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Subject: Re: [chairs] RE: [members] OASIS member review of proposed revisionof TC Process
In rough terms, the new Member category is the same as the current Observer: any eligible person can become a Member, and can participate, but has no obligation to participate in order to maintain membership. The new Voting Member (or more accurately, a Member with voting rights) is roughly equivalent to today's Member: the person can participate and can vote, and must maintain this status through ongoing participation. The new Observer is therefore a new class of member, a true lurker, a read-only subscriber to the TC's email list. -Karl Eduardo Gutentag wrote: > Any OASIS member will be able to join a TC. > > A TC member will have read-write privileges in the list. > > A TC member can request to become a voting member, in which case, and in > which case only, the TC member will have to meet attendance criteria in > order to continue being a voting member. (IOW, if the attendace criteria > are not met the member reverts to general non-voting status, without leaving > the TC). > > All TC members will be subject to the IPR Policy as it applies to the > TC's mode. > > Any OASIS member can become a TC Observer. Such Observer will have > only read privileges, and no obligations under the IPR Policy as it > applies to the TC's mode. > > Because becoming a TC member now has clear IPR implications and obligations, > it would be a bad idea to convert people automatically from observers to > members. This must be done in a proactive manner, and with the approval, in > the case of organizational members, of the organization's representative. > (In that sense [and in that sense only] this is similar to accepted policy > in other organizations, e.g. W3C) > > We really need an FAQ. I thought there was one already out for review, > but obviously I was wrong... > > > > On 10/12/2004 04:56 PM, Newcomer, Eric wrote: > >> Eduardo, >> >> Do you mean that the new process doesn't change the ability of anyone >> to join a TC and participate as a non-voting member? So the proposed >> change is simply a renaming of the type of member, not the elimination >> of a membership category? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Eric >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eduardo Gutentag [mailto:Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:26 PM >> To: Philpott, Robert >> Cc: karl.best@oasis-open.org; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org; >> security-services@lists.oasis-open.org >> Subject: Re: [chairs] RE: [members] OASIS member review of proposed >> revision of TC Process >> >> >> But Rob, if you read the new process carefully, you will discover that >> you can be a TC member without being a voting member (that is, you can >> be a non-voting TC member without having to meet attendance criteria), >> thus being able to contribute to your heart's content as current Observers >> do. >> >> >> On 10/12/2004 03:25 PM, Philpott, Robert wrote: >> >>> I would like to express serious concerns with the proposed change to the >>> TC process that means that TC observers would no longer be able to post >>> to the TC's mailing list. >>> >>> From the current process: "An Observer may participate in TC discussions >>> and post email messages to the TC list, but may not vote and does not >>> need to maintain attendance." >>> >>> From the proposed process: "Observer" (or "TC Observer") is an Eligible >>> Person who is subscribed to the TC email list, and may attend TC >>> meetings, but is not allowed to participate in TC email list >>> discussions, participate or speak in TC meetings, or make Contributions >>> to the TC. The process for becoming an Observer is defined in the >>> section "TC Membership and Participation". >>> >>> I STRONGLY disagree with making this change. The SSTC has over 260 >>> members, of which 40-50 are active voting members. However, our TC >>> regularly receives valuable input on email discussion topics from >>> members that don't have currently active voting status. These postings >>> are from folks such as those in other TC's that monitor our list because >>> those TC's have some dependency on ours. Requiring folks to find some >>> other mechanism to provide their input simply throws up barriers in >>> front of them and will in all likelihood result in us not receiving that >>> input at all. >>> >>> The input from these members is very important to us. I believe this to >>> be a bad change of policy that goes against the open, free exchange of >>> ideas that we rely on. >>> >>> Rob Philpott >>> Senior Consulting Engineer RSA Security Inc. Tel: 781-515-7115 >>> Mobile: 617-510-0893 Fax: 781-515-7020 mailto:rphilpott@rsasecurity.com >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Karl F. Best [mailto:karl.best@oasis-open.org] >>>> Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 10:10 AM >>>> To: members >>>> Subject: [members] OASIS member review of proposed revision of TC >>> >>> >>> Process >>> >>> >>>> OASIS members: >>>> >>>> You're aware that the OASIS Board of Directors has been working on a >>>> revision of the OASIS IPR Policy, and you have had an opportunity to >>>> give feedback on that proposed revision. >>>> >>>> The Board has also been working on a revision of the OASIS TC Process, >>>> the document that governs the creation and operation of TCs at OASIS, >>>> and the advancement and approval of the work they do. This revision >>>> includes changes suggested by TC chairs, the Technical Advisory Board >>>> (TAB), and other members. It also includes changes required to support >>>> the new IPR Policy; because these two documents rely on each other >>> >>> >>> they >>> >>> >>>> must be revised, approved, and become effective at the same time. >>>> >>>> The Board has approved an OASIS member review of the revised Process; >>>> this review will start today and go until 10 November. A draft of the >>>> revised TC Process document approved for member review by the Board is >>>> found at >>>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/members- >>>> only/download.php/9623/TC%20Process%2020041007.pdf. >>>> >>>> >>>> A document summarizing the changes from the current Process is at >>>> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/members- >>>> only/download.php/9621/Process%20revision%20summary.pdf >>>> >>>> Please send your comments in regards to these proposed changes to >>>> tcproc-member-review@lists.oasis-open.org by 10 November, so that the >>>> Board can consider your comments, make changes to this draft, and have >>>> the Process document ready to be effective at the same time as the new >>>> IPR Policy. >>>> >>>> -Karl >>>> >>>> ================================================================= >>>> Karl F. Best >>>> Vice President, OASIS >>>> office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648 >>>> karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________________________ >>>> This email list is used solely by OASIS for official consortium >>>> communications. Opt-out requests may be sent to >>>> member_services@oasis-open.org, however, all members are strongly >>>> encouraged to maintain a subscription to this list. >>> >> >> >
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