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Subject: RE: [bpel4people] reminder-and resend- Draft 1 agenda for initial BPEL4PEOPLE TC meeting - Wed 05 Mar 2008 - 8:00 AM PST
2735473753# is the correct password for those trying to enter the conference ... Mary > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Mischkinsky [mailto:jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:26 AM > To: bpel4people@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: [bpel4people] reminder-and resend- Draft 1 agenda for initial > BPEL4PEOPLE TC meeting - Wed 05 Mar 2008 - 8:00 AM PST > > Hi, (resending as a reminder), > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > generates this mail. 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