INVITATION TO JOIN BALLOT GROUP: This announcement serves as an invitation to all SISO members to join the product ballot group and also serves an invitation to other interested individuals to join SISO to participate in the ballot group for:

SISO PRODUCT: SISO-STD-015-DRAFT

TITLE: Standard for Distributed Debrief Control Architecture

SCOPE: This standard defines the Distributed Debrief Control Architecture (DDCA) in terms of an Object Model, messages, and state definitions.

PURPOSE: DDCA is an Object Model that is designed to specify the states and behaviors required for multiple discrete distributed debrief systems to interoperate during a distributed after action review event. Interoperability between different implementations shall be enabled through consistent use of these messages, states and behaviors.

BALLOT GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES: By joining the ballot group, an individual is committing to conducting a thorough review of the product, completing the review in the required time period, and submitting the written ballot by the due date.

Individuals joining the ballot group shall provide the following required information:
-- SISO Member Number
-- Name
-- Organization
-- Postal Address
-- Email Address
-- Phone Number

Representation: (select one)
-- Commercial
-- Government
-- Academic

Interest: (select one).
-- User:  An individual who will use the product as part of his/her job.
-- Developer:  An individual (or his/her organization) who will build products that support, require, or produce the proposed product.
-- General Interest:  An individual who does not plan to use the proposed product, but is interested because of potential future work, impact on other SISO Products, or impact on research.  This classification also includes an individual who is unsure of his/her specific interest.

DEADLINE: The invitation to join the ballot group is open for 30 days:

BALLOT INVITATION OPENS:   20 Jul 2015
BALLOT INVITATION CLOSES:  17 Aug 2015

***** ENROLLMENT INSTRUCTIONS *****
Go directly to the Ballot Group Registration Form:

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(Note: Although this webpage can be viewed by anyone, the link to the registration form is hidden until SISO members log into the website. Once logged in, SISO members can select the link at the bottom of the page that will take them to the registration form.)

Or follow this process:
1. Go to http://www.sisostds.org
2. Log in
3. Select Standards Activities
4. Select Development Groups
5. Select DDCA PDG
6. Scroll down until you find the Invitation to Ballot
7. Select View Ballot Details and Ballot Group Registration Form
8. Follow instructions

To join the Ballot Group, you MUST be a current SISO Member. If you are not a SISO member, go here to read about how you can become one!

http://www.sisostds.org/Membership/PurchaseRenewYourSISOMembership.aspx

***** QUESTIONS *****
If you should have any questions about this invitation, please contact:

Michael France
Chair, DDCA PDG
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or 

Jeff Abbott
Technical Activity Director, Standards Activity Committee
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