Re: [xcbf] XCBF BALLOT

["Phillip H. Griffin" <phil.griffin@asn-1.com>]

John,

As far as I am concerned, the most accurate document
that it is possible for the TC to produce has always been
my goal.

Phil



John Larmouth wrote:

> Thanks Phil.  I am pretty sure one month will do.
>
> But a subsidiary:
>
> You are right that ASN.1 people have not properly
> reviewed this stuff, or put it through tools. (And I apologise for my 
> own part in that.) But if that is done during the
> OASIS ballot period, and (minor) - and I really do mean *minor*, we are
> talking syntax stuff here - problems are identified, can they be dealt
> with in resolution of the comments on the OASIS0-wide ballot?
>
> If the answer is YES, then I have absolutely no problem in supporting
> the move to an OASIS ballot.  If the answer is NO, then I am not at 
> all sure how best to proceed.
>
> Look, Phil, I really DO want this stuff to become  full OASIS Standard 
> - but it MUST be linked to the actual ITU-T and ISO standards.
>
> John L
>
>
> Phillip H. Griffin wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > See http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#approval_standard
> > for details of the process. It's a more than one month process.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > John Larmouth wrote:
> >
> >> 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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