RE: [docbook-tc] IPR Transition Deadline rapidly approaching

["Mary McRae" <marypmcrae@gmail.com>]

Hi everyone,

  Yes, all members have now signed the new membership agreement. All the TC
needs to do is hold a transition request ballot - basically asking TCAdmin to
conduct a Transition Approval Ballot to [mode here] IPR Mode. You can do it on a
call (just send me the link to the meeting minutes) or you can set up a web
ballot if quorum is in jeopardy. 

  The rest of the process falls on my shoulders so the TC won't need to worry
about. I do suggest that each member that holds voting rights in the TC check
with their organization's primary voting representative (unless they're an
individual) to verify that they are okay with the IPR mode chosen.

Regards,

Mary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 4:53 PM
> To: docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org
> Cc: Mary McRae
> Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] IPR Transition Deadline rapidly approaching
> 
> / "Grosso, Paul" <pgrosso@ptc.com> was heard to say:
> | I would like to propose that we open the IPR transition issue by 
> | asking if there are any objections to going with OASIS' standard RF 
> | option.
> 
> That's "RF on Limited Terms"
> 
> | If there are objections, those objecting can start an email 
> discussion 
> | about it.
> 
> I don't expect any, but if you object, now's the time to say so.
> 
> | If there are no objections, we can task someone (Norm?) to 
> draft the 
> | necessary documents offline, and then we can vote on them.
> 
> Can do.
> 
> Looking at Question 4 in the FAQ[1], I see "Step 1":
> 
>   Step 1:
> 
>      At least fifty percent of the represented Organizations and
>      Individual Members serving as TC Participants sign the new OASIS
>      Membership Agreement. (Members will have access to information on
>      which TC Participants have completed the agreement, so that
>      everyone involved is aware of the upcoming mode selection.)
> 
> Mary, can you tell us if we've reached the 50% level already?
> 
> | There is nothing I'd like to avoid more than wasting telcon time 
> | talking about IP issues.
> 
> +1
> 
> 
> 
>                                         Be seeing you,
>                                           norm
> 
> [1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/transition_faq.php
> 
> -- 
> Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>      | Everything should be made as
> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ | simple as possible, but 
> no simpler.
> Chair, DocBook Technical Committee |
>