Re: [ws-caf] More trouble with voting the KAVI way

[Greg Pavlik <greg.pavlik@oracle.com>]

I did exactly the same, and I am completely frustrated by this system. 
Perhaps our first item for the next concall should be to reevaluate this 
process?

Green, Alastair J. wrote:

>Sorry to raise this again, but I had allotted some of this afternoon to
>WS-CAF, including registering my votes, only to run into the following
>problems. 
>
>I have every sympathy with any user or administrator of the dreaded KAVI
>system, so I'm not having a go. 
>
>On a constructive note, I would like to suggest that a voting sheet,
>sent out and returned by e-mail, with the opportunity to cast votes on
>one "piece of paper", on each of the current *batch* of proposals, would
>be *vastly* easier to understand, keep track of, and probably easier to
>administer.
>
>Here goes ...
>
>I discover that the ballots raised on Friday 6th at 8.00am Eastern were
>closed at 12 midnight today. That is not seven days. I had misread "am"
>for "pm", and thought I had till 5.00pm GMT, but that's beside the
>point: it's not a full seven days. I think these ballots are invalid,
>therefore.
>
>Yesterday (12th Feb, 10.15 GMT) it turns out that I received the
>following, billed in the subject line as a "New ballot". You will note
>it is not a new ballot, and that it indicates a closure date of today,
>so if it were to have been a new ballot, it would have been invalid.
>There are several other examples of this "new-old" ballot, which seem to
>result from amendments to allow visibility/change of votes.
>
>***
>
>OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework TC member,
>
>A new ballot has been presented to OASIS Web Services Composite
>Application Framework TC.  To vote on this ballot, go here:
>
>http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ws-caf/ballot.php?id=350
>
>Please DO NOT REPLY to this email; instead, vote using the above link.
>
>The text of this ballot is as follows:
>---
>"Proposed resolution for issue 16"
>Problem: None of the ws-caf wsdls are BP 1.0 compliant.  This was only
>determined by a quick manual overview and seeing non BP compliant issues
>such as import statements not being enclosed in the types section of the
>wsdls.
>
>
>
>Solution: To ensure BP 1.0 compliance the wsdls can be tested using
>version 1.0 of the WS-I Testing tools.  The tools will produce a report
>showing whether or not the wsdls comply with BP 1.0 or not.  We should
>use this as the only sure test for proving that CAF WSDLs are BP 1.0
>compliant.
>
>Amendment Posted on 2/12/2004:
>Allowed people to change votes and see others votes.
>
>- Yes
>- No
>
>Referenced Items
>Date            Name                             Type
>----            ----                             ----
>06 Feb 2004     services.arjuna.com/wscaf-i...   Document
>
>---
>
>The ballot closes Friday, 13 February 2004 @ 12:00 am ET.  Please vote
>before then by visiting:
>
>http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ws-caf/ballot.php?id=350
>
>Thank you,
>OASIS Open Administration
>
>***
>
>Yours,
>
>Alastair
>
>
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