Re: [legalxml-courtfiling] Ratification of actions taken in Salt Lake

[John Messing <jmessing@law-on-line.com>]

I don't think there is any misunderstanding. The Salt Lake minutes state:

 

> *(TC)* John Greacen confirmed our consensus policy, that all actions at
> the
> meetings will be confirmed on the list, and that electronic mail votes
> are official votes.  The Technical Committee agreed that when the chair
> declares
> that consensus exists, the OASIS requirements of "2/3 vote  of TC
> members,
> with no more than 1/4 objecting" will be considered to have been met.
> All electronic mailing lists for the Technical Committee will be hosted
> by OASIS.  The Technical Committee modified the third special operating
> rule
> contained in the charter to limit the requirement that electronic mail
> discussion take place on OASIS supported list serves to "official" email
>
> discussions.

(Emphasis supplied)

 

----- Original Message -----

From: "John M. Greacen" <john@greacen.net>

To: "Court Filing List" <legalxml-courtfiling@lists.oasis-open.org>

Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 8:54 AM

Subject: [legalxml-courtfiling] Ratification of actions taken in Salt Lake

> John Messing's posting on this topic may reflect a more general
> misunderstanding of what approval of the minutes of the Salt Lake City
> meeting means for the Technical Committee.  I set forth below a passage
> from an email that I sent out for Mary McQueen and me following the Salt
> Lake City meeting.  Please review it.  If you have any qualms about any
> of the actions recorded in the minutes, please speak now.  Your silence
> will be construed as ratification of the actions recorded in the
> minutes.
>
> "One of the principles we adopted was that all actions of the TC meeting
> in a face to face would be ratified on the list.  We suggest that we use
> approval of the minutes to
> accomplish that purpose.  Therefore, TC members will have one week from
> the time Dr. Leff posts the minutes to object to them or any part of
> them.  In the absence of objections, the minutes will be deemed approved
>
> and the actions taken ratified.  The minutes include the actions taken
> before, during, and after the telephone conference call.  Therefore, you
> should read them carefully even if you participated in the conference
> call."
>
>
>
> --
> John M. Greacen
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