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Subject: Re: [humanmarkup] Voting - Note From ROB
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 >> Starbourne Communications Design >> 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA 94702 *510-849-2309 >> http://www.starbourne.com * rexb@starbourne.com >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> To subscribe or unsubscribe from this elist use the subscription >> manager: <http://lists.oasis-open.org/ob/adm.pl> > > > -- From the Desk of James E. Landrum III Database Manager Archaeology Technologies Laboratory (ATL; http://atl.ndsu.edu) Digital Archive Network for Anthropology (DANA; http://atl.ndsu.edu/archive) North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105 Ph: 701-231-7115 (my desk) and ATL 701-231-6434 FAX: 701-231-1047 email: james.landrum@ndsu.nodak.edu
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