Open Document Format TC meeting minutes 2012-04-16

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Open Document Format TC meeting minutes
2012-04-16
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9:36 EDT 


Andre Rebentisch
+Jos van den Oever
+Ming Fei Jia
+Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
+Patrick Durusau
+Robert Weir
+Robin LaFontaine
+Steven Pemberton
+Svante Schubert
+Thorsten Behrens
+Tristan Mitchell


Voting Members are indicated with a + before their name 

10/16 voting members present = 62%, so quorum requirements are met. 

- Membership Notes:  Dennis Hamilton, Donald Harbison and Louis Suarez-Potts
have missed two consecutive meetings lose voting rights. Voting rights
are re-gained after attending two consecutive meetings.

- Agenda approved by unanimous consent 

- Minutes of April 2nd approved by unanimous consent 

- ODF Maintenance 

We're working on three projects:

1) Preparation of ODF 1.1 Errata 01
(Dennis)
2) Preparation of PAS submission of
ODF 1.2 to ISO/IEC JTC1 (Rob)
3) Preparation of ODF 1.2 Errata 01
(Needs an editor)

-ODF 1.3

--Discussion of ODF Plugfest Brussels
April 19th/20th

http://www.odfplugfest.org/2012-brussels/programme/

Program is here:  http://plugfest.opendocsociety.org/doku.php?id=plugfests:201204_brussels:info

Several TC members will be attending:
Rob, Don, Svante, and Jos

-- Discussion of entity processing in
XML, the risks, and whether we should address this in ODF 1.2 errata.

Action item --Rob to draft a communication
for distribution via comment list and home page

-- Change Tracking

Rob's idea: vote to "move to move
the previous question", if that passes (2/3) then proceed two rounds
of voting on the 3 proposals, dropping the 3rd place proposal after the
1st round.

Robin's idea: pick a small group of
more neutral members to evaluate the proposals and make a recommendation.
TC then votes on the recommendation

- Proposed Charter for Select Committee

"To recommend to the ODF TC a proposal
for ODF 1.3 Change Tracking.  The Select Committee may review the
existing three proposals, and recommend one of them, a combination or modification
of them, or bring forward entirely new ideas.   The Select Committee
shall conduct business the TC's mailing list and via conference calls.
 The Select Committee shall report back to the ODF TC on or before
June 30th, 2012."

Ideally, three members of the select
committee.  Nominations included Rob (declined), Oliver, Jos, Thorsten
B. and Patrick.  Several nominees requested time to think about this
and check regarding time commitment.

Plan to vote on the charter and the
committee next Monday, if TC attendance is good, otherwise via electronic
ballot.

Adjourned 10:33 EDT