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Subject: Re: [virtio] virtio tc group status changes
To add to that, if you are a (non voting) member and you wish to gain voting rights, you can simply ask me or Rusty Russell. You will then become a voting member 60 days after making the request. On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 02:35:27PM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote: > Michael & members of the VIRTIO TC, > > I have returned the Roster to its state as of Sunday, December 28th. Everyone > who was a Member at that time is now so marked. Everyone who was an Observer at > that time remains an Observer. > > Any of you who wish to change your status from Member to Observer should go to > the TC webpage at https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/virtio/ and > click "remove me" under Roster in the top panel of the page. Then refresh the > page and click "join group" to rejoin and re-set your membership status. Note > that as an Observer, you will receive mails from the TC mailing list and you > can attend meetings. However, you are not able to send anything to the mailing > list nor participate actively in meetings. > > If you prefer to be able to participate but do not wish to retain voting > rights, you can simply ask Michael or me to reset your role to Persistent > Non-Voting Member. > > Please let me know if you have any questions, > > /chet > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote: > > > got it. > can you pls revert changes I made? > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:18:13AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote: > > What is key here is that the individual participants in the TC indicate > their > > commitment by choosing to be Members or Observers. If a Member wishes > remain a > > Member, active or not, is his or her choice. If people don't want to be > > considered Voting Members, they can change their status or ask you to > change > > their status to Permanent Non-Voting Member. > > > > However, the Member/Observer distinction itself is so fundamental to the > OASIS > > IPR policy and the IPR mode of the TC that it *must* be made by the > > participants themselves. To have the Chair - or OASIS staff for that > matter - > > change the roles on the roster could create significant confusion about > what > > each person's obligations are with respect to the final approved OASIS > > Standard. > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 09:21:54AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote: > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > Whoops. That is a type of change that you should not make. Observer > and > > Member > > > are formal terms in the OASIS Process and the choice between them > is to > > be made > > > by the participant, not the Chair. That role bears directly both on > what > > the > > > person is able to do (e.g. an Observer will receive all the email > to the > > TC's > > > mailing list but will not be able to send any email) and on their > IPR > > > obligations (Observers carry none, Members are bound by the TC's > IPR > > mode). > > > > > > The correct change is to switch any Member's status from Voting to > > Non-Voting. > > > Which I think is your intent. > > > > These were non-voting anyway. > > > > > Note also that when TCs do not hold meetings for more than 60 days, > any > > Members > > > gain Voting status. > > > > That's why I thought I should make the change. > > Should this really apply to people that never attended any meetings? > > > > > > > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > /chet > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > To keep the group roster up to date, I have changed the status > of > > virtio > > > TC members that did not attend any past TC meetings (when we > still > > had > > > them) to that of observer. > > > > > > I have also sent messages to a couple of members that didn't > attend > > > meetings since June: they have an option to become voting > members or > > > observers. > > > > > > -- > > > MST > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC > that > > > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS > at: > > > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/ > > my_workgroups.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > /chet [§] > > > ---------------- > > > Chet Ensign > > > Director of Standards Development and TC Administration > > > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > > > http://www.oasis-open.org > > > > > > Primary: +1 973-996-2298 > > > Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 > > > > > > Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist > at http:// > > > www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/ > > > tc-admin-submission-checklist.html > > > > > > TC Administration information and support is available at http:// > > > www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin > > > > > > Follow OASIS on: > > > LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen > > > Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > /chet [§] > > ---------------- > > Chet Ensign > > Director of Standards Development and TC Administration > > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > > http://www.oasis-open.org > > > > Primary: +1 973-996-2298 > > Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 > > > > Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at http:// > > www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/ > > tc-admin-submission-checklist.html > > > > TC Administration information and support is available at http:// > > www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin > > > > Follow OASIS on: > > LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen > > Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open > > > > > -- > > /chet [§] > ---------------- > Chet Ensign > Director of Standards Development and TC Administration > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > http://www.oasis-open.org > > Primary: +1 973-996-2298 > Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 > > Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at http:// > www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/ > tc-admin-submission-checklist.html > > TC Administration information and support is available at http:// > www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin > > Follow OASIS on: > LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen > Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen > Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open
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