Re: [ebxml-dev] Re: change the slogan of eb???

[James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@mmiec.com>]

> In
> earnest, coping with the financial matter is also essential for poorer
> countries, not only for single companies. I have to scramble project
> funds for every travel and devicing and managing projects is very time
> consuming, too. So I'm very much in favour of distance communication
> whenever possible. Are the most members of such projects living in the
> USA, or you have gathered experience with global
> networking?
>  -
> Kremena

Yes, but yes.  Distance collaboration is still a new phenomenon for
many, although the tools are certainly better now than 10 years
ago.  Culturally, the US, the e-commerce industry, and its
California subset are learning how to inter-operate more effectively
across global distances.  In all three cases we are making slow but
steady, and I hope permanent, progress.  

The ebXML 1.0 leadership did well to site meetings around the globe, and
encouraged work to be processed largely by open telephone conference
calls and e-mail listservers.   I hope "we" will be
able to maintain equivalent access in our various future efforts. 
Users want to rely on the transparency and fairness of a standards
development process, as an assurance that the work has been robustly
considered and reviewed.   Genuine exposure to wide review in
an impartial forum is a reputational imperative for good standards
design.

It certainly can be a nuisance to participate remotely, but it can be
worth it, as in open standards work, the best ideas often win.  The
keystone of a model or standard is just as likely to come from Sofia as
Los Angeles.   Best regards.