[legalxml-sc] Board decision on new LegalXML RoP

LegalXML SC:  The OASIS Board met today and considered the request of the LegalXML SC  to revise the member section Rules of Procedure (RoP).  The Board voted to approve the RoP dated 16 September with the following  provisions:  1. The text of section 2(c) appears to be repeated in section 2(d). If  there is a specific reason for repeating this text then it may stay (and  please let me know what this reason is so that I may inform the Board);  otherwise section 2(d) should be deleted. A version of the RoP with this  change made can be considered to be approved by the Board if the SC also  approves this change.  2. Members of the Board have pointed out that the OASIS Bylaws (see
http://www.oasis-open.org/who/bylaws.shtml ), Article 12 Section 3,  states: "The members of each Member Section shall select the chair of  such Section and establish the rules of procedure to govern such  Section, provided, however, that such rules of procedure shall be  approved in advance by the Board of Directors." Essentially, the OASIS  Bylaws make no provision for a Steering Committee or for a member  section chair that is not selected by the members.  (Yes, I understand that your RoP is based on boilerplate provided to you  by OASIS staff; so this issue is our fault, not yours. It's also an  issue effecting all OASIS member sections, so you aren't being singled  out.) The OASIS Board will appoint a subcommittee to look at this issue  and decide whether the OASIS Bylaws should be revised or if the Board  will recommend changes to each of the member sections, and requests that  until this recommendation is formulated in the next couple of months  that the member section not conduct a steering committee election.
So, please let me know what you want to do about issue #1 above; either  explain why the redundancy is necessary, or approve and submit to me a  revision with the duplication removed. As for #2, don't worry too much  about this but keep in mind that the Board will be coming back with a  revision in the near future.
-Karl

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Karl F. Best OASIS - Director, Technical Operations +1 978.667.5115 x206 
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