RE: [rights] consensus

[Peter Schirling <schirlin@us.ibm.com>]

Bob,

1. Hari has my vote of confidence to continue as chair of this TC.

2. If you want to have a discussion on any subject within the scope of this
TC I will be happy to have such once you stop using inflammatory and
inappropriate language in our conference calls and in your emails.

Pete Schirling

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                      Bob Glushko                                                                                             
                      <glushko@SIMS.Ber        To:       "Radbel, Dmitry" <dmitry.radbel@umusic.com>,                         
                      keley.EDU>                rights@lists.oasis-open.org, karl.best@oasis-open.org                         
                                               cc:       mnemonic@well.com, murray Maloney <murray@muzmo.com>, liora          
                      09/20/2002 09:26          Alschuler <liora@the-word-electric.com>, rachna Dhamija                       
                      AM                        <rachna@SIMS.Berkeley.EDU>                                                    
                                               Subject:  RE: [rights] tyranny of the majority but no consensus                
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                              



At 07:42 PM 9/19/2002 -0700, Radbel, Dmitry wrote:
      Actually, the first TC chair responsibility listed in the OASIS TC
      Guidelines is to "keep the TC moving towards completion of its
      charter, on schedule." In the long list of TC chair's duties there is
      nothing about reaching consensus (surely it's desirable but not
      always possible).


So let's just address this one point -- is the Chair keeping the TC moving
toward completion of its charter?   It looks like a substantial number of
the TC's members believe he has not -- if you focus on the first goal of
the charter, which is to:

Define the industry standard for a rights language that supports a wide
variety of business models and has an architecture that provides the
flexibility to address the needs of the diverse communities that have
recognized the need for a rights language.
                                     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Many people are saying that it appears to them that the only "community"
whose requirements seem to matter is the MPEG club.  Hari's recent actions
have certainly reinforced their belief.

And thus it comes down to this -- if we were to have a vote today of all
the members of this TC who are allowed to vote -- and not in a hastily
called voice vote but in an email vote conducted over the next few days --
do you believe that Hari would receive a vote of "confidence" to remain as
chairman from a majority of the eligible members?  I do not think so.

I am not yet calling for such a vote, because while I have the right to do
so I believe it is unprecedented in OASIS TC-hood and it would fatally
cripple this committee, wasting much of the work that all of us have done
this summer.  I have instead expressed my advice in numerous (unanswered)
emails to Hari that he take charge of this committee to focus on this first
goal of the charter rather than give in to the pressure to "get something
out" that doesn't meet the needs of anyone but MPEG.  He didn't answer so I
decided to take my concerns to the "rights" list -- and he still hasn't
addressed the concerns.  Unless he does this soon this TC will remain
hopelessly deadlocked.

bob glushko