Re: [humanmarkup] Voting - Note From ROB

[James Landrum <James.Landrum@ndsu.nodak.edu>]

Rex,

I vote yes.

Thanks,
Rob at NDSU

Rex Brooks wrote:

> Thanks Ranjeeth,
>
> We only need to hear from Joe and Rob to move ahead and I expect we 
> will hear from them today.
>
> We still have an active month or two ahead of us in terms of work and 
> discussion, but we'll get there.
>
> Ciao,
> Rex
>
> At 1:08 AM -0500 11/6/02, Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga wrote:
>
>> I agree with you and would suggest that we simply move forward with the
>> votes we have, and go underway with the public comments period as soon
>> as possible.
>>
>> -----
>> Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rex Brooks [mailto:rexb@starbourne.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:53 AM
>> To: humanmarkup@lists.oasis-open.org; cognite@zianet.com;
>> clbullar@ingr.com; kurt@kurtcagle.net; mbatsis@netsmart.gr
>> Subject: [humanmarkup] Voting
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> In reviewing current and previous OASIS policies and procedures, and
>> having been notified by Karl Best yesterday that he cannot accept a
>> vote that includes ineligible participants, it is clear that invited
>> experts are not allowed to vote in TC issues unless those invited
>> experts have been personally okayed by the CEO, which we have not
>> requested yet. This misunderstanding is entirely my responsibility
>> and I apologize deeply for having misinformed you about that. There
>> really is no excuse for such lack of care and attention to detail.
>>
>> The fact that I was concentrating on getting this first specification
>> to the point where we could submit it as a TC specification for
>> public comment is likewise no excuse, but I do hope you can
>> understand and forgive me for this error. As I now understand it we
>> have two choices, vote again, or not count the votes of those who
>> were ineligible. Since our vote was unanimous for approval, I am
>> personally in favor of proceeding without a new vote, but I admit I
>> am biased in favor of getting to a point where we can legitimately
>> present our work and our overall effort before a larger audience in
>> the hope of attracting more participation and support.
>>
>> Also, by way of updating you on my progress with making proofreading
>> corrections, I stopped that process at the component Community
>> yesterday. Since I am doing both the Word and HTML documents
>> simultaneously, and both need to be proofread yet again to double
>> check that the grammar and typos were corrected accurately, I doubt I
>> can finish this, in the context of both elections and 8-hours a day
>> of WSIA-WSRP minus lunch break before Thursday, but I will try.
>>
>> I suggest that each of you, eligible or not, reply to this message
>> with your feelings and position on whether we should vote again or
>> discount the ineligible votes and proceed forward. For those of you
>> to whom invited expert status has been extended from our group, I
>> should inform you that we will have to make separate requests for
>> each of you to be granted official one-year memberships by Patrick
>> Gannon, but I think we should decide that specific issue in our usual
>> monthly meeting, which I will arrange after this hell week has gone
>> the way of all things.
>>
>> Again, my apologies,
>> Rex
>> -- 
>> Rex Brooks
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>>
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