Re: [chairs] Individual members representation?

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Chris',

Thanks for your notes and feedback - this is definately helpful.

Us chairs are still all learning.  Maybe we need a "New Chairs" kit!?!

DW.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher B Ferris" <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>
To: "David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>
Cc: "Chairs OASIS" <chairs@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [chairs] Individual members representation?


> David,
> 
> Please see my thoughts below.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Christopher Ferris
> STSM, Emerging e-business Industry Architecture
> email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
> phone: +1 508 234 3624
> 
> "David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info> wrote on 11/29/2003 11:17:22 AM:
> 
> > As we are approaching year end some retrospective thoughts and
> > looks ahead occur.
> > 
> > Would it make sense to add a Board member who represents all
> > the individual members?
> 
> As Eduardo indicated, Board members are elected as, and serve
> as individuals. You can always send them email to communicate your
> concerns just as you might send a note to your congressperson
> or MP, etc.
> 
> > 
> > Clearly there are large numbers now contributing to every OASIS
> > team.  But only corporate members get to vote and nominate 
> > board members.
> > 
> > Do we need balance, and would input from individual members help?
> > Would this help toward working with groups such as ISO in the 
> > future?
> 
> I'm not sure that I understand how any of this would help with ISO.
> 
> > 
> > Some ground rules would be needed - and also OASIS would need
> > to cover expenses for the person - as obviously they do not have
> > a corporate sponsor.  If the person subsequently joined a corporation
> > would this automatically trigger a new appointment - or could it
> > be discretionary?
> 
> There's always OASIS staff. They too can represent your concerns at
> the board level.
>  
> > 
> > We could certainly also have a meeting room and feedback area
> > for individual members via Kavi as another resource.
> 
> Why limit it to individual members? I think that this might be a 
> worthwhile
> experiment, although my experience suggests that it might simply be
> forgotten over time. Would it be by subscription only? I doubt that 
> people will be receptive to a list for all members... It will simply
> generate an exponentially growing "remove me from this list" thread
> as soon as someone kicks off a discussion thread;-)
> 
> > 
> > Personally as an individual member I would definately value reports
> > back from the board from an independent member there.
> 
> As Eduardo responded, you and any other member, whether an individual
> or an employee of a member company can always read the minutes:
> 
>         http://www.oasis-open.org/private/bod_minutes.php
> 
> > 
> > OK - so I've taken the lid off a large can of worms here, but this
> > was an itch so I thought I'd better scratch it! 
> > 
> > What are the pro's and con's?  Is this workable? 
> > 
> > DW.
>