools and listserv

-  Chairs to notify members when set up

-  Members will then need to official join the listserv

 

GIS Charter 

 - The final draft was published prior to meeting

http://www.list.oasis-open.org/archives/emergency/200304/msg00056.html

-  Eliot would like ESRI folks to review and comment

 

-  Eliot - Amber Alerts and how do they do the alerts.  Connects well with weather service.   Issues regarding bandwith, memory and processing with the way the weather service does alerts.  

- Art - need further discussion within CAP subgroup

 - Vote to ratify GIS charter within next seven days

 

Art is asking for advice from the GIS for notification.  Need to represent polygon, point and point and radius.

 

Was brought up that some items will need liaisoned between the SCs.  Possibility is that the SC chairs can liaison to discuss those items.

 

Was mentioned that EM-XML Executive Committee meeting will be held on April 23rd in Washington DC

 

Question about liaisons with other standards groups.  This may be specific to subcommittees but TC has special standings.  Allen to figure out best way to handle any liaisons.

 

Action Items:
  
  
Allen to run Advisory Note past Karl Best of   OASIS
  
  
Eliot to mail finalized letter
  
  
Allen/Cathy - Training on new OASIS Tools
  
  
SC Chairs - set up mailing list process
  
  
Allen - figure out best way to deal with liaisons   with other standards bodies/groups/committees

Cathy M. Subatch
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