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Subject: Re: TC visibility section question
Well, since Terry, Debbie, Robin and Karl would all be kicked off the ER TC mailing list (amongst others) if we do this - what do you think? Lauren Karl Best wrote: > > Given the limitations of the mail service that we are using, I don't have an > easy way to allow only a certain subset of subscribers to post to a list. > The choices I have available are a) only subscribers may post to the list, > and b) anyone can post. (There *is* an option to only allow a subset of > subscribers to post, but maintaining that separate list takes a lot of > work.) What I need to enforce is that only full-fledged TC members are > subscribed to the TC discussion list. Non-TC-members, which may include > OASIS members, may not be subscribed to the discussion list, but must avail > themselves of the list archives and the comment list to participate. > > Given this, I will need to work with the various TC chairs to determine who > the actual TC members are, and kick everyone else off the lists. In some > cases, e.g. DSML, a majority of list subscribers, including some of the most > active participants, are non-members, and this will cause a considerable > disruption to the committee work. But we've either got to a) bite the bullet > and do it officially, or b) relax the rules and say that anyone can > participate in the discussions but only members can vote. > > I suspect that taking the hard line may turn the circuitous comment lists > into the place where all the work gets done, and the discussion (members > only) lists will only be used for voting. > > Comments? > > </karl> > ============================================================ > Karl F. Best > OASIS - Director, Technical Operations > 978.667.5115 x206 > karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jon Bosak [mailto:bosak@boethius.eng.sun.com] > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:13 AM > > To: workprocess@lists.oasis-open.org > > Subject: Re: TC visibility section question > > > > > > [lauren@sqwest.bc.ca:] > > > > | This section states that only members of a TC may post to the > > | general mailing list of the TC. My question is: what about > > | prospective members? They may attend meetings (including phone > > | meetings at the discretion of the chair) so it makes sense to me to > > | allow them to also post to the general mailing list. > > > > If prospective members were given the right to post to the TC > > list, there would be no distinction between TC members and all > > OASIS members; i.e., gaining the right to post to the list would > > simply mean sending a message to the chair rather than sending a > > subscription request to the server. People who want to send > > comments to the TC have a comments list for this purpose. > > > > | As a meta-question: it looks like we might need a slight revision > > | of the process as we set up TCs to work with it to answer such > > | questions - what's the best way of doing this? For example, most > > | technical specs need an editor so the ER TC nominated and voted on > > | one. Do we need a FAQ for little questions that don't need a > > | change to the process? > > > > I believe Ken volunteered to put something like this together. > > > > By the way, I think that the best way to put together an editorial > > team is to constitute it as a subcommittee so that it has a > > structure and procedures of its own. > > > > Jon > >
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