RE: [ws-caf] FW: Groups - oasis - Ballot "status value types and optional namespace" has closed

["Tony Fletcher" <tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com>]

Dear Mark,

I do appreciate the difficulties.  Maybe the problem was that what ever you
did to extend the ballot beyond 7 days did not work.  I see from my back
mail that I received the notification of this vote (and the other) on Easter
Saturday (26 March 05) and the vote closed just one week later (2 April 05)
- starting the ballot a week later or extending it to 2 weeks might have
been helpful.  Yes a reminder was sent, but right in the middle of the
holiday period!  Brings to back to my memory the scene from the beginning of
the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'!

Best Regards     Tony
A M Fletcher
Tel: +44 (0) 1473 729537   Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 948219
 tony.fletcher@choreology.com   amfletcher@iee.org       (also
tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Little [mailto:mark.little@arjuna.com] 
Sent: 02 April 2005 12:45
To: Tony Fletcher
Cc: ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [ws-caf] FW: Groups - oasis - Ballot "status value types and
optional namespace" has closed


Tony, I'm disappointed that not more people voted, but it's difficult to 
schedule votes that won't conflict with some people being away from work 
for one reason or another. I believe that the Easter "break" in the UK 
wasn't matched in the States, for example. There was several days notice 
before the vote was started that it was coming and I extended the vote 
beyond the minimum 7 days that OASIS rules require. Martin also sent out 
reminders last week.

Now none of this means I'm against re-opening these specific votes. Just 
that a) OASIS procedures were followed to the best of my knowledge, and 
b) there's no guarantee that we can ever get a vote period that will 
satisfy everyone all of the time.

All the best,

Mark.


Tony Fletcher wrote:

>Dear Colleagues,
>
>With respect I have to ask why these two ballots are closing so soon?  
>They were launched over Easter time which is a holiday period for many 
>people.  I have been away only a few days and yet these ballots have 
>closed before I had a chance to consider them, which I had intended to 
>do this weekend or Monday before the call.  As only three people voted 
>I think these votes are not quorate.  I suggest the votes are annulled 
>and we re-consider at Monday's TC meeting - and vote then if that 
>meeting is quorate or launch another web ballot if not (and this one 
>will not be in a holiday period, but even so we should consider a two 
>week ballot t make sure that a quorate result is achieved.
>
>Best Regards     Tony
>A M Fletcher
> 
>Cohesions  (TM)
> 
>Business transaction management software for application coordination 
>www.choreology.com
> 
>Choreology Ltd., 68 Lombard Street, London EC3V 9LJ     UK
>Tel: +44 (0) 1473 729537   Mobile: +44 (0) 7801 948219
>tony.fletcher@choreology.com     (Home: amfletcher@iee.org)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: workgroup_mailer@lists.oasis-open.org
>[mailto:workgroup_mailer@lists.oasis-open.org]
>Sent: 02 April 2005 10:02
>To: tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com
>Subject: Groups - oasis - Ballot "status value types and optional
namespace"
>has closed
>
>
>OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) TC member,
>
>A ballot presented to OASIS Web Services Composite Application 
>Framework
>(WS-CAF) TC has closed.  The text of this closed ballot is as follows:
>---
>"status value types and optional namespace"
>With reference to Anish's comment about the WS-Context status values:
>
>"44) Section 5.1, page 15: given that the namespace attribute is 
>optional, what happens if it is not specified?  Are the values 
>specified in the spec (activity.status.ACTIVE etc) in no-namespace?"
>
>Therefore, with reference to
>http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#QName, the proposal is the make status a
>QName.
>
>- Yes
>- No
>- Abstain
>
>Referenced Items
>Date            Name                             Type
>----            ----                             ----
>2005-03-26      services.arjuna.com/wscaf-issues/show_bug.cgiReference
>Document
>
>---
>
>Quick Summary of Voting Results:
> - Yes received 3 Votes
> - No received 0 Votes
> - Abstain received 0 Votes
>
>Thank you,
>OASIS Open Administration
>  
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>
> Subject:
> Groups - oasis - Ballot "Specify the duration units of the WS-Context
> context" has closed
> From:
> <workgroup_mailer@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Date:
> Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:02:01 +0100
> To:
> <tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com>
>
> To:
> <tony_fletcher@btopenworld.com>
>
>
> OASIS Web Services Composite Application Framework (WS-CAF) TC member,
>
> A ballot presented to OASIS Web Services Composite Application
> Framework (WS-CAF) TC has closed.  The text of this closed ballot is 
> as follows:
>
> ---
> "Specify the duration units of the WS-Context context"
> The context has a timeout element that may be used by recipients to
> determine whether a context they hold is still active. The current 
> specification does not define the units of this attribute.
>
> With reference to http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#isoformats, the
> proposal is: specify that it is dateTime and in UTC.
>
> - Yes
> - No
> - Abstain
>
> Referenced Items
> Date            Name                             Type
> ----            ----                             ----
> 2005-03-26      services.arjuna.com/wscaf-issues/show_bug.cgiReference 
> Document
>
> ---
>
> Quick Summary of Voting Results:
>  - Yes received 2 Votes
>  - No received 1 Vote
>  - Abstain received 0 Votes
>
> Thank you,
> OASIS Open Administration
>

-- 
Mark Little
Chief Architect
Arjuna Technologies Ltd
(www.arjuna.com)