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Subject: Re: [soa-rm] A draft open letter to Avaya, Inc
Further to this letter, I would like to encourage as many people as possible to attend this Wednesday's meeting to make quorum in case we make any votes. Duane On 10/2/06 10:05 AM, "Duane Nickull" <dnickull@adobe.com> wrote: > Hi TC: > > As chair, I took the initiative to craft a letter to Avaya, inc. to request > further clarification on their stance against the SOA RM work. Despite the > fact that 89 other companies voted yes, we have a duty to provide them a > fair say in the matter and should listen to their concerns openly. Please > note that Avaya has two observers on the TC who will receive a digest of > this email and have also had the opportunity to express their opinions at > earlier opportunities. I will also cc them on the letter to make sure they > are able to clarify their company's position. > > Everything we have done in this TC has been done largely by consensus, > meaning the lack of sustained opposition. This might be the first time we > actually have sustained opposition but I would like to think that maybe we > can work this out with Avaya. This letter is meant to provide them a chance > to express their concerns. > > Here is a copy of the letter I wish to send them as TC chair. If you have > comments, please respond back to this thread within the next two hours. > After that, I will send this letter to Avaya's primary representative, Wu > Chou: > > Dear Wu Chou, Avaya Inc. > > As chair of the OASIS SOA RM TC, I am writing you as the primary > representative of Avaya, Inc. a second and final time to request further > information. Your company cast the sole negative vote on a recent ballot > for the OASIS Reference Model for SOA to become a full OASIS standard, being > the lone opposition to 89 positive votes by member companies who feel the > standard should proceed as is. The standards process dictates that ³if at > the end of the voting period at least 15 percent of the voting membership > has voted to approve the proposed standard, and if no votes have been cast > to disapprove the proposed standard, it shall become an OASIS Standard > immediately following the end of the voting period. However, if negative > votes amounting to less than 15 percent of the voting membership have been > cast, the TC shall be notified of the negative votes, after which the TC > shall have 30 days to take one of the following actions by Resolution of a > Special Majority Vote: (a) request the TC Administrator to approve the > specification as submitted despite the negative votes; (b) withdraw the > submission entirely; or (c) submit an amended specification, in which case > the amended submission shall be considered as if it were a new submission, > except that information regarding previous votes and any disposition of > comments received in previous votes shall accompany the amended submission.² > > The entire process is outlined at the following URL: > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#3.4. > > Before requesting this information, I would like to point out a few things. > As chair, I am completely unbiased and merely facilitate the process. If > you feel the specification is not correct, you are both encouraged and > entitled to express your reason why to the TC. The TC must listen to every > dissent to understand whether or not the current Committee Specification > before them is worthy of becoming a full OASIS Standard. I will ensure you > have a good environment upon which to express your concerns to the TC. I > would also like to request that you might take the time to explain why > Avaya, Inc. decided not to participate in the standards creation process or > any of the previous public review periods and simply wait until the last and > final public ballot to dissent. We have noted that you have two observers > on the TC roster who have had access to the TC's work for months. Many > people on the TC have expressed concern over this and I need to understand > if there is somewhere in the process that may have failed to offer Avaya an > opportunity to get involved. If the TC process is not optimized, we can > make a note of it to the OASIS board to hopefully get it rectified. > > Our next meeting is scheduled to occur this Wednesday, October 4 at 8:00 AM > PDT. The dial in numbers are online on the TC home page. I have made an > agenda item at the beginning of the meeting which will allow you a chance to > you or any other representative of Avaya, Inc. the opportunity to come forth > and provide further details on why you feel the current specification should > not proceed. PLEASE NOTE: the current explanation you provided as an > official primary representative of Avaya was largely looked upon as > insufficient to clarify why we should not proceed to a vote to become an > OASIS standard. While this is only an observation and not a formal position > of the TC, I feel that unless Avaya proceeds to clarify with more specific > details why the RM for SOA should not proceed, there is a strong possibility > that the TC may vote to ignore your concerns as expressed on the vote. > > Specifically, the official Avaya statement of : > > ³Too vague and confusing, e.g. things which are not SOA can be mapped into > this and claim they conform to this SOA model.² does not sufficiently > provide details of what things are mapable and should not be in the RM. > > Please take the next 36 hours to decide and inform the OASIS Technical > Committee of one of the following choices: > > 1. (default) We are not going to provide further details; or > 2. Avaya Inc will have an representative attend the conference call on > Wednesday, Oct 4 2006 to provide further clarification as to why we feel > this specification should not proceed to become a full OASIS Specification; > or > 3. Avaya, Inc. is not available for the call next Wednesday however would > like to set up a separate meeting to discuss concerns. Such meeting will be > scheduled to occur within 10 days in order to provide sufficient time for > the OASIS SOA RM TC to evaluate our concerns and vote before the 30 day > deadline. > > If we do not receive a response to this letter, we will assume that you have > selected option #1. Please feel free to contact me on my personal cell at > 604 726 3329 if you wish to discuss this matter further. > > Thank you for taking the time to consider the request. > > Duane Nickull > TC Chair. -- ****************************************************** Sr. Technical Evangelist - Adobe Systems, Inc. * Chair - OASIS SOA Reference Model Technical Committee* Blog: http://technoracle.blogspot.com * ******************************************************
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