RE: Web Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) TC IPR Transition Ballot

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

My apologies; WebMethods was not listed on the previous notice.

Mary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org] 
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:05 AM
> To: 'Michael Winters'; Eduardo.Gutentag@Sun.COM; 'Duane 
> Nickull'; csathe@deloitte.com; 'Chris Kurt'; 
> claus.von.riegen@sap.com; ianh@tibco.com
> Cc: wsbpel@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Web Services Business Process Execution Language 
> (WSBPEL) TC IPR Transition Ballot
> 
> To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and individual 
> members who are voting "TC Qualified Members" for the Web 
> Services Business Process Execution Language (WSBPEL) TC
>  
>    As you probably know, OASIS adopted revisions to our IPR 
> Policy effective on 15 April 2005.[1] TCs formed before that 
> date continue to operate under the old ("legacy") policy. 
> However, they may convert to the new policy by making a 
> "transition" under the terms of the OASIS IPR Transition 
> Policy [2], by the specific voting procedure described in the 
> transition policy.
>  
>    The OASIS Web Services Business Process Execution Language 
> (WSBPEL) TC has notified OASIS staff that it successfully 
> conducted a Transition Request vote under the IPR Transition 
> Policy, to select the "RF on Limited Terms" IPR Mode.
> Accordingly, I am opening a Transition Approval Ballot, in 
> which the primary representatives of all voting members of 
> the committee may cast a ballot. A list of the current TC 
> voting members, as of the date of the Transition Request, is 
> attached. In this ballot, which will run for 14 days, the TC 
> Qualified Members [3] each may cast only a single vote. The 
> ballot will allow for YES, NO, or ABSTAIN votes. Approval of 
> a Transition Approval Ballot requires:
>    (i) a minimum of 50% of all TC Qualified Members to vote,
>    (ii) no NO votes cast, and
>    (iii) one or more YES votes.
>  
>    The ballot has opened and can be seen at [4]. Please note, 
> for organizational members, it is the primary OASIS 
> representative who votes, so if you are not a TC member, you 
> may wish to consult your organization's active TC members 
> regarding this vote.
>  
>    We will notify the Web Services Business Process Execution 
> Language (WSBPEL) TC list and the voting "TC Qualified 
> Members" of the results.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Mary McRae
> Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
> email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
>  
> [1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php
> [2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php
> [3] 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsbpel/members/roster.php
>    In the transition policy, the "TC Qualified Members" who 
> may vote in this ballot are defined as:
> "either a TC Individual Voting Member or an OASIS 
> Organizational Member that has at least one voting member in 
> the TC at the time the TC Individual Voting Members approve 
> the Transition Request and has signed the new Membership Agreement."
> [4] 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1229
>  
> TC Voting Member    Qualified Member    Primary Representative
> Organizational Members:
> Active Endpoints, Inc.:                   Christopher Keller
> Mark Ford                  yes
> Christopher Keller         yes
> Frank Ryan                 yes
> 
> Adobe Systems:                            Duane Nickull
> Charlton Barreto           yes
> 
> Avaya, Inc.:                              Wu Chou   
> Wu Chou                    yes
> 
> Deloitte Consulting LLP:                  Chanda Sathe
> Vinkesh Mehta              yes
> 
> IBM:                                      Michael Winters
> Diane Jordan               yes
> Rania Khalaf               yes
> Dieter Koenig              yes
> Mike Marin                 yes
> Simon Moser                yes
> Thomas Schulze             yes
> 
> Microsoft Corporation:                    Christopher Kurt
> John Evdemon               yes
> 
> Nortel Networks Limited:                  Abbie Barbir 
> Abbie Barbir               yes
> Hanane Becha               yes
> 
> Oracle Corporation:                       Martin Chapman  
> Martin Chapman             yes
> 
> Rogue Wave Software:                      Allen Brookes 
> Allen Brookes              yes
> 
> SAP AG:                                   Claus von Riegen
> Ivana Trickovic            yes
> 
> Sun Microsystems:                         Eduardo Gutentag
> Monica Martin              yes
> Ron Ten-Hove               yes
> 
> Tibco Software, Inc.:                     Ian Hunter
> Danny van der Rijn         yes
> 
 webMethods, Inc.:                         Marc Breissinger
 Prasad Yendluri            yes
> 
> Individual/Associate Members:
> Sally St. Amand            yes            Sally St. Amand
> *Note that while Sally St. Amand was a voting member at the 
> time of the Transition Approval Request Ballot, she is no 
> longer an OASIS Member and therefore not included in the ballot.
>