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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1528" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Hi Ron,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Thanks for all your good work!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>A small, but important PWG Process point:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>A working draft must not transition directly from Status of "Interim"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>to "Stable" (as just happened).  The correct transition is "Interim"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>to "Prototype".  Until _after_ public documentation (on the mailing</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>list) of one or more prototypes, successive working drafts must</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>remain in the "Prototype" status.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Also, a working draft cannot move to working group last call until</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>_after_ it has been prototyped.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Sorry I haven't been able to attend the last couple of telecons.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>- Ira</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=753344017-18082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<BR>Blue Roof Music / High North Inc<BR>PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839<BR>phone: +1-906-494-2434<BR>email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pmp-owner@pwg.org [mailto:pmp-owner@pwg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Bergman, Ron<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pmp@pwg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> PMP> Updated MFP Alerts Document Available<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>The latest version of the specification, with the changes discussed in the 8/10/2006 teleconference,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>is available at:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>    <A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd-mfp-alert-groups10-20060817.pdf">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd-mfp-alert-groups10-20060817.pdf</A>  (.doc)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>    <A href="ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd-mfp-alert-groups10-20060817-rev.pdf">ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/wd/wd<U><FONT color=#0000ff>-mfp-alert-groups10-20060817-rev.pdf</A></FONT></U></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>Ron Bergman</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006>Chairman, PMP Working Group</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=429054518-17082006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.3/423 - Release Date: 8/18/2006<BR> </FONT> </P>