RE: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing

[Steve Anderson <sanderson@opennetwork.com>]

Definitely -- 'members' are those with voting rights (except when on a Leave of Absence).
--
Steve


-----Original Message-----
From: Darran Rolls [mailto:Darran.Rolls@waveset.com]
Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 2:40 PM
To: Steve Anderson; Jeff Kenton
Cc: Hal Lockhart; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [chairs] Re: Quorum required for good standing


Qualification: entire TC body = members in "good-standing" rght?

--------------------------------------------------------
Darran Rolls                      http://www.waveset.com
Waveset Technologies Inc          drolls@waveset.com 
(512) 657 8360                    
--------------------------------------------------------


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Anderson [mailto:sanderson@opennetwork.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:23 PM
> To: Jeff Kenton
> Cc: Hal Lockhart; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription
> manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl>