[MOIMS] [CESG] Formal Request for Candidates - MOIMS Deputy Area Director

Thu Sep 17 13:19:40 UTC 2020

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From:   "Blackwood, Michael D via CESG" <cesg at mailman.ccsds.org>
To:     "'cmc at mailman.ccsds.org'" <cmc at mailman.ccsds.org>
Cc:     "CCSDS Engineering Steering Group - CESG Exec" 
<cesg at mailman.ccsds.org>
Date:   15/09/2020 18:48
Subject:        [CESG] Formal Request for Candidates - MOIMS Deputy Area 
Director
Sent by:        "CESG" <cesg-bounces at mailman.ccsds.org>

Dear CMC Members,

As was announced by Margherita di Giulio earlier this year, Brigitte Behal 
will be stepping down from her position as Deputy Area Director of the 
MOIMS Area at the fall CCSDS Technical Meetings. There is now a need for a 
new MOIMS DAD. This email if a formal invitation for the CMC to nominate 
candidates for this position. Per CCSDS A02.1-Y-4, Organization and 
Processes for the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, Section 
2.3.2.4, general qualifications of a DAD are:

?A candidate for selection as CESG chair, Area Director, or their deputies 
must have demonstrated the ability to function independently of his/her 
own agency?s agenda and to be able to fairly lead the development of 
international consensus.

A candidate for selection as an AD (or deputy AD) must be recognized as 
leading technical expert in the field covered by that Area and must have 
extensive prior experience leading a specific standards development task 
within the CCSDS, such as having served as a WG chair or deputy chair.?

Please note that the CCSDS procedures manual states that an AD and DAD 
cannot be from the same agency.  Therefore, candidates for this position 
may not represent ESA. A more formal statement about the role of the DAD, 
extracted from the Organization and Processes manual is listed below. It 
may be helpful to review this in considering candidates for this role.

Please submit you nominations for this position to the Secretariat by 13 
October 2020. A brief summary of the candidates qualifications will be 
much appreciated.

Best regards,

Michael Blackwood
CCSDS Secretariat
W: 301-837-3901 | michael.blackwood at asrcfederal.com
7515 Mission Drive, Seabrook, MD 20706
ASRC Federal | Customer-Focused. Operationally Excellent.

CCSDS A02.1-Y-4, Organization and Processes for the Consultative Committee 
for Space Data Systems, April 2014

2.3.2.4.4 Deputy Area Director Responsibilities
The DAD is responsible for performing the functions of the AD in the AD?s 
absence. DADs may assist ADs in performance of functions, and DADs are 
expected to participate in the CESG consensus process.

2.3.2.4.3 Area Director Responsibilities
An Area Director is responsible for the work done in his or her WGs, BOFs, 
and SIGs and is specifically responsible for the following:
a) being a member of the CESG as the single representative of the CCSDS 
technical Area;
b) screening all proposals to form new WGs that are brought forward by 
BOFs to make sure that they are supported by required documentation and 
their technical focus is vectored toward the goals and objectives of 
CCSDS;
c) making recommendations to the CESG concerning approval for the 
chartering and formation of WGs;
d) ensuring that CCSDS documents are properly categorized and that they 
embody the content and quality expected of documents of their type;
e) making recommendations to the CESG for the progression of WG documents 
as they approach key decision gates along the various document tracks;
f) demonstrating and certifying that formal review procedures have been 
properly followed prior to recommending the advancement of a document;
g) communicating the dates of CESG meetings to the WG, BOF, and SIG chairs 
so that they may schedule the completion of their work prior to this time;
h) notifying the WG, BOF, and SIG chairs as to how and when their work is 
to be presented to the AD for review;
i) deciding if Area meetings are to be held, and if so, setting the date, 
location, and agenda for each Area meeting (it is strongly recommended 
that periodic face-to-face co-located meetings of the WGs, BOFs, and SIGs 
in a particular Area should be held to maximize opportunities for 
cross-pollination of ideas);
j) chairing Area meetings, ensuring that every WG, BOF, or SIG presents 
its work in a satisfactory manner and that Area decisions are made through 
a process of consensus;
k) ensuring that all Area work follows the set of architectural principles 
agreed to by the CESG and is properly synchronized with work in other 
areas and with the smooth evolution of the large installed base of 
CCSDS-compatible mission-support infrastructure;
l) working with the WG, BOF, and SIG chairs to prepare detailed reports of 
overall status, progress and problems for presentation at CESG meetings 
(as necessary, the AD may request specific WG, BOF, or SIG chairs to 
attend CMC meetings to discuss difficult issues);
m) verifying that all Normative Track documents are subject to the proper 
process of formal agency review by the WG chair;
n) maintaining the Area master-tracking list of relevant specifications as 
they progress through the standardization tracks;
o) making recommendations to the CESG to reconvene a WG to refresh a 
standard that has been finalized and deployed into operational use, and 
for which the WG is no longer active;
p) making sure that technical cross-pollination occurs among the various 
WGs by seeking frequent opportunities to hold Area meetings; and
q) seeking opportunities to advertise and promulgate the work of the Area 
by alerting WG, BOF, and SIG chairs to opportunities to publish results or 
participate in relevant conferences.

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