User Interface Markup Language (UIML) TC IPR Transition Ballot

["Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and individual members who are voting "TC Qualified Members" for the User
Interface Markup Language (UIML) TC
 
   As you probably know, OASIS adopted revisions to our IPR Policy effective on 15 April 2005.[1] TCs formed before that
date continue to operate under the old ("legacy") policy. However, they may convert to the new policy by making a
"transition" under the terms of the OASIS IPR Transition Policy [2], by the specific voting procedure described in the
transition policy.
 
   The OASIS User Interface Markup Language (UIML) TC has notified OASIS staff that it successfully conducted a
Transition Request vote under the IPR Transition Policy, to select the "RF on Limited Terms" IPR Mode. Accordingly, I am
opening a Transition Approval Ballot, in which the primary representatives of all voting members of the committee may
cast a ballot. A list of the current TC voting members, as of the date of the Transition Request, is attached. In this
ballot, which will run for 14 days, the TC Qualified Members [3] each may cast only a single vote. The ballot will allow
for YES, NO, or ABSTAIN votes. Approval of a Transition Approval Ballot requires:
   (i) a minimum of 50% of all TC Qualified Members to vote,
   (ii) no NO votes cast, and
   (iii) one or more YES votes.
 
   The ballot has opened and can be seen at [4]. Please note, for organizational members, it is the primary OASIS
representative who votes, so if you are not a TC member, you may wish to consult your organization's active TC members
regarding this vote.
 
   We will notify the User Interface Markup Language (UIML) TC list and the voting "TC Qualified Members" of the
results.
 
Regards,
 
Mary McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
 
[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php 
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php 
[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/uiml/members/roster.php
   In the transition policy, the "TC Qualified Members" who may vote in this ballot are defined as:
"either a TC Individual Voting Member or an OASIS Organizational Member that has at least one voting member in the TC at
the time the TC Individual Voting Members approve the Transition Request and has signed the new Membership Agreement."
[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1249
 
TC Voting Member    Qualified Member    Primary Representative
Organizational Members:
Siemens AG:                               Reinhard Bruhns 
Heinz-Josef Eikerling      yes


Individual/Associate Members:
Belgian Laboratory of Computer Human Interface
Jean Vanderdonckt          yes             Jean Vanderdonckt

Harmonia, Inc.:                            
James Helms                yes             James Helms 

Paderborn University C-Lab:
Robbie Schaefer            yes             Robbie Schaefer

Universiteit Hasselt-Campus Diepe
Kris Luyten                yes             Kris Luyten