Attached are my comments. Thanks for coordinating this group. Phil Scruggs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vincent J. Lipsio" <Vince@Lipsio.com> To: "Philip Scruggs" <pscruggs@ix.netcom.com> Cc: "Dr. R. Mercuri" <notable@mindspring.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:20 AM Subject: Re: Welcome to the COTS Sub-Group of P1583 > No problem! So far, only one person has returned his comments, > and one other has requested an extension to next week. I, too, > am late, having been away from email for the holidays, camping > in the Everglades, and my personal comments still exist in hand- > written form. > > Vince > > > Philip Scruggs wrote: > > > I will be late turning in my assignment... > > > > I should have my comments to you by Sunday. I do appologize for the delay. > > > > Phil Scruggs > > 571-235-6105 > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dr. R. Mercuri" <notable@mindspring.com> > > To: <cots@lipsio.com> > > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 8:47 PM > > Subject: Welcome to the COTS Sub-Group of P1583 > > > > > > > >>Greetings -- > >> > >>After the last P1583 Working Group meeting you were identified as having > >>interest in being in the COTS Special Task Group. This email contains > >>important instructions regarding the work that we must accomplish by > >>mid-January. > >> > >>A website has been established for this working group, it is at: > >> www.lipsio.com/cots > >> > >>On the website you can find a link to the list of members. Please > >>check to see if we have your name, email, and affiliation listed > > > > correctly. > > > >>(We have spaces around the @ to thwart web trollers.) > >> > >>An email address has been created for this group: cots@lipsio.com > >>BE CAREFUL USING IT! When you email to the group, your message > >>is automatically sent to everyone AND put in the reflector on the website. > >>If you prefer to send only to the sub-group chairs, use: > >> vince@lipsio.com, mercuri@acm.org > >> > >>Your tasks are as follows: > >> > >>1. Review the list of issues (either the Excel or ASCII version) for > >>correctness. These have been extracted from the 1000+ comments submitted > > > > in > > > >>the last draft round, and are the ones we have identified as COTS-related. > >>If you have additional COTS comments that are not in this list, please > >>submit them to us (and let us know how they were identified if they were > >>sent in for the prior round). > >> > >>2. We need EACH of YOU to submit a resolution for EVERY item on the > >>current list of issues. "Don't know" is a resolution but we are hoping > > > > that > > > >>you will take the time to be more constructive. Provide us with a copy of > >>the spreadsheet with the resolution column filled in for each item, the > > > > way > > > >>you think it should be handled in the current working draft. Note that > > > > you > > > >>will need to look at the entire list (and perhaps also the draft) before > >>making your decisions, since some items are inter-related. > >> > >>3. Please read Steve Berger's email posted in our COTS website email > >>archive. We need each of you to come up with your own description of how > >>COTS should be defined and handled in the IEEE Voting System Standard. > >>This should be about a page of text from each of you. You will probably > >>also want to provide us with some explanation for your thinking on this > >>matter. > >> > >>This is "due" to us by January 7 (midnight California time). (Sorry if it > >>sounds like a homework assignment for winter break!) You can send to the > >>group or just to Rebecca and Vince as you prefer. > >> > >>The idea for this round is that we each send our comments in "think-tank" > >>style -- no arguments! We will collect all of the comments and issue them > >>back to the group indicating which resolutions have agreement and which > > > > ones > > > >>will need further discussion. As well, we will attempt to summarize all > > > > of > > > >>the thoughts submitted about the COTS definition and philosophy for the > >>standard. Possibly a conference call will then be scheduled in order to > >>converge on a final set of recommendations that will be presented at > >>February's P1583 working group meeting. Stay tuned for further > > > > information. > > > >>Thank you for your willingness to participate, we look forward to working > >>with you and hope to hear from you on or before January 7. > >> > >>Vince Lipsio > >>Rebecca Mercuri > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > >
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