Re: [ekmi] Future of EKMI TC

[Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Anil,

  Here's the requirements from the TC Process (http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#closingTC)

2.15 Closing a TC

A TC may be closed by Full Majority Vote of the TC, by Resolution of the OASIS Board of Directors, or by the OASIS TC Administrator.

The TC Administrator must close a TC that has completed the deliverables listed in its Charter if the TC does not add new deliverables or that fails to elect a Chair for the period provided in Section 2.7.

The TC Administrator may close a TC that fails to conduct at least one Quorate Meeting or conduct any Specification Ballots during any six month period; whose membership falls below the Minimum Membership; which has not completed its deliverables within the schedule listed in its Charter; or which has failed to show progress towards achieving its purpose as defined by its Charter.


(Minimum Membership is defined as follows: "Minimum Membership" means five Voting Members of a TC (or, in the case of a TC about to be formed, five Eligible Persons), at least two of which represent OASIS Organizational Members.


I know this TC has some great work in progress and I would love to see it re-energized and once again moving toward its goals. I appreciate all of the time and effort the members have put in and hope that we can get a few more actively involved.

All the best,

Mary


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On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:36 PM, Anil Saldhana wrote:

> Hi Mary,
>  the last activity on the TC mailing list was on October 26th.
> 
> We did hold the meeting on October 27th (we reached quorum for that meeting). I forgot to send the minutes due to travel which was followed by some additional travel and holidays.
> 
> * What is the minimum requirements in membership for a TC to function?
> * We have work items to keep the TC going forward.  We will hold a meeting this month (3rd Tuesday) and figure out if we want to shut down the TC.
> 
> Regards,
> Anil
> 
> On 03/01/2010 09:25 PM, Mary McRae wrote:
>> To all EKMI TC Members:
>> 
>> OASIS Policies require that Technical Committees meet certain standards to remain open. The current roster shows 4 voting members at most (including the 2 Chairs and Secretary); the last meeting appears to have been scheduled back in October although there is no evidence that this meeting actually happened and there have been no further emails relating to the TC on the list since that date.
>> 
>> The last documented meeting was back in August; only 3 members attended.
>> 
>> There are several options available to the TC:
>> 
>> 1. To re-establish regular meetings, a list of work items to be completed, and increase the number of participants to maintain at least the minimum requirements
>> 
>> 2. To vote to close the TC (all work of the TC will remain publicly visible)
>> 
>> 3. To remain silent, which will result in TC Administration being required to close the TC in accordance with the TC Process.
>> 
>> While I would love to see the group become re-energized, if that isn't going to happen I would much prefer option #2 over option #3.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Mary
> 
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