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Subject: RE: [oasis-member-discuss] FW: Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested
Nothing about one company one vote precludes open discussion. Eric +1 781 902 8366 fax: +1 781 902 8009 blog: http://blogs.iona.com/newcomer Making Software Work Together (TM) -----Original Message----- From: Paul Fremantle [mailto:paul@wso2.com] Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 8:41 AM To: David RR Webber (XML) Cc: Newcomer, Eric; oasis-member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org Subject: Re: [oasis-member-discuss] FW: Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested David I agree that it is much more useful for companies members to have the discussion in the open within a TC. The cases I have seen where the discussion is in the open, the TC has been able to understand that position and move forwards much more easily. Paul David RR Webber (XML) wrote: > Eric, > > I'm not completely following what you are saying here? Why should we > be eliminating committee debate? > > Having just one company - one vote - is likely to mean that companies > invest LESS effort in committees - and surely that is a bad thing? > Also bad is the notion that company staff cannot freely work out > differences in the TC process - or participate openly - for me that is > the essense of what OASIS is - not fettered by company mandates - but > open peer review. > > I'd hate to see the situation where we are institutionalizing > companies working behind closed doors to determine their own > position(s) and then bringing that to the TC. Much better that the TC > foster open debate. > > OASIS is supposed to be a public process that maximizes > participation - how is what you are saying in alignment with that? > > Thanks, DW > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [oasis-member-discuss] FW: Possible change to TC voting rules > - input requested > From: "Newcomer, Eric" <Eric.Newcomer@iona.com> > Date: Fri, October 27, 2006 3:53 pm > To: <oasis-member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org> > > I think a one company one vote rule would be an improvement. It would > help eliminate some amount of committee debate (especially among > representatives of the same company) and help streamline votes. > > Eric > > +1 781 902 8366 > fax: +1 781 902 8009 > blog: http://blogs.iona.com/newcomer > Making Software Work Together (TM) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: member_services@oasis-open.org > [mailto:member_services@oasis-open.org] > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 6:57 PM > To: Newcomer, Eric > Subject: Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested > > Dear IONA Technologies* Primary Contact > > Please look at the following message about a possible change to TC > voting rules: > > http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/oasis-member-discuss/ > email/archives/200610/msg00000.html > > and if you are so inclined please respond as requested to oasis- > member-discuss@lists.oasis-open.org > > > thanks, > jeff > -- > Jeff Mischkinsky > jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com > Director, Web Services Standards > +1(650)506-1975 > Consulting Member Technical Staff > 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 4OP9 > Oracle > Redwood Shores, CA 94065 > -- Paul Fremantle VP/Technology and Partnerships, WSO2 OASIS WS-RX TC Co-chair http://bloglines.com/blog/paulfremantle paul@wso2.com (646) 290 8050 "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform", www.wso2.com
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