OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

A quick tip for newer OASIS members.

Being a member of the ODF TC does not automatically make you a member of 
the Subcommittee.  You need to take some extra steps to join the SC.

1) Follow this link and login:  
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-collab/

2) Above the "Group Notes" box should be a row of text links.  One of them 
says "join".  Click that.

3) You'll be asked to join as a member or observer.  Observers can read 
the SC's list, but not send messages.  Members can do both.

4) If you are a member of OASIS via an organizational membership, then 
your request to join the SC will be routed to your organization's primary 
representative for approval.

Regards,

-Rob


----- Forwarded by Robert Weir/Cambridge/IBM on 12/02/2010 01:55 PM -----

From:
Mary McRae 

Just a couple of corrections :)

Please feel free to let me know if you run into any difficulties.

Best regards,

Mary



On Dec 2, 2010, at 2:04 PM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:

> A quick tip for newer OASIS members.
> 
> Being a member of the ODF TC does not automatically make you a member of 
> the Subcommittee.  You need to take some extra steps to join the SC.
> 
> 1) Follow this link and login:  
> http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/office-collab/
> 
> 2) Above the "Group Notes" box should be a row of text links.  One of them 
> says "join".  Click that.
> 
> 3) You'll be asked to join as a member or observer.  Observers can read 
> the SC's list, but not send messages.  Members can do both.
> 
You must be a member of the TC in order to join a subcommittee as a member (you can also join as an observer). Observers in the main TC can only join the subcommittee as observers.

> 4) If you are a member of OASIS via an organizational membership, then 
> your request to join the SC will be routed to your organization's primary 
> representative for approval.

No primary rep approval is necessary for subcommittees. 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded by Robert Weir/Cambridge/IBM on 12/02/2010 01:55 PM -----
> 
> From:
> Mary McRae 

Hmm... when I joined it told me that my primary representative would be 
notified for approval.

-Rob

Mary McRae 

could be a badly worded email message :(

Mary 




On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:06 PM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:

> Hmm... when I joined it told me that my primary representative would be 
> notified for approval.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> Mary McRae 

Yeah. I'm sure it's the same screen you get when you join a TC. The message is incorrect; primary rep approval is not required when joining a subcommittee. You can test this by joining and seeing that your name immediately appears on the roster.

Regards,

Mary 




On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:23 PM, robert_weir@us.ibm.com wrote:

> Attached is a screen shot of what I get when I try to join a SC. 
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> 
> Mary McRae 

This is what I see: