Ballot: UBL NDR 2.0 Committee Draft for first public review

[jon.bosak@sun.com]

Hello Voting Members of the UBL TC,

This message is to announce the start of balloting UBL NDR 2.0 as
an OASIS Committee Draft.  Please read the following for an
explanation of what this means and where we are in the overall
process.

Balloting opens at 1 p.m. New York time Friday 1 September 2006 and
closes at 1 p.m. New York time Friday 8 September 2006.  Since
quick approval would be advantageous to our release schedule, I
urge you to log in now to the UBL TC site and click on "Ballots"
to record your vote.  DO NOT use the UBL mailing list for voting;
use the web site.  Note that you will need to log in using your
OASIS password in order to vote.

DOCUMENT LOCATION

   The most recent version of the candidate UBL NDR 2.0 CD is
   available at

   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/20093/cd-UBL-NDR-2.0.pdf

NOTES

   This vote is to begin a first (60-day) public review; it is not
   a final approval of the specification.

BALLOT TEXT

   The question to be voted on reads as follows:

      Resolved,

      1. That the OASIS UBL TC approves the UBL 2.0 NDR candidate
         Committee Draft currently located at

         http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/20093/cd-UBL-NDR-2.0.pdf

      2. That the UBL TC chairs and UBL NDR editors are authorized
         to make such nonsubstantive changes to the approved
         document as may be required for publication as an OASIS
         Committee Draft.

      3. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
         submit the approved Committee Draft for OASIS public
         review.

      4. That the UBL TC chairs and secretaries are authorized to
         make such further nonsubstantive changes to the approved
         Committee Draft as may be needed to meet the requirements
         of the OASIS public review process.

VOTING REQUIRED

   Participation in a CD ballot is not optional for voting members
   of the TC.  OASIS rules require "yes" votes from a majority of
   the entire voting membership of the TC in order to approve a
   Committee Draft.  An abstention or a failure to vote may
   prevent passage of the resolutions on the ballot, and a failure
   to vote will count against your standing as a voting member of
   the TC.

   In response to member requests, I have enabled the ballot
   interface to accept abstentions.  You should understand,
   however, that in an absolute majority vote such as this one, an
   abstention has exactly the same effect as a vote to disapprove.

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC