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Subject: Draft 1 agenda for initial BPEL4PEOPLE TC meeting - Wed 05 Mar 2008 - 8:00 AM PST
Hi,
In my role as convener, please find the draft (rev 1) agenda,
including call-in logistics for the initial meeting of the OASIS
BPEL4PEOPLE TC.
Please send me comments/suggestions/errors.
cheers,
jeff
Call-in Logistics
=================
Wed 05 March 2008 - 8:00-10:00 AM PST
The conference id/password are: 190605#/BPEL4PEOPLE#
(190605#2735473653#) (#5 toggles mute on/off) Please mute your line
when not talking.
From the AMER region dial:
+1-888-967-2253
+1-650-607-2253
From the APAC region dial:
1800 222 712 (Australia toll-free)
800 9491 2777
+61 2 8817 6100
From the EMEA region dial:
+44 118 924 9000
In addition we will make use of an INFORMAL chat room, to help do
queue management and as an INFORMAL communication convenience for
those members who have online access. No official business will be
conducted on the chat room and you do not have to be logged in to be
recognized to speak (you will have to speak up though :-)
The url we will use is: http://webconf.soaphub.org/conf/room/
bpel4people-TC
Draft Agenda
=============
1. Welcome: Convener
Note: under OASIS (IPR) rules, only TC Members may speak.
Observers are just that.
2. Introductions and roll call: Convener
People who were approved as members on the roster as of 23:45
EST 7 days before the call AND who attend this meeting acquire voting
rights immediately. All others will have to follow the normal oasis
process of attending 2 consecutive meetings. Snapshots of the
eligible people were sent out previously:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/bpel4people/200802/
msg00005.html
Hopefully there won't be any issues. If so, OASIS TC Admin staff
(subject to the usual appeals process) will make any necessary
determinations.
Note: Members who join late should announce themselves to
establish their voting status.
TC roster
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/bpel4people/
members/roster.php
3. Appointment of Note taker(s): Convener
We need someone to keep a record of the proceedings, so please
volunteer if you can take minutes. At a minimum what needs to be
recorded is formal motions, votes, and action items.
4. Election of TC chair(s), Convener
The rules require one Chair be elected at the initial meeting or the
TC is considered not to have successfully been started and is
automatically closed. So electing someone would be a "good thing".
Election of a chair requires a Full Majority Vote, which means that
50%+1 of the entire voting membership must vote affirmatively for a
candidate. If everyone whom i believe is eligible to become a voting
member shows up, the TC will have a voting membership of 40, and 21
affirmative votes will be needed to elect someone. (I'll adjust as
appropriate once the roll call is complete.)
TCs MAY, if they so choose have two co-equal chairs. As of the
writing of this email, i haven't heard any definitive rumblings so we
will play it by ear. If someone wishes to have two co-chairs they can
make a motion to do so (requires a simple majority), either before we
elect one person, or after, though it would be nice to let folks know
before we start the election(s) so they have a better idea of how
they might wish to vote.
a. Nominations
Voting members are eligible to become chairs and may be self-
nominated. Folks who are interested in throwing their hat in the ring
are encouraged, but not required, to send a message to that effect to
the TC mailing list in advance of the meeting.
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/bpel4people/200802/
msg00003.html
b. Statements from Candidates
allow a reasonable time -- 5 mins or so for candidates to
make statements
c. Discussion
allow some time, 10-15 mins, for non-repetitive discussion
if members desire
d. Call for votes (if we are electing co-chairs, then we i will
run a separate 2nd election because of the full majority requirement.
So first we fill one position, and then we will vote to fill the 2nd
one if necessary.
Each member may vote for one candidate.
If a candidate gets the required 50%+1, then that candidate
is elected.
If no one does, then a run-off will be immediately held,
eliminating the candidate with the lowest number of votes. In the
event of a tie for lowest number of votes then we will ballot again
(and again ...) until someone changes their vote. Eventually someone
will get the 50%+1, or it is possible that no one does. In that case
case, we'll start over again with nominations until a chair is
elected or we are too exhausted.
[ For you amusement I draw your attention to the 1924 Democratic
Party United States presidential nominating convention which required
103 ballots to select a presidential candidate. After Al Smith and
William McAdoo exhausted themselves, a "dark horse", Al Davis was
selected. He was ultimately defeated by Calvin Coolidge in the
general election by a landslide. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1924_Democratic_National_Convention>]
If the TC decides to have co-chairs, then i'll check to see if
the candidates who did not win the first round, wish to stand again;
and ask for any other nominations and brief statements from any new
candidates. Then we'll do it again. If no one achieves the 50%+1,
we'll call it a day on chair elections. The TC can always decide at a
future meeting to elect a co-chair so this is not a disaster.
Please note, that if we get in a situation where there is only
one candidate in contention, I will first ask if there is an
objection to unanimous consent (Please don't be shy if you don't want
to vote affirmatively) to avoid the time consuming process of doing a
roll call vote.
e. Hand-off of meeting from convener to newly elected chair(s).
5. Approval/agenda bashing of (remaining) meeting agenda (items
5-10): TC Chair(s)
6. Introduction to OASIS process: OASIS staff
7. Standing rules: TC Chair(s)
TCs are allowed to adopt standing rules (which are consistent
with the default OASIS TC Process) to augment the process by which
the TC conducts its business.
Possible motion: Adopt a standing rule allowing the TC to make
binding decisions via web ballots.
8. Future meetings - proposed conf call schedule, possible f2f
meetings: TC Chair(s)
This will obviously require some discussion. A starting
assumption could be to use this time slot, since at least all of you
could make it.
9. Charter overview, plan of work, TC organization, other logistics :
TC Chair(s)
a. Charter overview
b. TC Roles that may need to be filled, some more immediately
than others: editors, notetakers, issues list, implementation/test
subgroup,
10. AOB
Useful URLs
===========
Original Call for Participation:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/tc-announce/200802/msg00001.html
TC home page:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=bpel4people
TC charter:
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/bpel4people/charter.php
Email archive:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/bpel4people/
Document repository
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=bpel4people
Minutes
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/bpel4people/minutes.php
Future meeting schedule
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/calendar.php?wg_abbrev=bpel4people
--
Jeff Mischkinsky jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com
Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Web Services Standards +1(650)
506-1975
Consulting Member Technical Staff 500 Oracle Parkway, M/
S 4OP9
Oracle Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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