Re: [orms] Charter Clarification Ballot

[Peter Davis <peter.davis@neustar.biz>]

On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:49 PM, Frederick Hirsch wrote:

> A charter clarification vote requires 2/3 of all TC Member eligible  
> to vote to vote in favor
>
> Kavi shows percentages of those who voted.
>
> Thus 16 eligible members voted (out of 20).
>
> 13 voted in favor which is 13/20 or .65, 65% or one vote short of 2/3.

Right. i miss-quoted the ballot, 13 not 16

> Kavi shows the percentage of those who voted, or 13/16 which is 81%
>
> It would be nice if Kavi would display more meaningful information  
> depending on the type of vote.

agreed, and it is very misleading and forces one to role-out ones  
calculator.  sigh.

thanks for the clarification.

=peterd

>
> regards, Frederick
>
> Frederick Hirsch
> Nokia
>
> "Special Majority Vote" is a TC vote in which at least 2/3 (two  
> thirds) of the Voting Members vote " yes" and no more than 1/4 (one  
> fourth) of the Voting Members vote "no". These numbers are based on  
> the total number of Voting Members, regardless of the number of  
> Voting Members present in the meeting.
>
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#charterClarification
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:39 PM, ext Peter Davis wrote:
>
>> (I was waiting for the meeting minutes to be published for  
>> Wednesday's call... but i've not seen them arrive yet either to  
>> me, nor the OASIS TC mail archive)
>>
>> I believe I heard it indicated that the ballot for charter  
>> clarifications [1] did not pass.  Was this in fact stated?  If so,  
>> I am puzzled, for [1] indicates:
>>
>> 	"This vote requires at least 2/3 of all TC voting members to vote  
>> in the affirmative"
>>
>> and the ballot results indicate:
>>
>> 	Yes:	16 of 20		81%
>>  Abstain:		  1 of 20		   5%
>> 	 No:		  3 of 20		15%
>>
>>
>> (the last time I checked, 66.6% < 81%) :-)
>>
>> I know there were roster issues which may have influenced this  
>> count, and perhaps that is the basis for the stated outcome  
>> differing from the ballot page.  Could clarification be made on  
>> this, please?
>>
>> thanks
>> =peterd
>>
>> [1] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/orms/ballot.php? 
>> id=1474
>>
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