Between Calendaring & Scheduling Vendors and Customers

To provide a general understanding of, promote, and provide mechanisms so that Calendaring and Scheduling methodologies, tools and applications can enter the mainstream of computing

Promotes development and adoption of standards

Influence SDOs and vendors

Press releases

Media publications

Trade shows

Op ed pieces, articles and white papers

Trade shows and speaking opportunities

Regular Roundtables for members

Periodic interoperability testing events

Promotional events and publicity to announce successful completion of testing

Analyze results and report findings to IETF or other relevant standards bodies on correctness and completeness of standards

Develop and implement independent test suites for interoperability conformance tests

Potential to eventually certify applications for interoperability and conformance to Calendaring Scheduling standards

Feedback on existing standards on correctness and completeness

Requirements assessment and development for extensions to existing standards or new, complementary standards

Study and report needs of user community at large for standards and products

Promote inter-member collaboration to improve interoperability

Promote inter-member collaboration on instruction and training

Support inter-member efforts to define new areas for Calendaring and Scheduling

Member forum to establish and promote common goals for Calendaring and Scheduling products

Establish common messages of member community as basis for promotional materials and publicity on Calendaring and Scheduling

Possible annual conference

Seek broad representation from vendors, academia, customers and the open source community

Sponsor roundtable discussions, online forums

Participation open to members and non-members (significant discount for members)

Two day event usually co-located with Roundtable

Results published to relevant standards org

Public version on Consortium website

“All hands” plenary meeting of membership

Three per year midway between IETF meetings

Held in conjunction with Interops

Technical committee working meetings

Steering Committee meeting

Review and status of technical committees

Consensus on direction, next steps of Consortium

First workshop tentatively planed for 1Q2006

Public workshop or invitational depending on goal & topic

Open to non-Consortium members

Could be co-hosted with Roundtable or independent event

Need is still under evaluation

Would offer technology and product overviews, tutorials and classes, demonstrations and vendor offerings

Public conference with member discounts

Could be co-hosted or co-located with another organization or outsourced to a providing organization

Initially, Founding Members of the Consortium

Will expand to include at least one of each membership category

Monthly teleconference

Meetings at Roundtables or other activities if needed Governance

Chair chosen by Steering Committee members

Chair participates in Board of Directors meetings

Overall technical direction

Management of Technical Committees

Consortium program elements

Advice to the Board of Directors

Individual TC members provided by Member Organizations

Determined by TC Chair and TC membership

TC Chair provides regular status to Steering Committee

Any Consortium member may propose new work

Charter, scope and deliverables identified in the proposal

Chair confirmed by SC

Committee terminates when chartered work is complete

In-progress work confidential to Consortium members only

Completed work published and freely available on Consortium web site

No proprietary information discussed

Members will not introduce or share proprietary or encumbered information in the course of participating in consortium activities

Reasonable compliance with IETF policy on IPR

Any company, institution or individual who

Published on the Consortium web site

Based on membership category

Due annually upon anniversary of joining the Consortium

Commercial Vendor

Customer Organizations/Companies

Non-Profit Organizations

Open Source Organizations

Academic Institutions

Standards Setting Organizations

Individuals

Voice in achieving Consortium objectives

Recognition and publicity

Reduced rate for Interop events

Opportunity to host Roundtable or Interop events

Help create true interoperable Calendaring Scheduling