---------------- Anfang Weiterleitung ---------------- Betreff: [Ifip_tcchairs] Position Papers on Developments in IT Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. September 2006 10:25 Uhr Von: Sebastiaan von Solms basie@rau.ac.za An: <Ron Waxman r.waxman@computer.org , Ifip_tcchairs@ifip.org

Dear TC Chairs

During the process of creating a strategy for a 'New IFIP', it became clear that IFIP must have more international exposure,

One way to do that is to make use of the expertise of TCs and WGs in the following way :

All interested TCs/WGs are invited to produce one or more position papers on the expert areas in which the TC or WG is active.

For eg, I have had several inputs from international people about the importance of information infrastructures as part of national critical infrastructures. TC 11 has a WG in this area. Maybe this WG can create such a overview/position paper on this very 'hot' subject. The same holds for eg for Identity Management.

If we can get 10 or 15 such good position papers (say about 15 papges per paper) created by WGs over say the next 12 months, we can publish it as an IFIP book/paper for international consumption. This may grow into an annual or bi-annual series which can establish itself on international level.

Of course this is voluntary as stated above. Nevertheless I think we can get 10 to 15 papers over the next year * it is a little more than one per TC, and some TC have 10 or more WGs.

Please approach your WGs, and determine the interest. I would like to have a preliminary list of topics finalized by the end of this year so that I can start approaching the publishers.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Regards

Basie

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