Re: TC visibility section question

[Lauren Wood <lauren@sqwest.bc.ca>]

Well, since Terry, Debbie, Robin and Karl would all be kicked off the ER
TC mailing list (amongst others) if we do this - what do you think?

Lauren

Karl Best wrote:
> 
> Given the limitations of the mail service that we are using, I don't have an
> easy way to allow only a certain subset of subscribers to post to a list.
> The choices I have available are a) only subscribers may post to the list,
> and b) anyone can post. (There *is* an option to only allow a subset of
> subscribers to post, but maintaining that separate list takes a lot of
> work.) What I need to enforce is that only full-fledged TC members are
> subscribed to the TC discussion list. Non-TC-members, which may include
> OASIS members, may not be subscribed to the discussion list, but must avail
> themselves of the list archives and the comment list to participate.
> 
> Given this, I will need to work with the various TC chairs to determine who
> the actual TC members are, and kick everyone else off the lists. In some
> cases, e.g. DSML, a majority of list subscribers, including some of the most
> active participants, are non-members, and this will cause a considerable
> disruption to the committee work. But we've either got to a) bite the bullet
> and do it officially, or b) relax the rules and say that anyone can
> participate in the discussions but only members can vote.
> 
> I suspect that taking the hard line may turn the circuitous comment lists
> into the place where all the work gets done, and the discussion (members
> only) lists will only be used for voting.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> </karl>
> ============================================================
> Karl F. Best
> OASIS - Director, Technical Operations
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Bosak [mailto:bosak@boethius.eng.sun.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:13 AM
> > To: workprocess@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: TC visibility section question
> >
> >
> > [lauren@sqwest.bc.ca:]
> >
> > | This section states that only members of a TC may post to the
> > | general mailing list of the TC. My question is: what about
> > | prospective members? They may attend meetings (including phone
> > | meetings at the discretion of the chair) so it makes sense to me to
> > | allow them to also post to the general mailing list.
> >
> > If prospective members were given the right to post to the TC
> > list, there would be no distinction between TC members and all
> > OASIS members; i.e., gaining the right to post to the list would
> > simply mean sending a message to the chair rather than sending a
> > subscription request to the server.  People who want to send
> > comments to the TC have a comments list for this purpose.
> >
> > | As a meta-question: it looks like we might need a slight revision
> > | of the process as we set up TCs to work with it to answer such
> > | questions - what's the best way of doing this? For example, most
> > | technical specs need an editor so the ER TC nominated and voted on
> > | one. Do we need a FAQ for little questions that don't need a
> > | change to the process?
> >
> > I believe Ken volunteered to put something like this together.
> >
> > By the way, I think that the best way to put together an editorial
> > team is to constitute it as a subcommittee so that it has a
> > structure and procedures of its own.
> >
> > Jon
> >