RE: [oasis-member-discuss] Possible change to TC voting rules - inputrequested

[Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>]

+1

Well said.

Christopher Ferris
STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
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"Gilbert Pilz" <gpilz@bea.com> wrote
on 10/30/2006 01:27:14 PM:

> I'm in favor of some change to the current rules. I *have* participated
> in TCs with significant levels of "member packing" and it
has the
> following problems:
> 
> 1.) It is unfair. Only the biggest organizations have the resources
to
> pay people to do nothing but sit on concalls and vote.
> 
> 2.) It is escalatory. Once one organization packs a TC, other
> organizations are compelled to follow suite to "keep things even".
This
> "member packing arms race" is a drain on resources that
could be more
> productively applied elsewhere.
> 
> 3.) It is contrary to the whole notion of "everybody participates,
> everybody votes". The packees aren't there to participate, they
are just
> there to vote.
> 
> What I'd like to know is why people think that changing the voting
rules
> will effect TCs that don't have member packing? If you're not
> participating in the TC for the sole purposes of voting, why should
> having to share your vote with other (1 or 2) members of your
> organization discourage you from participating?
> 
> - gp
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Mischkinsky [mailto:jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:37 PM
> > To: oasis-member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: [oasis-member-discuss] Possible change to TC voting
> > rules - input requested
> > 
> > Dear OASIS Member,
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> > Please send your comments to:
> >   [oasis-member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org] by 20 November,
2006.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> >    Jeff Mischkinsky, Chair; for the OASIS Board Process
Sub-Committee
> > 
> > -- 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> >