Present ------- Martin Westhead Tara Talbott Bob McGrath Steve Hanson Geoff Judd We discussed Geoff's document comparing properties and variables. Martin is working on a proposal to combine these concepts and is promising to produce a document shortly after the new year to outline these ideas. We heard a summary from Mike on the scoping proposal that IBM is working on. ***Note: there will be no telcon on December 28th*** (The next call will be January 4th) Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! Martin