Minutes of Combined UBL TC call 5 July 2013 13:00UTC - voting meeting

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

MINUTES OF COMBINED UBL TC TELECONFERENCE FRIDAY JULY 5 2013 13:00UTC 
- voting meeting


ATTENDANCE

   Oriol Bausa
   Kenneth Bengtsson
   Kees Duvekot
   G. Ken Holman (convener)
   Andy Schoka
   Tim McGrath


STANDING ITEMS

   Additions to the calendar:
      http://ubl.xml.org/events

   Review of Atlantic call minutes
      https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201306/msg00015.html

   Review of Pacific call minutes
      https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201306/msg00012.html

   Membership status review
      https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/tc-process#membership
      https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/membership.php?wg_abbrev=ubl
      https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/ubl/members/roster.php?num_items=80

      - voting status is determined by the following:
        - existing voting members must not miss two consecutive meetings to
          maintain voting status
        - non-voting members must attend two consecutive meetings to obtain
          voting status
      - current voting members from link above:
          Bausa Peris, Mr. Oriol
          Bengtsson, Mr. Kenneth
          Borresen, Mr. Peter
          Duvekot, Mr. Kees
          Holman, Mr. Ken
          McGrath, Tim
          Schoka, Mr. Andrew


UBL 2.1 Status

   - Does the committee approve the following Statements of Use for OASIS
     Universal Business Language 2.1 received from committee members?

     - The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and
       Regions (Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting)
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201307/msg00002.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

     - RFS Holland
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201307/msg00003.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

     - Tradeshift Network Ltd.
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl/201307/msg00004.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

   - Does the committee approve the following Statements of Use for OASIS
     Universal Business Language 2.1 received on the TC Comment List?

     - e-Freight c/o BMT Group Ltd
        https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/201306/msg00002.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

     - Javest
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/201306/msg00004.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

     - ISL
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/201307/msg00000.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

     - Invinet
       https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ubl-comment/201307/msg00004.html

       APPROVED by all members present.

   - All members present expressed their appreciation to all of the
     organizations that took from their time to submit their Statement of Use

   - Does the committee approve the Chairs requesting that TC Administration
     hold a Special Majority Vote to approve submitting Universal Business
     Language Version 2.1 Committee Specification 1 at
     http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/document.php?document_id=49578 as
     a Candidate OASIS Standard and direct the Chairs to take any necessary
     steps to carry out that submission pursuant to the OASIS TC Process
     3.4.1, with a public review not exceeding the process requirements
     (presently 60 days)?

       APPROVED by all members present.


UBL 2.1 Release Time-line

   Status of the time-line

    - Ken H. to submit the required tickets and prepare the required
      documents under direction from
    - OASIS runs a 60-day public review
    - OASIS conducts a membership-wide public review and optionally
      on other public mail lists
    - the committee approves a disposition of comments received
    - if comments received, TC Administration initiates a Special
      Majority Ballot for the TC to approve continuing with the
      OASIS Standard ballot
    - TC Administration initiates a 14-day OASIS Standard ballot
    - if more than 25% of votes cast are negative or less than 15%
      of the OASIS Membership cast positive votes, the submission
      fails
    - if negative votes are cast but amount to fewer than 25% of
      votes cast, the committee decides by a Special Majority
      Vote either to continue unchanged, withdraw or amend the
      specification (amendment is considered a new submission)
      within 30 days
    - OASIS approves UBL 2.1 as an OASIS standard


TC CONCALL SCHEDULE

   Continuing with the dates and times established late in 2012, adjusted
   for daylight savings time:

     Pacific call date/time:  Wednesdays 00:00UTC
     Atlantic call date/time: Wednesdays 14:00UTC

   (Note the Pacific call takes place Tuesday evenings west of the
    Atlantic Ocean)

   2013-09-10/12 - UBL TC Face to Face in Kars, Ontario (Ottawa airport - YOW)
     Ken H. noted that during the weekend of September 4-8, 2013, before
     the face-to-face, there is an annual Folk Music Festival in Ottawa
     with a billing of some top music talents, in case this should change
     the travel plans for attendees to include the weekend:
        http://ottawafolk.com/2013/

   Will anyone be requesting a leave of absence in the near future?  For
   privacy reasons, this discussion will be kept off of the minutes.

   TC calendar:
   http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/calendar.php?wg_abbrev=ubl

   TC calendar iCal subscription link:
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup_feeds/ical/my_vcalendar.ics?token=fa658a7994a6cefb10c10be09e139af3&workgroup_id=50


OTHER BUSINESS

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