Re: [xcbf] XCBF BALLOT

[John Larmouth <j.larmouth@salford.ac.uk>]

Phillip H. Griffin wrote:

> This ballot is about whether or not to give all OASIS members
> the opportunity to consider the XCBF CS as an OASIS Standard.
> This ballot is only open to XCBF members who are elegible to
> vote, not to Observers or members not yet vetted.

Ah!  So this is NOT the final ballot!  Assuming this ballot is positive, 
then how long before the "all OASIS memnbers", get to vote, and how long 
is that ballot?

This may well give us the breathing space we need.

John L


> Phil
> 
> John Larmouth wrote:
> 
>> Phil, you have not answered my questions!
>>
>> Have you yourself had the notification of the ballot?  If so, can you 
>> please forward it to me.  (Or at lest tell me the sender e-mail and 
>> ths subject.)  I am pretty sure I have not had it.
>>
>> HOWEVER:  If this is a ballot at the OASIS level, I am not sure I have 
>> a vote - I pay the minimum 250$ or thereabouts a year subscription, 
>> and that may not give me a vote at the OASIS level.
>>
>> But if the ballot is at the OASIS level, then presumably there are a 
>> whole lot more people than just the XCBF participants that can vote?????
>>
>> John L
>>
>>
>> Phillip H. Griffin wrote:
>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> On http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/xcbf/ there
>>> is a list of email that has been posted to the XCBF list. Unfortunately,
>>> this does not include the ballot notice, I suppose because the notice is
>>> not mailed to the list, but directly to those members eligible to vote.
>>>
>>> Four votes have been cast so far, three for an one against. I enabled 
>>> the
>>> feature that allows all TC members to view the results during the ballot
>>> period and to change their votes.
>>>
>>> If the ballot info I pasted in below shows up formatted and easy to 
>>> read,
>>> note that the "Open/close emaill" feature is "on", so you should get 
>>> an email
>>> when the ballot opens and another when it closes. I also set up an 
>>> alert, a
>>> "Reminder email" that is set to go out on "Sunday, 30 March 2003 @ 7:30
>>> am ET".
>>>
>>> I was not sure just what "Meeting attendance requirement" meant, so I
>>> didn't enable that feature.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>    Ballot Info
>>>
>>> (Visible by ballots managers only)
>>>
>>> Opening date: Wednesday, 26 March 2003 @ 7:00 pm ET
>>> Closing date: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 @ 7:00 pm ET
>>> Reminder email: Sunday, 30 March 2003 @ 7:30 am ET
>>> Open/close email: on
>>> Results available to: Members of
>>>
>>>    * XML Common Biometric Format TC
>>>
>>> Results available when: As soon as the ballot opens.
>>> Detailed results available: Yes.
>>> Re-voting enabled: Yes, voters are free to change their votes while 
>>> the ballot is open.
>>> Meeting attendance requirement: No requirement.
>>> Created by: Phil Griffin <mailto:%20phil.griffin@asn-1.com>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Larmouth wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you know what e-mail address this will be sent from?  Or the 
>>>> subject?
>>>>
>>>> Has it been sent yet?
>>>>
>>>> I can find no trace of it in my in-tray, but I have all sorts of 
>>>> filters in-place, and it may be somewhere else.
>>>>
>>>> John L
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Phillip H. Griffin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We're now in a ballot using the new OASIS automated
>>>>> web site feature. The ballot is five days, and you should all
>>>>> have received a notice of the ballot generated from the
>>>>> system. The system will send an alert message in a couple
>>>>> of days as a reminder.
>>>>>
>>>>> If anyone is having trouble accessing the new member area
>>>>> of the XCBF web site, please let me know and I will try to
>>>>> get you some help.
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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