Process issues (2000.03.03)

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

This is my current copy of our issues list.  Section B has been
relabeled and some things have been moved around.  In particular,
the former BS 1 (Web vs. hierarchy) has disappeared.  We now
consider all of the committees listed in section C to be technical
committees (TCs) as described in the decisions we've made under CS
1 (see separate message for an unofficial copy of CS 1).

Note to lurkers: This is an unofficial document that the PAC uses
to keep track of its work.  We have just finished CS 1 and will
next be considering CS 2.

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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. CORE STRUCTURAL DECISIONS

   CS 1. Filtering and interTC coordination

   CS 2. Automatic vs. manual committee membership maintenance
         (see D below)

   CS 3. Individuals vs. organizations

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

   CS 6. Language communities

C. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TAXONOMY

   CT 1. Technical specification 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

   CM 8. Requirements for administrative support

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?

   MT 8. Shall co-chairs be provided for in the process?  If so,
         shall their number be limited?

   MT 9. What kind of contact information shall be required for
         the members named in a TC charter?

   MT 10. [how to conduct an email vote]

   MT 11. [revisit participation by phone]

   MT 12. [specification editors]