CP Hennessy writes:
> On Thursday 25 January 2007 11:06, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> > Given that ILUG membership doesn't necessarily imply agreement or
> > disagreement with this letter, might it be better to have people opt in to
> > have their name attached to it?
> >
> > If we had a good bunch of names (+titles, letters, etc.) that might
> > actually have more weight than Gareth speaking on behalf of a fairly
> > low-profile interest group.
>> OpenIreland is also in the process of writting a letter and is also
> encouraging others to submit letters. There is also someone on the technical
> committee in NSAI giving us some guidance. But the more companies and
> organizations who submit letters of objection with the rushed standard the
> greater the chance of the NSAI voting to vote against it at the ISO level.
>> The address to send letters to are:
> Ian Cowan,
> Secretary to the ICT Standards Consultative Committee,
> NSAI,
> Glasnevin,
> Dublin 9,
> Ireland
Yep -- Ian Cowan is, reportedly, the right guy to send it to; my contact
agrees. He also says: 'the important thing is to make the point that this
standard overlaps with another standard, and for that reason it should not
be allowed go through the fast track process.'
--j.
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