[legalxml-courtfiling] TC charter

["John M. Greacen" <john@greacen.net>]

I received a couple of supportive comments and no negative comments on my proposed revisions to the TC charter.  Karl
Best has informed me that these sorts of changes do not require OASIS Board approval.  The proposed changes are now
officially included in the charter.

"John M. Greacen" wrote:

> Robin Gibson has asked me to provide an updated version of our charter
> to post on the TC website.  I have done so.  I attach both a "clean"
> copy of the charter and one with change tracking to show the alterations
> I made.  I am copying Karl Best; it may be necessary to have the OASIS
> Board approve these changes.
>
> The changes are only the following -
>
>     -    changing "proposal" to "charter"
>
>     -    adding a statement that the TC is intended to be ongoing.  This
> is pursuant to a pending proposal that the Legal XML member section
> steering committee be composed of the chairs of "long lived TCs" and
> three at large Member Section members.  The proposed procedure requires
> that the "long lived" nature of the TC be shown in its charter.
>
>     -    correcting the dates for the Boston meeting, and
>
>     -    amending our third procedural rule, per Dwight Daniels' motion
> at the first meeting.
>
> Much that is in the charter is incorrect.  The co-chairs have changed.
> The subcommittees have changed.  The deliverables and their due dates
> have changed (and slipped).  The future meetings have changed.  I do not
> believe that it is appropriate to amend the charter to reflect these
> changes.  The charter is the official document establishing the TC.  It
> was formally approved by the OASIS Board.  I believe it should be
> maintained as an historic document, not continually updated to be a
> "living" document (with continuing review by the OASIS Board).
>
> Instead, I propose that we provide and regularly update "TC status
> information" on our website.  It would contain the names and addresses
> of officers and committees.  It would contain the current list of
> deliverables.  It would list future meeting dates, sites and sponsors.
> It would set forth our operating procedures; I expect that they will all
> be incorporated into Roger Winter's procedures document.
>
> I attach a current listing of all this information for your review and
> comment. I leave it to Robin Gibson, our webmaster, to decide how it
> should be displayed on the website.
>
> I also suggest that updating this information be the responsibility of
> the co-chairs, the secretary and the webmaster.  There is no need to
> require TC review and approval of all status updates.
>
> Please provide your comments on the revised charter and the proposed
> status information by July 25th.
>
> --
> John M. Greacen
> Greacen Associates, LLC.
> 18 Fairly Road
> Santa Fe, NM  87507
> 505-471-0203
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                                                  Name: Revised Court Filing TC Charter7-16-02.doc
>    Revised Court Filing TC Charter7-16-02.doc    Type: WINWORD File (application/msword)
>                                              Encoding: base64
>
>                                                          Name: Revised Court Filing TC Charterwchangetracking.doc
>    Revised Court Filing TC Charterwchangetracking.doc    Type: WINWORD File (application/msword)
>                                                      Encoding: base64
>
>                                        Name: TC Status Information7-16-02.doc
>    TC Status Information7-16-02.doc    Type: WINWORD File (application/msword)
>                                    Encoding: base64

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John M. Greacen
Greacen Associates, LLC.
18 Fairly Road
Santa Fe, NM  87507
505-471-0203