Re: [humanmarkup] Please Vote

[Karl Best <karl.best@oasis-open.org>]

Rex:

I'm puzzled by this message. Are you suggesting that you are giving the
right to vote in the TC to "invited experts"? I'm sorry, but you can't
do that. Only TC members can vote in the TC, and only OASIS members are
eligible to become TC members. Goving away this right to vote takes away
any reason a person may have for joining OASIS.

  > ... For the record, despite the
  > recent changes in policy that OASIS has made, and whatever they may
  > decide in relation to our vote, we need to continue with the same
  > process that was underway during this process.

I'm sorry, Rex, but you don't have the authority to override the OASIS
Process.

If it is the case that non-TC members were allowed to vote I will not
accept the TC's submission to the OASIS membership for their approval.

-Karl



Rex Brooks wrote:
 > Hi Everyone,
 >
 > While the subject line says it all, there are a few additional factors I
 > would like you to understand in the context of this note to encourage
 > you all to vote if you are eligible. That includes everyone in the TC
 > and our recently appointed Invited Experts. For the record, despite the
 > recent changes in policy that OASIS has made, and whatever they may
 > decide in relation to our vote, we need to continue with the same
 > process that was underway during this process. So for our Invited
 > Experts, we need your formal voting messages.
 >
 > Len, I would prefer to have a separate message even though it sounded as
 > if you were in favor of approval in your last message. So far only
 > Sylvia and I have voted and the count stands at 2 in favor and 0 opposed.
 >
 > There are several items which cannot be carried through until we have a
 > decision. I can't open up a dialog with OASIS about how they want to
 > officially deal with our current ensemble of Invited Experts, in which I
 > want a clear decision about the specification to cite as evidence in
 > favor of our including all of our Invited Experts for the next year. I
 > also want to use that deliverable status as evidence for, in effect,
 > grandfathering our Invited Experts as part of the voting TC membership
 > on the basis of contributions made to the effort while under the
 > previous conditions.
 >
 > Also, I want a decision in hand as I proceed forward with building an
 > OASIS-compliant set of Word, HTML and PDF versions of the specification.
 > There are a number of issues which I need to be able document as
 > requiring policy decisions from them with regard to suggestions I want
 > to make. Making suggestions without concrete examples is not a practice
 > I am willing to make. These suggestions concern increasing clarity in
 > rules regarding namespaces, documentation and improving readability for
 > the purposes of explaining these specifications.
 >
 > We also need to request some specific changes to accommodate
 > specifications such as ours which include foundational specifications
 > which are not application-specific for determining what constitutes an
 > independent implementation. This issue directly affects our ability to
 > gain overall OASIS approval of our specification as a recommended 
standard.
 >
 > Lastly, we need to set the agenda for our next meeting and get off to a
 > good start on the next phase of work, whether it is to continue working
 > on the Primary Base Schema or moving on to the Secondary Base Schema.
 >
 > Ciao,
 > Rex


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