FW: [members] Changes to OASIS TC Process Policy

Several changes to the TC processes. Please 
review
 

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From: Mary McRae 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 
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Subject: [members] 
Changes to OASIS TC Process Policy



On 31 July 2009 the OASIS Board of Directors approved a set of revisions to 
the TC Process. The effective date of the new Policy is 1 September 2009 and can 
be seen here: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/process-2009-07-30.php. 
A change-marked PDF copy is available upon request and will be available on the 
TC Process Policy web page on or before the effective date.


The major changes are as follows:


1. Persistent Non-Voting Member. A new role has been defined, allowing a TC 
Member to declare their non-voting status. The process by which a Member makes 
such declaration as well as revoking it is established. (See Definitions: x. as 
well as 
Section 2.4.3)


2. Charter submissions. Charter submissions must now include statements of 
support from the Primary Representatives of Organizational Members listed as 
co-proposers. They will also be notified if the Charter submission is amended in 
any way. (See Section 
2.2)


3. Schemas, XML instances, etc. associated with a specification. The 
Process now explicitly states that if a discrepancy occurs between the plain 
text file and the specification document, the definition in the separate 
file prevails. (See 
Section 2.18)


In addition, some smaller changes were made in an attempt to clarify some 
potentially confusing language:


4. Explicitly state that all notifications to the OASIS TC Administrator 
must be sent to  rather than 
any one individual. (See Definitions: v.)


5. Remove language that was inadvertently left in the Process and obsolete 
(references to Joint Committees and the need to notify the Chair if you have 
signed up for a new TC but are unable to attend the first meeting).


6. Leaves of Absence - proper procedure for submitting requests. 
(See Section 
2.6)


7. Standing Rules - allowing for amendments and recisions, as well as 
explicitly stating that they must be posted on the TC web page in order to be 
enforceable. (See Section 
2.9)


8. Clarification with regard to what can and cannot be changed after 
approval of a Committee Draft, Committee Specification, or OASIS Standard. 
(See Section 
2.18)


9. Clarification of the Designated Cross References language. (See Section 
2.19)


10. Clarification of the Appeals process. (See Section 
4.2)




If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.


Regards,


Mary













Mary P McRae
Director, Standards Development
Technical Committee Administrator
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