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Subject: Re: [humanmarkup] Voting


Agreed.

-Joseph Norris
jwnorris@humanmarkup.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rex Brooks" <rexb@starbourne.com>
To: <humanmarkup@lists.oasis-open.org>; <cognite@zianet.com>;
<clbullar@ingr.com>; <kurt@kurtcagle.net>; <mbatsis@netsmart.gr>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:53 AM
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
> Starbourne Communications Design
> 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA 94702 *510-849-2309
> http://www.starbourne.com * rexb@starbourne.com
>
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