[Julia Flanders <Julia_Flanders at Brown.edu>] Re: Documents to be reviewed before Council call on March 30

[Julia Flanders]

I can answer some of these questions:

a) the proposal indicates only a minimal request for money (about 
$250 for conference calls); if the question is "do they *really* need 
money?" then I think probably the answer is no, the workgroup could 
get by without it; if the council said "go ahead, but no money", I 
think we'd probably agree.

b) not sure what you mean, but let me know if there are particular 
standards or "standards" you have in mind, because we would certainly 
want to address this.

c) this concerned us as well, and we welcome suggestions; we made a 
strong attempt (asking people for recommendations, etc.) to find 
Europeans who had the requisite expertise and interest, but the 
people we asked agreed that this was a hard slot to fill; it's an 
Anglo-centric area of interest. We also asked several people who 
either did not respond or were unwilling/unable. If the council has 
any suggestions we would be very glad to have them.

>Some administrative questions, since I don't really grok the subject matter
>
>  a) do they need money?
>  b) what is the relationship to other "standards"?
>  c) the mix of experts on the WG is rather East Coast USA-centric. 
>just Edward represents the Rest of The World. I'd be a bit worried 
>without noticeably wider representation.
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