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Subject: Re: [chairs] TC attendance rules
I prefer that missing 2 of last three triggers jeopardy notice. Missing 3 of last 4 moves status from voting to non voting member. As soon as attendance of 3 of last four is reached, voting rights should return. Example attendance sequence (y means attend, n means do not attend) y n n (Notice) y (notice) n (loose rights) y y (regain rights) Tom Rutt James Bryce Clark wrote: > One area where we have some clear early feedback on the April 2005 > TC Process revisions is in the area of meeting attendance. Under the > current rule -- omitting the special case of TCs who have no meetings, > and only count ballots -- a TC member can lose their voting rights by > missing meetings: > >> A Voting Member must be active in a TC to maintain voting rights. In >> TCs that hold meetings, the Voting Member must attend two of every >> three Meetings, with attendance recorded in the minutes. * * * >> Voting Members who do not participate in two of every three Meetings >> * * *shall lose their voting rights but remain as Members of the TC. >> A warning may be sent to the Member by the Chair, but the loss of >> voting rights is not dependent on the warning. * * * [1] > > > We're actively discussing two changes in response to early feedback. > > First, the new rule -- which takes away voting rights after two > proximate absences without an explicit notice -- is harsher than the > prior rule [2], which included a notice prior to the status change. > Several have suggested this is too harsh. Possibilities include > -- reinstating the notice (that is, you cease to vote after 2 > misses out of 3 PLUS a notice), or > -- lowering the bar (such as, you cease to vote after 3 misses out > of 4). > The Board's process subcommittee is reviewing this issue in June, and > your comments are welcome. > > Second, instead of requiring that a person who has lost voting > rights explicitly re-apply, we are considering making the simpler > default assumption that anyone who loses their vote should be > automatically re-queued to re-gain it. That would allow us to simply > the rosters, and delete the superfluous role "probationary voting > member". All TC members would either be "voting members", or simply > "members" who will reacquire their vote when their attendance again > merits it. Again, your comments are welcome. > > Regards JBC > > ~ James Bryce Clark > ~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS > ~ jamie.clark@oasis-open.org > > [1] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#2.4 > [2] > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process_2003.09.18.php#termination > -- ---------------------------------------------------- Tom Rutt email: tom@coastin.com; trutt@us.fujitsu.com Tel: +1 732 801 5744 Fax: +1 732 774 5133
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