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Subject: Fwd: [CAP] PPW Launching CAP Users' Group
>To: cap-list@incident.com
>From: Art Botterell <acb@incident.com>
>Subject: [CAP] PPW Launching CAP Users' Group
>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 16:26:19 -0700
>
>Friends -
>
>Now that we have an initial standard, there seems to be interest in
>having an open "users group" forum where folks doing actual
>implementations in the warning and notification area can discuss the
>nuts-and-bolts of applying interoperability standards. The
>Partnership for Public Warning has taken the initiative to launch a
>"Uniform Standards for Alerting Working Group" (USA-WG) to support
>these efforts.
>
>We'll be launching this effort with a conference call on Wednesday,
>June 16 at 1:30 PM Eastern time. (See RSVP info below.) We'll also
>be establishing a new email list... the registration page is
><http://www.incident.com/mailman/listinfo/usa-wg>. (I'll admit that
>the idea of rolling over to a new list has a bit to do with the
>volume of spam I have to filter out of this one.)
>
>The agenda will be for the users to set, but in the near term I'd
>expect we'll be discussing three general kinds of issues:
>
> 1) Infrastructure issues that affect a range of message types,
>including but not
> limited to CAP;
>
> 2) Application-specific profiles for using CAP in specific
>circumstances (e.g., for
> EAS); and,
>
> 3) Potential refinements and/or extensions to the CAP spec itself
>that can be
> forwarded to the OASIS standards technical committee.
>
>The focus of the USA-WG will be on real-world experience and actual
>applications. I hope everyone actively involved in CAP-based
>development, whether a member of PPW or any other formal
>organization or not, will take part.
>
>- Art
>
>
>The formal announcement from PPW appears below:
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Partnership for Public Warning
>
>June 7, 2004
>
>MEMORANDUM
>
>FROM: KEN ALLEN, Executive Director
>
>SUBJECT: CAP and Beyond -- Standards for Public Warning
>
>The purpose of this memorandum is to invite you to participate in a
>new and important initiative to develop and promote standards for
>public alerting and warning.
>With the recent adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol, a major
>step was taken towards more effective public warning systems.
>However, more remains to be done. First and foremost, it is
>important that CAP be promoted to the user community and its use
>encouraged. Second, there will be technical and operational issues
>that will arise from the implementation of CAP that must be
>addressed. Third, it is important to ensure that CAP is deployed in
>ways that are compatible with related standards activities such as
>the Consumer Electronics Association's "Public Alert" technical
>specification. Fourth, attention must be paid to refining CAP and
>addressing other high priority issues that may require standards,
>such as common terminology. These issues can and should be
>addressed through a collaborative process of stakeholders.
>
>The Partnership for Public Warning's "Uniform Standards for Alerting
>(USA) Working Group" will support the implementation of
>standards-based warning architectures by providing an open and
>neutral forum in which industry, government and academe can discuss
>and develop solutions to any barriers to real-world use of alerting
>standards.
>
>The goal of the USAWG is to promote and facilitate deployment of
>standards-based warning systems through an open process of
>discussion and collaboration.
>Specific activities of the USAWG are expected to include creation
>and maintenance of email discussion groups and archives, virtual and
>in-person meetings, and sharing of information and experiences with
>interested parties. Other activities such as publications,
>interoperability trial events, educational activities, etc., will be
>undertaken as resources become available.
>
>Participation in the USAWG is open to all interested parties,
>whether or not they are members of the Partnership for Public
>Warning. Feel free to share this invitation with other interested
>persons and organizations. Art Botterell, the initiator of the CAP
>development effort, has agreed to serve as the initial chair of this
>group.
>
>The first conference call of the USAWG has been scheduled for 1:30
>PM on Tuesday, June 16, 2004. I urge you to participate in this
>call to help us craft the agenda and work plan for this important
>initiative.
>
>Please let me know (kballen@ppw.us or (703) 883-7620) if you will be
>joining us and so we can provide you with the phone number for the
>conference calls. Thank you in advance for your attention to this
>matter.
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