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virtio tc group status changes

From: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:04:00 -0000

got it. can you pls revert changes I made? On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:18:13AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote: > What is key here is that the individual participants in the TC indicate their > commitment by choosing to be Members or Observers. If a Member wishes remain a > Member, active or not, is his or her choice. If people don't want to be > considered Voting Members, they can change their status or ask you to change > their status to Permanent Non-Voting Member. > > However, the Member/Observer distinction itself is so fundamental to the OASIS > IPR policy and the IPR mode of the TC that it *must* be made by the > participants themselves. To have the Chair - or OASIS staff for that matter - > change the roles on the roster could create significant confusion about what > each person's obligations are with respect to the final approved OASIS > Standard. > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 09:21:54AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > > > Whoops. That is a type of change that you should not make. Observer and > Member > > are formal terms in the OASIS Process and the choice between them is to > be made > > by the participant, not the Chair. That role bears directly both on what > the > > person is able to do (e.g. an Observer will receive all the email to the > TC's > > mailing list but will not be able to send any email) and on their IPR > > obligations (Observers carry none, Members are bound by the TC's IPR > mode). > > > > The correct change is to switch any Member's status from Voting to > Non-Voting. > > Which I think is your intent. > > These were non-voting anyway. > > > Note also that when TCs do not hold meetings for more than 60 days, any > Members > > gain Voting status. > > That's why I thought I should make the change. > Should this really apply to people that never attended any meetings? > > > > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > > > Best, > > > > /chet > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > To keep the group roster up to date, I have changed the status of > virtio > > TC members that did not attend any past TC meetings (when we still > had > > them) to that of observer. > > > > I have also sent messages to a couple of members that didn't attend > > meetings since June: they have an option to become voting members or > > observers. > > > > -- > > MST > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this mail list, you must leave the OASIS TC that > > generates this mail. Follow this link to all your TCs in OASIS at: > > https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/portal/ > my_workgroups.php > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > /chet [§] > > ---------------- > > Chet Ensign > > Director of Standards Development and TC Administration > > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > > http://www.oasis-open.org > > > > Primary: +1 973-996-2298 > > Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 > > > > Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at http:// > > www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/ > > tc-admin-submission-checklist.html > > > > TC Administration information and support is available at http:// > > www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin > > > > Follow OASIS on: > > LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen > > Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open > > > > > -- > > /chet [§] > ---------------- > Chet Ensign > Director of Standards Development and TC Administration > OASIS: Advancing open standards for the information society > http://www.oasis-open.org > > Primary: +1 973-996-2298 > Mobile: +1 201-341-1393 > > Check your work using the Support Request Submission Checklist at http:// > www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/47248/ > tc-admin-submission-checklist.html > > TC Administration information and support is available at http:// > www.oasis-open.org/resources/tcadmin > > Follow OASIS on: > LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/OASISopen > Twitter: http://twitter.com/OASISopen > Facebook: http://facebook.com/oasis.open