Re: Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested

[Olivier DUBUISSON <olivier.dubuisson@orange-ftgroup.com>]

Hi,

regarding the following proposal, France Telecom is in favour of option c.

 > The OASIS Board Process Sub-Committee would like your input
 > on a possible rule change regarding TC voting.
 >
 > Currently any person who is a TC member can be a voting member. Since
 > eligibility is determined on an individual basis, not an
 > organizational basis, an organization can have an unlimited number of
 > voters (up to the number of members it has on that TC).  Some
 > concerns have been raised about this being fair, being a drain on
 > resources of those organizations, and making it harder to manage
 > quorum. Other concerns have been raised that reducing voting power on
 > TCs could reduce participation.
 >
 > The options we are evaluating include:
 > (a) Leaving the rules as currently written;
 > (b) Capping the total number of votes that may be cast by TC members
 >      from a single organization to 1, 2 or 3;
 > (c) Capping the total number of votes that may be cast by TC members
 >      from a single organization based on membership class (e.g.,
 > sponsors
 >      might get 3 versus contributors having 2).
 >
 > The voting rights of individual and associate members in TCs would
 > not be changed by these proposals.
 >
-- 
Olivier DUBUISSON (primary representative)
France Telecom
Pilotage de la normalisation/Deputy Director Standards Steering
NSM/RD/DDEV/NOR - BP 50702 - 22307 Lannion Cedex - France
tel: +33 2 96 05 38 50 - fax: +33 2 96 05 10 08

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