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Subject: RE: [emergency] Re: [CAP] NOAA Undermining International  Standards?




From: "Lee Tincher" <ltincher@evotecinc.com>
To: "'Elysa Jones'" <ejones@warningsystems.com>,       "'Rex Brooks'" <rexb@starbourne.com>,       "'Art Botterell'" <acb@incident.com>,       "'Herbert White'" <Herbert.White@noaa.gov>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:22:55 -0400






The use of CAP for multiple (too numerous to name) implementations is
fantastic.  We should, as a group, be proud of its success.  The dangers of
the NWS implementation (should it not change - which is not indicated by
their response) is a concern we should note and state - and then stop there.


This is beyond the scope of what a standards body should be doing.  The
standard is defined and someone has found a loophole for use that we do not
agree with.  We need to voice our concern and fix this in the next release -
and then move on.  Any further action may have the danger of the perception
that there is a sense of personal ownership - that would undermine
everything a standards body should stand for.  We can't all be hero's - we
are a well balanced group whose strength lies in our divergence, combined
individual talents and professionalism these standards are vetted and
published from a group.  To take any stand beyond a simple statement of fact
- with a matter of fact statement that we will be addressing this in a
future release - will detract from the EM TC as a whole.

I'll try not to break my ankle climbing down off of my soap box now :-)

Thanks,
Lee