Re: [chairs] Attendance rules (was) TC Process revisions released

[Tom Rutt <tom@coastin.com>]

James Bryce Clark wrote:

>
>     Not quite.  The intent of this rule has been, for some years now, 
> to ensure that a TC that has accreted many members, over time, does 
> not become incapable of quorum, as members drop off without explicitly 
> resigning.  If you have 50 members, and persistently 25 show up and 
> the other 25 lose interest, how do you get to a 26-member quorum?  
> Answer:  you don't.  But if the 25 eventually are deemed to have 
> resigned from voting membership, then quorum is re-set to a reachable 13.
>
The traditional reason for the warning, is to let the particpant show it 
to his/her boss to let them know they have to attend the next meeting.  
It is helpful as a clout for the participants.

Thus I suggest we continue with a warning after the voting member misses 
one meeting, that if they do
not attend the following meeting, they will loose voting rights.

I guess a Chair can do this on his own, so maybe it does not need a 
formal mandate.

Tom Rutt
WSRM TC Chair

>     Regards JBC
>
> ~   James Bryce Clark
> ~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
> ~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org
>


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