Re: PAC: Vote: CS 6 (except IPR)

[Eduardo Gutentag <eduardo.gutentag@eng.sun.com>]

I vote yes.


Jon Bosak wrote:
> 
> To: workprocess@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: PAC: Vote: CS 6 (except IPR)
> 
> Since I need to put this in the draft of the bylaws I promised to
> get out, and since (except for the IPR issue) the language I sent
> out last Sunday seems to be uncontroversial, I'm going to call the
> question on this part while we continue the IPR discussion
> separately.  If we can agree on an additional IPR clause, I'll add
> that in later.
> 
> Please vote on this as soon as possible by sending mail to the
> list.  I will stop taking votes Wednesday evening, but I hope that
> we can get a majority well before then.
> 
> Jon
> 
> ==================================================================
> 
> CS 6. Standards and Languages
> 
> OASIS TCs shall be authorized to work in any language they choose.
> The language of reference for a TC shall be declared at the same
> time its meeting schedule is first proposed.  Formal actions of
> TCs shall be governed by the same rules regardless of the language
> in which the work is taking place.  OASIS shall be responsible for
> certifying compliance with procedural and technical criteria.
> 
> A TC that has approved and published a committee specification may
> simultaneously or at some later time recommend that the
> specification be made an OASIS standard.  Upon resolution of the
> TC to move the specification forward, its chair shall submit the
> following items to OASIS:
> 
>    1. A formal specification that is a valid member of its type.
> 
>    2. Appropriate documentation for the specification, written in
>       the language of reference.
> 
>    3. A clear English-language summary of the specification.
> 
>    4. Certification by at least three OASIS member organizations
>       that they are successfully using the specification.
> 
>    5. An account of votes and comments received in any earlier
>       attempts to standardize substantially the same
>       specification, together with the originating TC's response
>       to each comment.
> 
>    6. A pointer to the publicly visible comments archive for the
>       originating TC.
> 
>    [unresolved issue to be decided in Paris: IPR policy for the
>    standards process; Terry Allen has said that he intends to
>    propose IETF rules]
> 
> Thirty days shall be allowed for administrative processing of a
> proposed standard.  The proposal shall be submitted to the OASIS
> membership for review at the beginning of the calendar quarter
> immediately following the 30 days allocated for administrative
> review.  At the beginning of the next calendar quarter, the
> proposal shall be submitted to the voting members of OASIS, who
> shall have thirty days to return a ballot approving or
> disapproving the proposal.
> 
>    ["thirty days" has been substituted for an occurrence of "one
>    month" in this paragraph per comment from Eduardo.]
> 
> The TC that originated the specification may, by formal
> resolution, withdraw the proposed specification at any point after
> it is submitted to OASIS for administrative processing and before
> the end of the voting period.
> 
> In votes upon proposed OASIS standards, every OASIS member
> organization shall be entitled to cast one vote.  Individual
> members (whether the membership is transferable or
> non-transferable) shall not be entitled to vote in the approval of
> OASIS standards.  [new language:] Votes shall be cast by sending
> electronic mail to a publicly archived list created for this
> purpose.  Votes may be changed up until the end of the voting
> period.
> 
> The results of a vote on a proposed standard shall be provided to
> the membership and to the TC no later than one week following the
> close of the voting period.
> 
> If at the end of the voting period at least 10 percent of the
> voting membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, then
> 
> a. If no votes have been cast to disapprove the proposed standard,
>    it shall become an OASIS standard immediately following the end
>    of the voting period.
> 
> b. If negative votes amounting to less than 10 percent of the
>    voting membership have been cast, the negative votes and
>    accompanying comments, if any, shall be forwarded to the
>    originating TC for consideration.  After notification of the
>    results, the TC shall have 30 days to take one of the following
>    actions by formal resolution:
> 
>    1. direct OASIS to approve the specification as submitted
>       despite the negative votes, or
> 
>    2. withdraw the submission entirely, or
> 
>    3. submit an amended specification, in which case the amended
>       submission shall be considered as if it were a new
>       submission, except that information regarding previous votes
>       and any disposition of comments received in previous votes
>       shall accompany the amended submission.
> 
> If at the end of the voting period less than 10 percent of the
> voting membership has voted to approve the proposed standard, or
> if at the end of the voting period 10 percent or more of the
> voting membership has voted to disapprove the proposed standard,
> or if the orginating TC upon notification of negative votes takes
> no formal action within the 30 days allocated for consideration of
> the results, then the specification shall not become an OASIS
> standard.  This shall not prevent the same or similar
> specification from being submitted again.

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