OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

So we're all on the same page for the Committee Specification ballot coming up, let me review how voting rights are gained or lost. You gain voting rights by attending two consecutive meetings. You lose voting rights when you miss two consecutive meetings. Your voting rights change at the adjournment of a meeting. So, if you have attended one meeting and are attending now your 2nd consecutive meeting, then you are not counted for a voting member in that 2nd call. But your voting rights would vest at the adjournment of that call, making you eligible for voting at the next meeting, or for any electronic ballot that issues in the interim. That's my summary. You can read the official process definition for this here: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#membership I don't want anyone to be surprised when the Committee Specification ballot comes along, so let me tell where things stand. Looking at the TC's attendance roster as of now, I see that only four members have the potential to see their voting rights change based on attendance (or non-attendance) at next Monday's call: ==== Eike and Thorsten B. will lose voting rights if they do not attend. ==== Robin and Suresh will gain voting rights if they do attend. Everyone else has either attended the two most-recent meetings, or has missed the two most-recent meetings. For them to change their status would require a change in attendance over two meetings. So the remaining members essentially have "locked in" their voting status for the Committee Specification ballot, assuming it issues before the following TC call (March 14th). Of course, I encourage everyone to attend every meeting. Regards, -Rob

On 02.03.2011 16:23, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote: OF3D712715.72313934-ON85257847.004FF549-85257847.00542AF7@lotus.com type= cite > So we're all on the same page for the Committee Specification ballot coming up, let me review how voting rights are gained or lost. [...] OF3D712715.72313934-ON85257847.004FF549-85257847.00542AF7@lotus.com type= cite > Of course, I encourage everyone to attend every meeting. In addition to what Rob said, I would also like to note that a CS ballot is a special majority vote (see definition below), where the total number of voting members is taken as basis, and where abstentions do not count. I therefore  encourage  also everyone who as voting rights to participate in the vote when it has been set up. Except from http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process.php#definitions: Special Majority vote is a TC vote in which at least 2/3 (two thirds) of the Voting Members vote yes and no more than 1/4 (one fourth) of the Voting Members vote no . These numbers are based on the total number of Voting Members. Abstentions are not counted. For example, in a TC in which there are 30 Voting Members, at least 20 Voting Members must vote yes for a motion to pass; but if 8 or more vote no then the motion fails. All Special Majority Votes must be conducted via electronic ballot by the OASIS TC Administrator. OF3D712715.72313934-ON85257847.004FF549-85257847.00542AF7@lotus.com type= cite > Regards, -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/my_workgroups.php -- Michael Brauer Oracle Office Development Phone: +49 40 23646 500 Oracle Office Global Business Unit ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Nagelsweg 55 20097 Hamburg ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Rijnzathe 6, 3454PV De Meern, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz, Marcel van de Molen, Alexander van der Ven Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the environment