RE: [office] I guess this is goodbye, and good luck

["Scott McGrath" <scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org>]

Bruce, all,

First, I share your disappointment that you were not made aware of the
ongoing dialogue asking the OpenDocument Foundation to comply with OASIS'
long-standing membership rules.

That said; allow me to alert you to another detail that may not be aware
of-- Our fee-waived membership program.

Your Chair can request a fee waived membership for folks who are making
necessary contributions and who are not able to fund their membership.  See
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/liaison_policy.php#fee-wavedgrants for
details.

I hope that helps,

Scott McGrath
Senior Director of Member Services

Tel +1 978-667-5115 x202 
Fax +1 978-667-5114
scott.mcgrath@oasis-open.org

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bruce D'Arcus [mailto:bruce.darcus@OpenDocument.us]
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:44 PM
>To: office-metadata
>Cc: OASIS Office
>Subject: [office] I guess this is goodbye, and good luck
>
>Hi All,
>
>I just got a note from Scott McGrath, which said in part:
>
>> On 16 May, OASIS member accounts for all non-employee OpenDocument
>> Foundation representatives will be deactivated, with the exception of
>> the Primary Representative, Gary Edwards. A second authorized
>> representative may be designated by written notification from Gary.
>
>Unless some change happens, then, this will be my last day. I will no
>longer be
>able to participate in the ongoing metadata discussions and their final
>resolution with the TC.
>
>Thankfully that work is almost done and I am happy with the results.
>Should the TC accept them, the contribution they will make to ODF 1.2 will
>be
>profound.
>
>But I think it incredibly unfortunate that this happens now, and
>particularly
>bad form on OASIS' part to be giving me and other Foundation members less
>than
>24 hours notice.
>
>On principle, I am not interested in self-funding my participation here. I
>already have donated a whole lot of valuable time to this work, none of
>which I
>get compensated for.
>
>For the record, I'm not happy about this. It reinforces to me that OASIS is
>primarily a venue for the large vendors. ODF cannot flourish long term
>without
>broader particpation. That the rules for non-profits only (now? is this
>new??)
>allow two non-employee representatives is a case in point.
>
>Anyway, best of luck with 1.2.
>
>Bruce