Fw: [chairs] Changes to the TC Process effective 1 March 2008

[Brent Miller <bamiller@us.ibm.com>]

SDD TC,

A few updates to the TC process, some
of which (especially section 2.18) might affect us in the future.

Regards,
Brent

Brent A. Miller
Senior Technical Staff Member
Lead Architect, Autonomic Computing
IBM Corp.
Tel. 919-543-6959 (TIE 441)

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But,
in practice, there is." 
-- Jan L.A. van de Snepscheut
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"Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>

03/02/2008 04:05 PM

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Subject	[chairs] Changes to the TC Process effective 1 March 2008

To all TC Chairs:

The Board approved a set of changes to the TC Process
(http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php) effective 1 March 2008.

Here’s a summary:

Definitions:
Added Specification Approval Motion
Related to Designated Cross-References in section 2.18
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#dSpecApprovalMotion


Sections 2.2/2.3:
Clarified the timing constraints related to a TC’s first meeting
30 days for teleconference
45 days for face-to-face (even if teleconferencing facilities are provided)
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#formation
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#firstMeeting

Section 2.18:
Added a requirement that a TC must designate one of the three required
specification formats (editable source, XHTML/HTML, and PDF) as
authoritative
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#specQuality

Section 2.19:
Designated Cross-Reference Changes
New section.
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#crossRefs


Feel free to contact either myself or Jamie Clark with any questions.

Regards,

Mary


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Mary P McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
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