[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] ILC 2010 Program and Schedule

2010-10-04 Thread Mitchell Wand
-- Forwarded message -- From: "Jon L White\(G\)" To: Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:35:04 -0700 Subject: ILC'10 Presentations and Events Schedules *With the usual apologies to those who receive multiple copies This version contains the schedules of presentations and tutorial* *~~~

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] New Scheme Language Steering Committee

2009-03-02 Thread Mitchell Wand
I am pleased to officially announce the results of the election for the Scheme Language Steering Committee. The new Steering Committee will be: - Marc Feeley - Jonathan A Rees - William D Clinger Details may be found at http://www.r6rs.org/steering-committee/election/results.html . Ple

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Final reminder: Scheme Steering Committee registration ends early Monday morning

2009-01-29 Thread Mitchell Wand
One last reminder: The registration period for voting in the election for the Scheme Language Steering Committee ends on Monday, February 2, 2009, at 12:00pm GMT. That's 700am EST for those of you in the US (and 400am PST for Californians). So unless you are an early riser, skip some of the Sup

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Reminder: Scheme SC Nomination and Registration Period now half over

2009-01-21 Thread Mitchell Wand
Dear Schemers, This is just a reminder that the voter registration and nomination period for the Scheme Language Steering Committee elections is now a little more than halfway through, and ends at 12:00 GMT on 2 February 2009. We now have 6 accepted nominations for the steering committee. These

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme Steering Committee: Reminder: Registration and Nominations start 5 Jan 2009

2008-12-30 Thread Mitchell Wand
Just a reminder: Registration and nominations for the Scheme Language Steering Committee start on Monday, 5 Jan 2009. Schedule: 1. Voter registration and nominations start: 12:00 GMT on 5 January 2009. 2. Voter registration and nominations end: 12:00 GMT on 2 February 2009. 3. Voting s

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme Steering Committee: Registration and Nominations start 5 Jan 2009

2008-12-10 Thread Mitchell Wand
NOTE: This is a preannouncement. Registration and Nominations will start on 5 Jan 2009. (See the schedule below). A reminder will be sent out around January 1. --Mitch == Steering Committee Replacement

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme Language Steering Committee election: comment period is open

2008-10-24 Thread Mitchell Wand
== Steering Committee Replacement == Introduction The current Scheme Language Steering Committee was appointed in January, 2004. We have seen the Scheme Standardiza

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme workshop survey

2008-10-17 Thread Mitchell Wand
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[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme Language Steering Committee election: preliminary announcement

2008-09-23 Thread Mitchell Wand
The current Scheme Language Steering Committee was appointed in January, 2004. We have seen the Scheme Standardization process, as envisioned in the charter from November, 2003, through to the ratification of the R6RS in 2007. We believe that the R6RS is not the end of the Scheme language standar

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] R6RS Released

2007-09-28 Thread Mitchell Wand
On behalf of the Steering Committee and the Editors Committee, I am extremely pleased to announce that the R6RS is now available in pdf format at http://www.r6rs.org . An HTML version will be available shortly. The editors have asked me to include the following statement. The editors would like

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] R6RS Ratified

2007-08-29 Thread Mitchell Wand
According to the Scheme Charter, at the end of the review process, the Steering Committee could choose either to finalize the submitted draft or to restart the review process. In order to be sure that the new revised Scheme standard enjoyed wide support among the Scheme community, the Steering Comm

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] R6RS Errata and Electorate; Voting Schedule

2007-07-25 Thread Mitchell Wand
1. A list of errata to the 5.97 document has been posted at http://www.r6rs.org/versions/r5.97rs-errata.html. Regardless of the outcome of ratification, typos, minor inconsistencies, and other similar errors reported to the editors will be fixed before the report becomes final. 2. V

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Important: Schedule for Registration and Voting on R6RS

