Response to comments on OASIS Bylaws

["Frederick Hirsch" <oasis@fjhirsch.com>]

Dear Bret:

Thank you for your comments on the proposed revisions to OASIS Bylaws 
posted on 8/24/2020.  The Governance Committee reviewed with gratitude 
and considered each of your recommendations.

We adjusted to the 'purpose' clause in Article II, after review of the 
comments received expressing concern about the general scope of OASIS 
activities.  The key phrase, with the newly added words bracketed, now 
reads "... to develop and refine [information technology] standards, 
specifications, code, policies, and methodologies ..."

We also note that the Bylaws draft already includes the phrase âOASIS 
is a global, member-driven communityâ which indicates that the work of 
OASIS is driven by the members and thus is appropriate to their work and 
interests.

We included your suggestion that regular reporting of Board attendance 
should be included in the elections process.  The following sentence was 
added to Section 3.15(b):  "[The corporation shall publish the Board 
meeting attendance record of Directors annually at the start of each 
general Board election.]"

A more detailed report of Board member actions or votes seemed to 
duplicate our current posting of minutes for all members to review, and 
might also require editorializing in a summary that might difficult to 
write in a sufficiently neutral manner for our elections process.

The Governance Committee plans to finalize these and then recommend that 
the full Board approve the changes and transmit them to our membership.

Regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Chair of OASIS Board Governance Advisory Subcommittee