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<DIV><SPAN class=078424821-12122008><FONT face=Arial size=2>The current
membership of the Operations Steering Committee (OSC) unanimously approved the
attached charter for the OSC and is being sent to the Council for
information. If there are not objections by 18 Dec 08, we will assume it
is de facto adopted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=078424821-12122008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our next steps are
to develop an invitation for members to the three initial work teams described
in the charter and to make final edits to the draft charters for those work
teams. We hope to provide those items to the Council in the next couple
weeks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=078424821-12122008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chuck Gomes, OSC
Chair</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>