Should this TC be closed?

["MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given)" <EB2M-MRT@asahi-net.or.jp>]

Dear colleagues,

Karl F. Best (Vice President of OASIS) is asking if this 
TC should be closed.

There are some errata issues for the RELAX NG spec and the compact syntax 
spec.  I think that they have to be addressed by this TC.

Spam has disturbed James a lot.  If he is unable to chair, I think that 
the RELAX NG TC should probably choose a co-chair and have some votes.  
How do other members feel?  James, do you have time to respond?

Cheers,

Makoto
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Karl F. Best wrote:
> If the TC has work to do then by all means it should become active 
> again. In order to do so it needs to have a chair and a new charter. If 
> James is unable to act as chair at least long enough to get things going 
> again I could step in to conduct an election.
> 
> Murata-san, are you willing to get the discussion going again? Can you 
> ask the TC members if they want to resume work?
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Karl F. Best wrote:
> James:
> 
> I'd like to ping you again on the status of the OASIS RELAX-NG TC. I 
> never heard back from you after sending the attached note on 8 March, 
> though Norm eventually responded to say, essentially, that the TC was in 
> stand-by mode. I see zero activity here; the only messages in the email 
> archive for the past couple of month are spoofed spam, and before that 
> the last discussion was whether the TC should continue.
> 
> Please note that the TC Process (see 
> http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#closing) instructs me 
> to close a TC that is inactive or has completed its work, both of which 
> appear to be the case.
> 
> Is there any reason that I should not close the TC at this time?
> 
> -Karl
> 
> Karl F. Best wrote:
> > James:
> > 
> > I'm checking up on some of our technical committees, and wondering what 
> > the status is of the OASIS RELAX NG TC.
> > 
> > I've noticed a sharp drop-off of activity on the email list the last few 
> > months, and in particular see a note from Mike Fitzgerald asking what 
> > the next steps are 
> > (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/relax-ng/200401/msg00002.html). I 
> > realize that this TC has conducted itself entirely over email and hasn't 
> > had meetings -- which is normally my guage of level of activity -- so I 
> > can't tell that the TC is still active or not. And of course the TC 
> > decided to progress its work outside of the OASIS TC Process by 
> > submitting the spec to ISO.
> > 
> > So, could you give me a status of the TC's work, and what future plans 
> > are including whether this work will continue to be done at OASIS?
> > 
> > thanks
> > -Karl
> > 
> > =================================================================
> > Karl F. Best
> > Vice President, OASIS
> > office  +1 978.667.5115 x206     mobile +1 978.761.1648
> > karl.best@oasis-open.org      http://www.oasis-open.org
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MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) <EB2M-MRT@asahi-net.or.jp>