[Fwd: [members] TC Process change to attendance rules]

[Monica J Martin <Monica.Martin@Sun.COM>]

Note, new abbreviaed attendance rules. Any observer who wishes to become 
a member should indicate such to Dale Moberg and myself.

Thanks.

> jamie clark: To:  OASIS Members
>
>      Please be advised that the OASIS TC Process has been amended to 
> simplify the rules for TC attendance and the effects on the voting 
> rights of TC members.
>
>     After the April 2005 TC Process revisions, TC chairs and members 
> suggested that the revised rules in Section 2.4 could be made easier 
> to administer.   The OASIS staff and Board of Directors appreciate the 
> input we received, and the Board directed its TC Process Committee to 
> simplify the rule.  The new text is set out at the bottom of this 
> message.
>     Please bear in mind that a TC member who fails to attend TC 
> meetings (or certain ballots, in the case where those are counted) may 
> lose his or her *voting* rights as a result.  However, the attendance 
> rule only toggles voting-versus-nonvoting status.  Membership in the 
> TC does not lapse due to absence.
>     The change is effective today, 12 August 2005,  and also will be 
> posted to the TC Process page at 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php.
>
> REVISED TEXT:
>
> 2.4 TC Membership and Participation
>     TC membership is per person, not per organization, and is not 
> transferable from person to person.
>
> Observer
>     An Eligible Person may become an Observer of a TC by registering 
> as an Observer using the electronic collaboration tools provided by 
> OASIS. If the Eligible Person is an employee or designee of an OASIS 
> member organization, the Primary Representative of that organization 
> must be notified that the person has requested to become an Observer. 
> The Observer is not a Member of the TC so has no attendance or 
> participation requirements to maintain this status, other than to 
> remain an Eligible Person.
>
> Member
>     Any time after the first meeting, an Eligible Person shall become 
> a Member of an existing TC by registering as a Member using the 
> electronic collaboration tools provided by OASIS. If the Eligible 
> Person is an employee or designee of an OASIS member organization, the 
> Primary Representative of that organization must confirm to the Chair 
> and to the TC Administrator that the person may become a Member of the 
> TC. Upon receipt by the Chair of confirmation by the Primary 
> Representative the Member may begin participating, but shall not have 
> voting rights. A Member shall become eligible to vote in the TC when 
> the requirements below are met.
>
> Voting Member
>     After the first Meeting of a TC, a Member shall gain voting rights 
> at the close of the second consecutive Meeting attended by the Member 
> or 60 days after the person becomes a Member, whichever comes first.
>     A Voting Member must be active in a TC to maintain voting rights. 
> In TCs that hold Meetings, a Voting Member who is absent from two 
> consecutive Meetings (as recorded in the minutes) loses his or her 
> voting rights at the end of the second Meeting missed. If a TC has 
> adopted a standing rule to conduct business only by electronic ballot, 
> without Meetings, then a Voting Member who fails to cast a ballot in 
> two consecutive Specification Ballots loses his or her voting rights 
> at the close of the second ballot missed.
>     A Member who has lost his or her voting rights shall regain them 
> for a TC that holds Meetings by attending two consecutive Meetings (as 
> recorded in the minutes), thus regaining voting rights after the end 
> of the second Meeting attended.  A Member of a TC that does not hold 
> Meetings may regain voting rights by making a request to the chair(s) 
> to regain them, effective 60 days after the request.
>     Voting Members who lose their voting rights remain Members of the 
> TC. A warning may be sent to the Member by the Chair, but the loss of 
> voting rights is not dependent on the warning.
>
> END OF TEXT
>
> Regards  JBC
>
> ~   James Bryce Clark
> ~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
> ~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org
>
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