RE: Emergency Management TC IPR Transition Ballot

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

My apologies; the link below is to a closed ballot. The proper link is:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1116

Regards,

Mary
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org] 
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:54 PM
> To: 'mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org'; 'hamg@battelle.org'; 
> 'nadia@esi911.com'; 'Aymond, Patti'; 
> 'sameer.sharma@lmco.com'; 'creed@opengeospatial.org'; 'Elysa 
> Jones'; 'acb@incident.com'; 'sdwarkanath@comcare.org'; 
> 'dellis@sandia.gov'; 'aaron.temin@comcast.net'
> Cc: 'emergency@lists.oasis-open.org'
> Subject: RE: Emergency Management TC IPR Transition Ballot
> 
> To Elysa Jones, Voting Representatives, and Members of the EM TC:
> 
> Please note that this ballot is in jeopardy of failing due to 
> insufficient votes being cast. The ballot will remain open 
> until 11:45 et 2 Oct (Monday). 
> 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1112
> 
> Regards,
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Mary P McRae
> Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
> email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
> web: www.oasis-open.org
> phone: 603.232.9090
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org]
> > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 3:34 PM
> > To: 'hamg@battelle.org'; 'nadia@esi911.com'; 'Aymond, Patti'; 
> > 'sameer.sharma@lmco.com'; 'creed@opengeospatial.org'; 
> 'Elysa Jones'; 
> > 'acb@incident.com'; 'sdwarkanath@comcare.org'; 'dellis@sandia.gov'; 
> > 'aaron.temin@comcast.net'
> > Cc: 'emergency@lists.oasis-open.org'
> > Subject: Emergency Management TC IPR Transition Ballot
> > 
> > To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and 
> individual members 
> > who are voting "TC Qualified Members" for the Emergency 
> Management 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 Emergency Management TC has notified OASIS 
> staff that it 
> > successfully conducted a Transition Request vote under the IPR 
> > Transition Policy, to select the "RF/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 Emergency Management 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/emergency/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=1112
> >  
> > 
> > TC Voting Member    Qualified Member    Primary Representative
> > Organizational Members:
> > 
> > Disaster Management Interoperability Servi... 
> > Tim Grapes              yes
> > Gary Ham                yes             Gary Ham
> > 
> > ESI Acquisition
> > Josh Shows              yes             Nadia Butler
> > 
> > IEM
> > Patti Aymond            yes             Patti Aymond
> > 
> > Lockheed Martin
> > Tom Merkle              yes             Sameer Sharma
> > 
> > Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)
> > Carl Reed               yes             Carl Reed
> > 
> > Warning Systems Inc
> > Elysa Jones             yes             Elysa Jones
> > 
> > Individual/Associate Members:
> > 
> > Sukumar Dwarkanath      yes             Sukumar Dwarkanath
> > Art Botterell           yes             Art Botterell
> > David Ellis             yes             David Ellis
> > Aaron Temin             yes             Aaron Temin
> > 
> >