RE: [xtm-wg] Nominations for invited guests

[Steve Pepper <pepper@ontopia.net>]

Thanks, Eric. I had the same interpretation.

Steve

At 09:57 10/01/01 -0600, Eric Freese wrote:
>2) The charter says that Ontopia can have only one Participating Member
>(3.5.2).  In speaking about people who change employer, section 3.5.5 says:
>
>"A change of employer shall not automatically cancel such an individual's
>access to meetings or ability to contribute work, however; such an
>individual shall have the option of retaining the status of Advisory Member
>unless otherwise decided by an absolute majority of the Participating
>Members."
>
>I read that to say that 2 of the 3 Ontopians (apparently Kal and Ann based
>on Steve P.'s note) can elect to retain Advisory Member status and have done
>so.  The sentence also says that this change does not cancel access to
>meetings or ability to contribute work.
>
>However, the definition of Advisory Members (section 2.3) states:
>
>"Advisory Members may advise the TopicMaps.Org Authoring Group (AG), but
>they may not directly participate in conference calls or face-to-face
>meetings unless invited as guests (see section 3.6.3)."
>
>Having said this, in my opinion, Steve P., Kal and Ann (all having held
>Participating Member status in the past) should be allowed to attend the
>meetings. Ontopia, as an organization, shall have only 1 Participating
>Member vote.  A similar issue is how Ontopia employee votes are handled
>within the subcommittees:  This should be left to the chairs of the
>individual subcommittees based on the rules within the charter (section 7).


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