Karl and chairs,
Unless I've missed something, we don't seem to have come to a consensus.
I would very much appreciate for Karl and the OASIS board to clarify the
issues that have surfaced on the topic of email votes and what
constitutes a quorum.
Luc Clement
UDDI Spec TC Co-chair
-----Original Message-----
From: Eduardo Gutentag [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 20:46
To: Jeff Kenton
Cc: Jon Bosak;
On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 06:02, Jeff Kenton wrote:
> We are going around in circles on this.
>
> Robert's Rules of Order is clear about face to face (or
> teleconference) meetings -- quorums, majority votes and abstentions.
> It is unclear about email votes on the issue of quorums.
Right, that's why there is a special section on it in the TC Process
document, "(n) Conduct of TC business by mail"
> There are two choices:
I disagree, there is no choice at all because the process is already
spelled out in http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml#mail
>
> Either
> * everybody is present at an email vote, so there's always a quorum
> and a majority of votes cast wins
That's what the TC process document says, in accordance w/Roberts
> * or, total votes cast plus explicit abstentions determine whether
> you have a quorum
No, that would contradict the TC process document.
>
> Time to choose what works best for us, and put the clarification into
> our rules.
They are already there.
> Or, at worst, let each committee choose for itself and clarify its own
> bylaws.
Sorry, total disagreement on this from me and, I suspect, many others.
> Thankfully, my committee gets quorums for meetings.
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Eduardo Gutentag | e-mail:
Web Technologies and Standards | Phone: +1 510 550 4616 x31442
Sun Microsystems Inc. | 1800 Harrison St. Oakland, CA
94612
W3C AC Rep / OASIS TAB Chair
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