RE: [office] OpenDocument TC meeting minutes 2010-01-18

["Dennis E. Hamilton" <dennis.hamilton@acm.org>]

Hideki Hiura became a Voting Member as of the conclusion of the 2010-01-11
meeting and was a Voting Member at today's meeting.  (He was therefore a
Voting Member for the current ballot and it reflects that.)

Although it is what you said during the call, it is more accurate, under "*
Discussion: ODF 1.0 maintenance", to say "An abstention does not reduce the
number of Ayes required to approve the motion."  It seems that Nayes are
quite different than abstentions, since they can overcome a special majority
even when the special majority is achieved.

 - Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: robert_weir@us.ibm.com [mailto:robert_weir@us.ibm.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 10:35
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Subject: [office] OpenDocument TC meeting minutes 2010-01-18

OpenDocument TC meeting minutes 2010-01-18
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* Begin 9:35 EST

* Rollcall

+Andreas Guelzow
+Cherie Ekholm
+David Wheeler
+Dennis Hamilton
+Donald Harbison
Doug Schepers
+Eike Rathke
+Eric Patterson
Hideki Hiura
+Jomar Silva
+Michael Brauer
+MingFei Jia
+Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
+Patrick Durusau
+Rob Weir (presiding)
*Svante Schubert
+Thorsten Behrens 

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* Discussion: ODF 1.0 maintenance

- Rob reminded the TC of the ballot to approve the "submission request" of 
ODF 1.1 to JTC1.  This is a "special majority" ballot, so it is important 
that all eligible TC members vote.  An abstention is counted the same as a 
No vote.

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