Security Services (SAML) TC IPR Transition Ballot

To: Those OASIS member voting representatives and individual members who are
voting "TC Qualified Members" for the Security Services (SAML) TC
 
   As you probably know, OASIS adopted revisions to our IPR Policy effective on
15 April 2005.[1] TCs formed before that date continue to operate under the old
("legacy") policy. However, they may convert to the new policy by making a
"transition" under the terms of the OASIS IPR Transition Policy [2], by the
specific voting procedure described in the transition policy.
 
   The OASIS Security Services (SAML) TC has notified OASIS staff that it
successfully conducted a Transition Request vote under the IPR Transition
Policy, to select the "RF on Limited Terms" IPR Mode. Accordingly, I am opening
a Transition Approval Ballot, in which the primary representatives of all voting
members of the committee may cast a ballot. A list of the current TC voting
members, as of the date of the Transition Request, is attached. In this ballot,
which will run for 14 days, the TC Qualified Members [3] each may cast only a
single vote. The ballot will allow for YES, NO, or ABSTAIN votes. Approval of a
Transition Approval Ballot requires:
   (i) a minimum of 50% of all TC Qualified Members to vote,
   (ii) no NO votes cast, and
   (iii) one or more YES votes.
 
   The ballot has opened and can be seen at [4]. Please note, for organizational
members, it is the primary OASIS representative who votes, so if you are not a
TC member, you may wish to consult your organization's active TC members
regarding this vote.
 
   We will notify the Security Services (SAML) TC list and the voting "TC
Qualified Members" of the results.
 
Regards,
 
Mary McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
email: 
 
[1] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/intellectualproperty.php 
[2] http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ipr/ipr_transition_policy.php 
[3] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/[tcname]/members/roster.php
   In the transition policy, the "TC Qualified Members" who may vote in this
ballot are defined as: "either a TC Individual Voting Member or an OASIS
Organizational Member that has at least one voting member in the TC at the time
the TC Individual Voting Members approve the Transition Request and has signed
the new Membership Agreement."
[4] http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1113
 
TC Voting Member    Qualified Member    Primary Representative
Organizational Members:

BEA
Hal Lockhart            yes              Hal Lockhart

BMC Software
Steve Anderson          yes              Doron Cohen

Entrust
Sharon Boeyen           yes              Tim Moses
Thomas Wisniewski       yes              

Ericcson
Carolina Canales-Valenzuela   yes        Carolina Canales-Valenzuela 

France Telecom
Ashish Patel            yes              Olivier Dubuisson

Hewlett-Packard
Greg Whitehead          yes              Jishnu Mukerji

IBM              
Heather Hinton          yes              Michael Winters 

IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Org
Eric Tiffany            yes              Peter Lefkin

Internet2
Scott Cantor            yes              Ken Klingenstein
Bob Morgan              yes              

Neustar
Jeff Hodges             yes              Peter Davis

Nokia
Frederick Hirsch        yes              Frederick Hirsch

Nortel
Abbie Barbir            yes              Abbie Barbir

NTT Corporation
Paul Madsen             yes              Atsuhiro Goto 

Oracle Corporation
Ari Kermaier            yes              Martin Chapman 
Prateek Mishra          yes              

Ping Identity Corp
Brian Campbell          yes              Darren Platt

RSA Security
Rob Philpott            yes              Rob Philpott 

Sigaba Corp
Jahan Moreh             yes              Jahan Moreh

Sun Microsystems
Bhavna Bhatnagar        yes              Eduardo Gutentag 
Eve Maler               yes              
Emily Xu                yes              

Veterans Health Administration
David Staggs            yes              David Staggs





Individual/Associate Members:

National Center for Supercomputing
Tom Scavo               yes              Tom Scavo 

PA Consulting
John Hughes             yes              John Hughes