[CMC] RE: CMC: flow of events for Athens meeting?

[Adrian J. Hooke]

Jean-Marc Soula wrote:
>For me, I confirm my interest in taking all possible benefits from the 
>joint meeting with OMG and in attending the joint session.
>Then, if everybody agrees, I would follow your ideas on the dates of the 
>next CMC.

Debbie Ronning is currently checking with the OMG people to verify that we 
can get the meeting room for 06-08 April and 12-13 April to accommodate the 
CESG and CMC. As soon as we hear, I expect that the CMC chair will announce 
the decision.

>I like the term "experiment" and I think we need to discuss at this 
>upcoming CMC if this experiment may trigger a different working method.

There is, of course, another "experiment" going on in Athens - and that is 
to see if giving all of our meeting hosting arrangements to the OMG works 
or not. It is thus even more important for the CMC members to be present 
during the technical meeting week, to judge if you are satisfied with this 
arrangement. Nominally, we are supposed to meet again jointly with them in 
Atlanta, USA, from 12-16 September. So the CMC should form a first-hand 
opinion in Athens as to whether we think this will work well in the future.

>So far for me , the "anomaly" is more with the fact that at CMC level, not 
>much happens in between the meetings and it doesn't work as you say it 
>should do ... and probably as other groups in CCSDS better do.

OK, you raise a good point. Do you think that it would help if we arranged 
some kind of "mid-term teleconference" in between the face-to-face 
meetings? Or should the entire CMC cycle be shifted so that the CMC itself 
meets half-way between the technical meetings, instead of at the meeting 
site? That would also have the advantage of allowing the hosting cycle to 
resume its past rotation among the Member agencies.

Best regards

Adrian J. Hooke
Chairman, CCSDS Engineering Steering Group (CESG)
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