Re: [oasis-member-discuss] Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested

["Wang Donglin" <dlwang@sursen.com>]

If a company has 5 persons, 3 agree while 2 oppose, how to work in vote cap(no matter the cap is 1 or 3)?

Alex
Sursen

>Disclaimer: This is my individual input based on my experience in OASIS 
>(it is neither the consolidated input of my employer nor the SDD TC)
>
>First, I will echo previous comments about the impetus for the proposed 
>change. Are there real problems or issues that need to be fixed? If not, 
>perhaps the status quo is fine.
>
>Having said that, a cap on the number of votes a single company can cast 
>is not necessarily objectionable. Ideally, this could be accomplished via 
>a simple request to TC members rather than a rule change.
>
>If a rule change is truly necessary and should occur, I believe that the 
>cap should be a fixed number, probably no less than 3, votes per company, 
>rather than some formulaicly derived number or a "one company, one vote" 
>method. Also, I think that the following considerations would need to be 
>taken into account:
>How would a vote cap relate to voting member status? Suppose a company has 
>5 voting members but a cap of 3 votes per company is imposed. Would the 
>number of voting members per company be similarly capped? If not, what is 
>the mechanism for the company to cast its votes? Managing a vote cap along 
>with the list of voting members, which changes over time, could become a 
>logistical problem.
>If a rule change is approved, when would it become effective? It is 
>possible that the progress and plans of certain TCs could be affected by a 
>rule change such as the one proposed.
>
>In summary:
>First, any requirement for a rule change should first be validated.
>Second, if a rule change truly is required, I believe that it should be 
>undertaken cautiously and be as simple, and cause the least amount of 
>disruption, as possible, and should not discourage participation and 
>contributions.
>
>Regards,
>Brent
>
>Brent A. Miller
>STSM, Autonomic Computing Architecture
>IBM Corp.
>Tel. 919-543-6959 (TIE 441)
>
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