URGENT!!!!! DEADLINE LOOMING!!!!! IMPORTANT OASIS MEMBER VOTE: Special Board of Directors Ballot

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

Dear OASIS Members,

    IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY VOTED
(AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF YOU HAVE NOT),
  PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE NO LATER THAN
     FRIDAY, 24 DECEMBER 1999!!!!!





This important message contains instructions for a MEMBER VOTE
regarding one of the current members of the OASIS Board of Directors.
Please review this message carefully, and cast your vote (via email)

      *********NO LATER THAN 24 DECEMBER 1999.***********

Simon Nicholson, the Chair of the OASIS Board, recently left his previous
employer, Chrystal Software, and is now employed by Sun Microsystems.

In consideration of the fact that another Sun Microsystems employee, Bill
Smith, currently sits on the Board (as President), Simon Nicholson has
resigned as Chair of the Board.

As required by the OASIS Bylaws, the President acts as Chair when the
position of Chair is vacant, until such time as the Board of Directors
votes in a new Chair.

In order to better serve the ever-increasing needs and activities of the
consortium, the OASIS Board of Directors has voted unanimously in favor of
bringing a proposal to the members to allow Simon Nicholson to continue as
an at-large Member of the Board for 7 months, until the expiration of his term in June 2000. (Please note that both 
Bill Smith and Simon Nicholson abstained from this vote.)

In June of last year, OASIS members elected the current Board of Directors (please see below for a list of current 
Directors, their affiliations, their positions, and the date their term expires). Four of our eight current directors 
are serving their first term. Since OASIS is now experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and change, the Board 
and your Executive Director believe it is important to retain the experience that Simon offers. This will help ensure 
that the Consortium continues to increase the value that it offers to its members, and to the XML industry.

Simon has served on the OASIS Board of Directors since 1997, and has
served as Chair since 1998.  In addition to the wealth of experience Simon
brings to the Consortium, Simon has made significant contributions to the
Consortium's recent growth. By enabling Simon to serve the remainder of
his term, the Consortium will benefit immeasurably.

We encourage your participation in the voting process. This email and your
response will constitute a written ballot.

Each member is entitled to one vote. As always, the number of responses
needed to meet quorum requirement for this ballot is one-third of our
membership. In this case, the number of responses required is 34.

Please ensure that your vote is recorded by completing this ballot and
sending it via email to execdir@oasis-open.org NO LATER THAN 24 DECEMBER
1999.

CURRENT OASIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
--------------------------------
Eric Garcia (Sabre) - Director at Large (exp. June 2000)
Alan Hester (Xerox) - Director at Large (exp. June 2001)
Mary McRae (DMSi) - Chief Marketing Officer (exp. June 2001)
Norbert Mikula (Data Channel) - Chief Technology Officer (exp. June 2000)
Simon Nicholson (Sun) - Director at Large (exp. June 2000)
Jon Parsons (Xyvision Enterprise Solutions) - Secretary/Treasurer (exp. June 2000)
Bill Smith (Sun) - President (exp. June 2001)
Bob Sutor (IBM) - Chief Strategy Officer (exp. June 2001)



------------------------- BALLOT -------------------------
PROPOSED ACTION: Retain Simon Nicholson at an At-Large Member of the Board
until the expiration of his term in June 2000.

APPROVED: 			___
DISAPPROVED: 		___
MEMBER ORGANIZATION:   	_____________________________________
VOTING REPRESENTATIVE:	_____________________________________


Thank you for your careful and immediate attention to this matter.



Regards,
Laura


Laura Walker
Executive Director
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OASIS
Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards

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