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Subject: New TC Attendence Rules


Dear TC members,

as you may have seen already, OASIS has revised the TC attendence rules.
According to the new rules, a TC member looses voting rights after missing
two TC meetings in a row, but also gets back voting rights after attending to
two meetings in a row. Please note that voting rights are independent of TC
membership. That means that a TC member that misses two meetings in a row
looses voting rights, but remains a TC member.

The new rules are in effetct since last Friday. The details can be found in
the message below.

Best regards

Michael



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [members] TC Process change to attendance rules
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:39:40 -0700
From: James Bryce Clark <jamie.clark@oasis-open.org>
To: members@lists.oasis-open.org, tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org

     To:  OASIS Members

      Please be advised that the OASIS TC Process has been amended to
simplify the rules for TC attendance and the effects on the voting rights
of TC members.

     After the April 2005 TC Process revisions, TC chairs and members
suggested that the revised rules in Section 2.4 could be made easier to
administer.   The OASIS staff and Board of Directors appreciate the input
we received, and the Board directed its TC Process Committee to simplify
the rule.  The new text is set out at the bottom of this message.
     Please bear in mind that a TC member who fails to attend TC meetings
(or certain ballots, in the case where those are counted) may lose his or
her *voting* rights as a result.  However, the attendance rule only toggles
voting-versus-nonvoting status.  Membership in the TC does not lapse due to
absence.
     The change is effective today, 12 August 2005,  and also will be
posted to the TC Process page at
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php.

REVISED TEXT:

2.4 TC Membership and Participation
     TC membership is per person, not per organization, and is not
transferable from person to person.

Observer
     An Eligible Person may become an Observer of a TC by registering as an
Observer using the electronic collaboration tools provided by OASIS. If the
Eligible Person is an employee or designee of an OASIS member organization,
the Primary Representative of that organization must be notified that the
person has requested to become an Observer. The Observer is not a Member of
the TC so has no attendance or participation requirements to maintain this
status, other than to remain an Eligible Person.

Member
     Any time after the first meeting, an Eligible Person shall become a
Member of an existing TC by registering as a Member using the electronic
collaboration tools provided by OASIS. If the Eligible Person is an
employee or designee of an OASIS member organization, the Primary
Representative of that organization must confirm to the Chair and to the TC
Administrator that the person may become a Member of the TC. Upon receipt
by the Chair of confirmation by the Primary Representative the Member may
begin participating, but shall not have voting rights. A Member shall
become eligible to vote in the TC when the requirements below are met.

Voting Member
     After the first Meeting of a TC, a Member shall gain voting rights at
the close of the second consecutive Meeting attended by the Member or 60
days after the person becomes a Member, whichever comes first.
     A Voting Member must be active in a TC to maintain voting rights. In
TCs that hold Meetings, a Voting Member who is absent from two consecutive
Meetings (as recorded in the minutes) loses his or her voting rights at the
end of the second Meeting missed. If a TC has adopted a standing rule to
conduct business only by electronic ballot, without Meetings, then a Voting
Member who fails to cast a ballot in two consecutive Specification Ballots
loses his or her voting rights at the close of the second ballot missed.
     A Member who has lost his or her voting rights shall regain them for a
TC that holds Meetings by attending two consecutive Meetings (as recorded
in the minutes), thus regaining voting rights after the end of the second
Meeting attended.  A Member of a TC that does not hold Meetings may regain
voting rights by making a request to the chair(s) to regain them, effective
60 days after the request.
     Voting Members who lose their voting rights remain Members of the TC.
A warning may be sent to the Member by the Chair, but the loss of voting
rights is not dependent on the warning.

END OF TEXT

Regards  JBC

~   James Bryce Clark
~   Director, Standards Development, OASIS
~   jamie.clark@oasis-open.org


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