RE: [rights] Request for Agenda Item on Rights Concall Wed Octobe r 2

[Hal Lockhart <hal.lockhart@entegrity.com>]

Title: RE: [rights] Request for Agenda Item on Rights Concall Wed October 2

Yes, it had occurred to me that always using email votes woud satisfy my concerns. However, the TC has placed great emphasis on working quickly and I have already been publically accused of attempting to obstruct the TC, so I felt this proposal would potentially provide more flexibility and speed.

Hal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl F. Best [mailto:karl.best@oasis-open.org]
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:23 PM
> To: Hal Lockhart; rights@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [rights] Request for Agenda Item on Rights Concall Wed
> October 2
>
>
> Hope I'm not muddying the waters too much, but a perhaps better way to
> do this is would be to adopt a standing rule that *all* TC voting will
> take place via email on the TC list. This would require that motions
> be put into writing, all votes would be archived, and because you have
> a minimum of five days for voting (see
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#mail) all TC
> members would have equal opportunity to cast ballots.
>
> </karl>
> =================================================================
> Karl F. Best
> OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
> +1 978.667.5115 x206
> karl.best@oasis-open.org  http://www.oasis-open.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Lockhart [mailto:hal.lockhart@entegrity.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:12 PM
> To: rights@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [rights] Request for Agenda Item on Rights Concall Wed
> October 2
>
>
> I intend to make the following motion at the next RL TC concall. I
> would like a slot on the agenda to discuss and vote on it.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Fair Vote Procedure
> Whereas the members of the Rights Language TC have multiple important
> obligations and responsibilities, outside the work of the TC including
> business travel and other meetings, conferences, etc.
> And, whereas the TC has been unable to achieve consensus on many
> issues and has been forced to proceed by simple majority vote in many
> cases.
> And whereas, decisions on the important work of the TC merits due
> reflection and an opportunity for every member to vote who wishes to,
> The following procedure, called the Fair Voting Rule, is adopted.
> For any vote on a major issue of TC scope, policy, establishment of
> subcommittees, agreement on completion of any work items, specifically
> including:
> ·       Agreement to accept any document as a work product of this TC
> ·       Agreement to submit or convey any document from this committee
> to any other group or organization either inside or outside OASIS
> ·       Agreement to make any document available for public review.
> The following procedure must be followed.
> 1.      Notice of the intention to hold such a vote must be given via
> the RLTC main mailing list (rights@lists.oasis-open.org) at least 7
> days in advance of the meeting at which the vote is to be taken.
> 2.      The vote must occur within the scheduled hours of the meeting
> 3.      If the meeting is two hours or longer in duration, such as a
> face to face meeting, the time of the vote must be announced, not
> later than the beginning of the session on that day and the vote must
> take place within 30 minutes following the announced time.
> 4.      The Chair is empowered to curtail debate and call the question
> if necessary in order to meet either of these time constraints.
> Any vote to alter, amend, revoke or suspend this rule must follow Fair
> Voting Rule.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> This is not intended as an implied criticism of any individual or any
> past events. I am simply trying to insure that people like myself who
> are not able to work on the RLTC full time are able to apply our
> limited time to participating in the most important discussions and
> votes of the TC and to give the most important issues the
> consideration and study they deserve. I am not trying to add to the
> red tape, so I have specifically excluded routine matters like
> acceptance of meeting minutes from this procedure.
> Hal
>