2007-07-09 Thread Mitchell Wand
Voter registration started at 23:00 GMT on May 16. The Editors announced a draft for ratification at 20:00 GMT on July 1. So here is the rest of the schedule: 1. Voter registration ends: 20:00 GMT on July 15. 2. Voting starts: July 29. 3. Voting ends: August 12. 4. Official results anno

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Will Clinger has resigned from the Editors Committee

2007-06-04 Thread Mitchell Wand
We are sorry to report that Will Clinger has resigned from the Editors Committee, effective on May 21, 2007. We accept his resignation with regret and thank him for his service. According the Charter, the Steering Committee has three months to replace a resigning editor. The Steering Committee

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Voter registration for R6RS opens; R5.93RS to be released on May 22.

2007-05-20 Thread Mitchell Wand
*** Voter Registration for R6RS Opens *** Voter registration for the R6RS Ratification process is now open. It will remain open until at least June 27, or two weeks after the Editors produce their final draft. The latter is now scheduled for June 30 (see below). Details of the registration proc

Proposed Ratification Procedure for R6RS

2007-03-26 Thread Mitchell Wand
[Oops, sorry for the multiple messages. This is the right one; you can ignore the others. --Mitch] I am pleased to announce that a draft ratification procedure for R6RS is now available at www.r6rs.org/ratification . Discussion of this procedure is taking place on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Proposed Ratification Procedure for R6RS

2007-03-26 Thread Mitchell Wand
I am pleased to announce that a draft ratification procedure for R6RS is now available at www.r6rs.org/ratification . Discussion of this procedure is taking place on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. The discussion period ends on April 15th. You can subscribe to this list by following the link

Report from R6RS Editors Committee

2007-03-26 Thread Mitchell Wand
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[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Scheme: Second R6RS draft published

2007-01-22 Thread Mitchell Wand
Scheme: Second R6RS draft published The second draft of R6RS, version 5.92, is now available at www.r6rs.org. (For more general information about Scheme standards, see the Standards pageat schemers.org.) This version of R6RS incorporates the responses to

Report from R6RS Editors Committee

2006-09-15 Thread Mitchell Wand
I am extremely pleased to announce that a draft version of R6RS is now available at www.r6rs.org . A copy will also be posted on schemers.org . The charter provides for a six-month public comment period. Therefore the editors, in consultation with the steering committee, have provided a mechanis

Report from the Scheme Language Steering Committee

2006-03-08 Thread Mitchell Wand
Scheme Language Steering Committee Report to the Community March 7, 2006 Since the last report of the Steering Committee, a number of important changes have taken place. First, Marc Feeley and Manuel Serrano have resigned from the Editors Committee. We have accepted their resignations with regr

[Scheme Steering Committee announcements] Anton von Straaten appointed to Scheme Editors Committee

2005-06-08 Thread Mitchell Wand
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Anton van Straaten to the Scheme Language Editors Committee. Anton's service began on 26-27 May 2005, when he attended a meeting of the Editors Committee. As we reviewed the 21 names that were suggested by the current editors and by the community,

Vacancy on Scheme Editors Committee

2005-05-06 Thread Mitchell Wand
[2nd transmission: a formatting error seems to have confused my mailer, so I'm retransmitting. Definitely more apologies are in order. --Mitch Wand] As we announced on 4/26/05, Richard Kelsey has resigned from the Scheme Language Editors Committee. The Charter says: The Steering Committee

Vacancy on Scheme Editors Committee

2005-05-06 Thread Mitchell Wand
[Apologies for multiple copies...] As we announced on 4/26/05, Richard Kelsey has resigned from the Scheme Language Editors Committee. The Charter says: The Steering Committee must replace Editors who leave. The replacements must be selected within three months, and the Steering Committ

R6RS Progress Report

2005-04-26 Thread Mitchell Wand
[Apologies for multiple copies...] I am pleased to announce that the Scheme Language Editors Committee has released its second progress report. This report details the progress made from its meetings at ICFP in September, 2004, through March, 2005. The progress report can be found at http://www.