Digital Signature Services (DSS) TC IPR Transition Ballot

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and individual members who are voting "TC Qualified Members" for the
Digital Signature Services (DSS) TC
 
   As you probably know, OASIS adopted revisions to our IPR Policy effective on 15 April 2005.[1] TCs formed before that
date continue to operate under the old ("legacy") policy. However, they may convert to the new policy by making a
"transition" under the terms of the OASIS IPR Transition Policy [2], by the specific voting procedure described in the
transition policy.
 
   The OASIS Digital Signature Services (DSS) TC has notified OASIS staff that it successfully conducted a Transition
Request vote under the IPR Transition Policy, to select the "RAND" IPR Mode. Accordingly, I am opening a Transition
Approval Ballot, in which the primary representatives of all voting members of the committee may cast a ballot. A list
of the current TC voting members, as of the date of the Transition Request, is attached. In this ballot, which will run
for 14 days, the TC Qualified Members [3] each may cast only a single vote. The ballot will allow for YES, NO, or
ABSTAIN votes. Approval of a Transition Approval Ballot requires:
   (i) a minimum of 50% of all TC Qualified Members to vote,
   (ii) no NO votes cast, and
   (iii) one or more YES votes.
 
   The ballot has opened and can be seen at [4]. Please note, for organizational members, it is the primary OASIS
representative who votes, so if you are not a TC member, you may wish to consult your organization's active TC members
regarding this vote.
 
   We will notify the Digital Signature Services (DSS) TC list and the voting "TC Qualified Members" of the results.
 
Regards,
 
Mary McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
 
[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php 
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php 
[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dss/members/roster.php
   In the transition policy, the "TC Qualified Members" who may vote in this ballot are defined as:
"either a TC Individual Voting Member or an OASIS Organizational Member that has at least one voting member in the TC at
the time the TC Individual Voting Members approve the Transition Request and has signed the new Membership Agreement."
[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1256
 
TC Voting Member    Qualified Member    Primary Representative
 Organizational Members:
 Austria Federal Chancellery:               Peter Reichstaedter
 Konrad Lanz                yes
 
 BEA Systems, Inc.:                         Hal Lockhart
 Hal Lockhart               yes
 
 Centre d'aplicacions avanades:             Juan Carlos Cruellas
 Juan Carlos Cruellas       yes
 
 Dajeil Ltd.:                               Seamus Farrell
 Lindberg, Tommy            yes
 
 Surety, Inc.:                              Dimitri Andivahis
 Dimitri Andivahis          yes
 
 Thales eSecurity Ltd.                      Nick Pope
 Nick Pope                  yes
 
 Individual/Associate Members:
 Stefan Drees               yes             Stefan Drees
 Andreas Kuehne             yes             Andreas Kuehne
 
 Secstan:
 John Ross                  yes             John Ross