Process issues (2000.01.15)

[Jon Bosak <bosak@boethius.eng.sun.com>]

Here is my current list of the issues.  Note to lurkers: we are
about halfway through a discussion of section A and will continue
with the wording of RQ 2 in our phone conference of 2000.01.20.

Jon

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A. REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES

   RQ 1. Use cases

   RQ 2. Resource/funding model

   RQ 3. Process modules/phases

   RQ 4. Outcomes (specifications, standards, ...)

B. BASIC STRUCTURAL DECISIONS

   BS 0. Filtering, i.e., exercising control over what kinds
	 of proposed activities get approved.

	 Memo 1: We have to consider revisions to existing
	 specifications in designing this part of the process.

	 Memo 2: We have to consider the difference between
	 friendly and hostile takeovers in designing the process
	 of assuming responsibility for work begun outside of
	 OASIS.

   BS 1. Web vs. hierarchy

   BS 2. Autopilot vs. manual control (see D below)

   BS 3. Individuals vs. organizations

   BS 4. Voters vs. observers
 
   BS 5. Public vs. private

   BS 6. Language communities

C. COMMITTEE TAXONOMY

   CT 1. Technical committees

   CT 2. Maintenance committees

   CT 3. Joint subcommittees

   CT 4. Charter committees

   CT 5. Industry harmonization committees

   CT 6. Coordination committees

   CT 7. Translation committees

D. COMMITTEE MAINTENANCE

   CM 1. Creating committees

   CM 2. Disbanding committees

   CM 3. Term limits

   CM 4. Adding and removing voting members

   CM 5. Adding and removing observers

   CM 6. Leaves of absence

   CM 7. Appeal

E. RULES OF ORDER

   RO 1. Authority of last resort

   RO 2. Committee manual

   RO 3. Committee manual translation

F. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

   MI 1. Shall agendas be required in advance of committee meetings?

   MI 2. Shall proxies be allowed?

   MI 3. To what extent shall committees be allowed to revisit
         their charters and/or requirements?

   MI 4. Does a transferred associate membership automatically confer
         committee membership upon the transferee?

   MI 5. Can a request for action by OASIS come directly from an
         outside organization, or must it always be submitted on
         behalf of that organization by one or more OASIS members?

   MI 6. Does OASIS standardization of a collaborative effort require
         a formal vote of all the collaborating organizations?

   MI 7. What is the vote in a committee required for the approval of
         a technical specification?