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Subject: CAPv1.2 CS & Standard Approval Ballots
Hi Everyone, Because today is a national holiday and there is a good chance that many of the voting members of the TC may not be getting their email until after the ballots close today, there is good reason for concern that we will find ourselves in a difficult situation tomorrow if the ballot closes and the vote results remain unchanged. So I went to the OASIS Technical Committee Handbook http://docs.oasis-open.org/templates/TCHandbook/OASISTCHandbook.htm and did some research that took me to the TC Process Document Section 3.4 Approval of an OASIS Standard http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2008-06-19.php#OASISstandard where paragraph 14 states: *The TC that originated the specification may resolve by Special Majority Vote to withdraw the proposed specification at any point after it is submitted to the TC Administrator for administrative processing and before the start of the voting period.* No part of the submission may be changed or altered in any way after being submitted to the TC Administrator, including by Errata or corrigenda. Errata, corrigenda or other changes to a Committee Specification are not permitted after its submission for OASIS Standard approval; if changes are required the Committee Specification must be withdrawn by the TC, edited, re-approved as a Committee Specification, and then may be resubmitted as a proposed OASIS Standard. Proposed changes of any kind to a Committee Draft or Committee Specification may be maintained by a Technical Committee, but do not have any approval status until incorporated into a revised Committee Draft or Committee Specification. Special Majority Vote is defined in TC Process Document Section 1 Definitions http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2008-06-19.php#definitions "Special Majority Vote" is a TC vote in which at least 2/3 (two thirds) of the Voting Members vote " yes" and no more than 1/4 (one fourth) of the Voting Members vote "no". These numbers are based on the total number of Voting Members. Abstentions are not counted. For example, in a TC in which there are 30 Voting Members, at least 20 Voting Members must vote "yes" for a motion to pass; but if 8 or more vote "no" then the motion fails. All Special Majority Votes must be conducted via electronic ballot by the OASIS TC Administrator. I believe this means that we can, at our regularly scheduled TC meeting tomorrow resolve by Special Majority Vote to withdraw the proposed specification even if the ballot measures currently set to close today are approved. Cheers, Rex -- Rex Brooks President, CEO Starbourne Communications Design GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison Berkeley, CA 94702 Tel: 510-898-0670
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