The CALSCH WG (really a minor fraction thereof) met in Minneapolis.
Both WG chairs and the editor of the only open document were absent
(the latter due to Jabber-related technical difficulties) from the
meeting. At the invitation of Pat Egen, I chaired the meeting.
Obviously the absence of so many key people made a major decision
inappropriate. However, there was apparent consensus for considering
several steps that we hope will reinvigorate the WG, and that we are
proposing to the mailing list for wider consideration.
1. The Changing of the Bobs: Bob Morgan has volunteered to come in as
WG chair in place of Bob Mahoney, who has been under increasing time
pressure and wishes to step down.
2. The Changing of the Bards: I have volunteered to perform One More
Round of edits on the CAP document, with an eye to having a Last Call
for Proposed Standard status by March. I want to express my gratitude
to Doug Royer for getting the document to the point where the remaining
problems are small enough for me to view that as an easy target date.
3. The Changing of the Paradigms: Lisa Dusseault has volunteered to
write a first outline of what a WebDAV-enabled calendar access
mechanism might look like.
4. The Changing of the Version: There was general consensus that, CAP
aside, the rest of the ical documents have been around long enough and
had enough implementations that it is time to review and amend them
all. Accordingly, Bob Morgan has volunteered to draft a new charter
for the WG, and Ned Freed and Nathaniel Borenstein have both
volunteered to work on that next round of document revisions.
I look forward to your comments on these proposals. -- Nathaniel