Chair involvement in signup of TC members

As the TC process is reworked, I think
it is important to make sure the new processes have good reasons for every
demand they place upon TC Chairs. One case where I do not see a good reason
is in the area of TC Membership (lines 259-269). Unless there are identified
reasons why a chair might refuse to allow a person to join the TC in this
capacity, why is the TC Chair involved? I can understand that in the past
the collaboration tools required the Chairs deal with this, but why should
they going forward? I would suggest this section be rewritten to have the
collaboration tools that handle the Observer signup handle the gathering
of the Primary Representative's approval and automatically notify the TC
(& hence the Chair).

Rich Thompson

OASIS WSRP TC Chair

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center / Yorktown Heights, NY