RE: Security Services (SAML) TC IPR Transition Ballot

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

To all member voting representatives:

The transition ballot was incorrectly set up to allow for only YES or NO votes;
our rules require that the ballot allow for YES, NO, or ABSTAIN votes. The
original ballot has been closed and a new ballot established here:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/voting/ballot.php?id=1117 

If you have already cast your vote you will need to submit your vote once again;
my apologies for any inconvenience this has caused.

Regards,

Mary

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary McRae [mailto:mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org] 
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:57 PM
> Subject: 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: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
>  
> [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 
> 
> 
>