Re: [xtm-wg] Re: XTM-WG Charter Approval

["Steven R. Newcomb" <srn@techno.com>]

[Murray Altheim:]

> I have one concern about the charter and would like clarification:
> if we are not able to gain the proper ratio of technology
> vs. content companies represented in the WG, does this keep us from
> beginning?

That was not the intent, no.

> If at some point a company drops out and the ratio dips,
> do we have to quit?

That was not the intent, no.

In the passage below, the first few words ("When technology-oriented
Participating Members are added") were intended to indicate that the
balancing rule only applies when Participating Members join the AG.
Nobody has to quit because somebody leaves: the rule doesn't apply at
that time.  The rule is intended to apply the next time somebody wants
to be added, at which time the sentence beginning with "In
practice..."  explains what is likely to have to happen in order to
restore balance.

::

    When technology-oriented Participating Members are added,
    technology-oriented Participating Members may not constitute an
    absolute majority of the resulting TopicMaps.Org Specification
    Authoring Group.  (In practice, this rule means that there
    may be occasions when a content-oriented Participating Member must
    be added, or a technology-oriented Participating Member can be
    replaced, in order to allow the addition of a new
    technology-oriented Participating Member.)

-Steve

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