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Subject: RE: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing
This, based on my experience, a desired effect of an email vote -- ensuring that the vote carries the consent of the (majority of) the entire TC body. -- Steve -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Kenton [mailto:jkenton@datapower.com] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:07 PM To: Jeff Kenton Cc: Hal Lockhart; Steve Anderson; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing Jeff Kenton wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Steve Anderson [mailto:sanderson@opennetwork.com] >>> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:30 PM >>> To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Subject: RE: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing >>> > > ... > >>> If we take this path, the replacement text would be: >>> >>> "Email votes require majority of TC membership in order to pass." >>> > > Note that a literal reading of this phrase makes deliberate abstentions > equivalent to "NO" votes. > In theory, this could also mean that you require twice as many "YES" votes to pass something by email as you would in a meeting with a minimal quorum. This isn't necessarily an objection -- but it's good to know what you're saying. -- -------------------------- Jeff Kenton DataPower Technology, Inc.
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