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Subject: Re: [chairs] RE: TAB Charter proposal
Chairs: The OASIS Board has approved this change in the TAB charter. -Karl Karl Best wrote: > TC Chairs: > > The OASIS Techncial Advisory Board (TAB) has requested that the OASIS > Board revise their charter, and as the requested revision concerns the > OASIS TCs the Board would like to give the TC chairs the opportunity to > comment. > > The TAB's current charter (see http://www.oasis-open.org/tab/#charter) > is to "advise the OASIS Board of Directors (Board) on matters related to > supporting the technical agenda of OASIS". The TAB would in addition > like to be able to work with the TCs in areas listed below. > > The Board will be considering this proposal at their next meeting on 21 > November; please send me your comments by 18 November so that I can > compile and submit them to the Board. > > thanks > -Karl > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eduardo Gutentag [mailto:eduardo.gutentag@sun.com] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:51 PM > To: oasisboard@lists.oasis-open.org > Cc: OASIS TAB > Subject: [oasisboard] TAB Charter proposal > > > Dear OASIS Board, > > Over the past few months, since our first meeting on June 17, the TAB > has been struggling with the fact that our charter does not allow us > to contact TCs directly and all our communications must pass through > the Board of Directors. While this is understandable inasmuch as the > TAB is a Committee of the Board, and the Board envisions it only as an > advisory committee with no powers of execution, it does make some of > our efforts ineffective. In that spirit, we would like to propose to the > Board a small modification of the charter, which would allow the TAB to > get in direct contact with Technical Committees in the fulfillment of > its charter, viz. the addition of a section 1.2.iv such that section 1.2 > would now read: > > ------- > 2.Support the OASIS technical process > > i. Support technical committees by providing review and guidance on > scope and deliverables of technical work > ii. Recommend areas of collaboration within OASIS technical > committees and with other outside standards activities > iii. Recommend guidelines and other processes that will support the > OASIS technical process e.g. development of standard templates, > best practices, tools and infrastructure > iv. Communicate directly with the appropriate technical committess as > required to carry out the activities described above. > ------- > > (The current charter can be found at > http://www.oasis-open.org/tab/#charter) > > Please note the reduced scope of the requested modification - it would > touch only section 1.2 > > This would also be a good opportunity for the Board to change the word > "within" in 1.2.ii with "between", since that section supposedly refers > to collaboration between TCs rather than within TCs. > > Thank you > > -- > Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail: eduardo.gutentag@Sun.COM > Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442 > Sun Microsystems Inc. | 1800 Harrison St. Oakland, CA > 94612 > W3C AC Rep / OASIS TAB Chair > > > > > ================================================================= > Karl F. Best > Vice President, OASIS > +1 978.667.5115 x206 > karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> > > -- ================================================================= Karl F. Best Vice President, OASIS +1 978.667.5115 x206 karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org
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