There aren't currently a lot of alternatives on the table. We will try to focus future technical discussions on specific proposals. Committee Charter Deb McGuinness had distributed a message from Peter Patel-Schneider prior to the meeting. The committee should develop a charter. There's some tension about whether our processes should be completely open.
Some members are much more used to working in a public fishbowl.
There are also likely tradeoffs between openness and productivity. It was felt that final decisions on a charter would be largely up to Jim Hendler, who wasn't present. Further discussion was tabled until Nov 14 when it was expected that Jim could participate.