Man-Sze Li further suggests that the list of participants on the mailing list is attached to such a document to encourage participation from the list. Unless mailing list members specifically ask for their names to be removed from the list by a specified date they will therefore be documented as having approved the document. According to the new procedure, the liaison statement to X12 is approved. He suggests that this may explain why so few comments have been received. The participants agree and decide to review the document immediately.
Various comments are on the draft document.
The group authorizes Martin Bryan to send the document, provided the comments are incorporated. The new workshop would replace the existing project within the EC Workshop. This could also make it easier to directly direct funding to the new workshop. This sparks a lively debate within the participants. Some participants favor the project, while others disapprove of the idea.