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Subject: Re: [ubl] Ballot to approve SBS 1.0 as Second Committee Draft
If the ballot is successful, I believe we will need an SBS change log from cd1 to cd2. Such a log can now be found at: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16263/UBL_1.0_SBS_cd_changes_2006-01-16.txt Many thanks Stephen Green On 13/01/06, jon.bosak@sun.com <jon.bosak@sun.com> wrote: > Hello voting members of the UBL TC, > > As agreed in this week's Atlantic call, we're now starting a > ballot to approve the second Committee Draft of the UBL 1.0 Small > Business Subset. That draft is located at > > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16123/UBL-1-0-SBS-cd2.zip > > Voting begins at 3 p.m. New York time Friday 13 January 2006 and > ends at 3 p.m. New York time Friday 20 January 2006. > > To cast your vote, log in to the members-only UBL TC site and > click on "Ballots." DO NOT use the UBL mailing list for voting; > use the web site. You will need to log in using your OASIS > password in order to vote. You can access the members-only TC > site at > > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/ > > Note that this vote takes place under the revised OASIS TC process > that went into effect in April 2005. Where previously approval of > a CD required a yes vote of at least 2/3 of the voting members, > now it just requires a "full majority," i.e., more than half of > the voting members, but that's because CD is now just the first > step on the way to creating a Committee Specification (CS), which > still requires the 2/3 vote to approve. The present vote simply > allows us to submit the CD to OASIS for a public review, after > which it will still be in our process awaiting the resolution of > comments received during the review cycle. So voting to approve > at this point just allows us to start another public review; it > doesn't prevent us from making further changes. > > You should understand, however, that "full majority" (usually > called "absolute majority") means that the CD will be approved > only if a majority of *all* the current voting members vote to > approve (not just more voting yes than voting no). In effect, > this means that abstaining or failing to vote is exactly the same > as voting no; you can't really opt out of this, and failure to > vote *will* count against your voting status in the TC. So I urge > you voting members to log in now and get it over with. > > Jon Bosak > Chair, OASIS UBL TC > > ================================================================== > > BALLOT TEXT > > The question to be voted on reads as follows: > > Resolved, > > 1. That the OASIS UBL TC approves the UBL 1.0 SBS candidate second > Committee Draft currently located at > > http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/16123/UBL-1-0-SBS-cd2.zip > > 2. That the UBL TC chair and the SBS editors are authorized to > make such nonsubstantive changes to the approved document as > may be required for publication as an OASIS Committee Draft. > > 3. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to submit > the approved Committee Draft for OASIS public review. > > 4. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to make > such further nonsubstantive changes to the approved Committee > Draft as may be requested by OASIS Administration to meet the > requirements of the OASIS public review process. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. You may a link to this group and all your TCs in OASIS > at: > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php > >
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