Re: [xacml] [Fwd: CPPA voting - negative votes]

[Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

Obviously the wrong topic line - apologies. But this does apply to the 
XACML TC.

-Karl


Karl Best wrote:
> OASIS XACML TC:
> 
> This is to officially inform you that voting to approve the XACML
> Committee Specification as an OASIS Standard has ended, and that
> sufficient affirmative votes have been received to approve the spec.
> However, there were also two negative votes, with comments.
> 
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-voting/200301/msg00004.html
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-voting/200301/msg00048.html
> 
> There are not sufficient negative votes to turn down the approval, but
> because there are negative votes the TC must now make a decision on what
> to do next.
> 
> For the process for handling these negative votes see Section 2 of the 
> OASIS TC Process at
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#approval_standard
> 
> "If at the end of the voting period at least 10 percent of the voting 
> membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, then if no votes 
> have been cast to disapprove the proposed standard, it shall become an 
> OASIS Standard immediately following the end of the voting period. 
> However, if negative votes amounting to less than 10 percent of the 
> voting membership have been cast, the TC will be notified of the 
> negative votes, after which the TC shall have 30 days to take one of the 
> following actions by resolution: (a) request OASIS TC Administration to 
> approve the specification as submitted despite the negative votes; (b) 
> withdraw the submission entirely; or (c) submit an amended 
> specification, in which case the amended submission shall be considered 
> as if it were a new submission, except that information regarding 
> previous votes and any disposition of comments received in previous 
> votes shall accompany the amended submission."
> 
> The TC now has 30 days to notify OASIS what you would like to do:
> request that the spec be approved despite the negative votes, withdraw
> the spec, or withdraw it and submit a new spec later.
> 
> I will await your decision.
> 
> -Karl
> 
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Karl F. Best
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+1 978.667.5115 x206
karl.best@oasis-open.org  http://www.oasis-open.org