Re: Clarification about who votes on a ballot for OASIS Standard approval

[Mary McRae <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>]

Hi Kris,

  It's actually neither ;)  Each organizational member gets 1 vote. That vote may be cast by anyone listed as either primary or alternate. I believe that if both a primary and alternate each cast a vote, the primary's vote takes precedence; otherwise I believe it's first-in that counts. The roster is updated on the 1st of each month; if you download it today it's likely that there will be a handful of new members that won't be listed.

  If you view an actual ballot (http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1955 in progress) you'll see only the primaries listed, unless an alternate has cast a vote. Yet when you look at the roster page you'll see everyone who could possibly cast a vote for a company.

  When I create the ballot on the 16th I determine exactly how many 'yes' votes are needed to pass and include this in the message to members; Kavi rounds up, and since we can't have a fraction of a voter, its 15% is different from mine.

Regards,

Mary 

On Oct 25, 2010, at 8:42 AM, Kristen Eberlein wrote:

Hi, Mary.

Thanks for pointing out the Kavi group �OASIS organizational voting�. Can you clarify for me whether all members of this group (currently 427 in number) will be voting on DITA 1.2 or whether it is only the individuals listed as �primary� (currently 327 in number)?

TC members, you can access the Kavi group at http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/members/roster.php and download it as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV file.

Best regards,

Kris

Kristen James Eberlein l DITA Architect and Technical Specialist l SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l keberlein@sdl.com

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