[tsc] Fwd: Fwd: [chairs] Possible change to TC voting rules - input requested

[Steven Newhouse]

> the OASIS mail on voting.

This would only seem to be more of an issue if we are moving from (I 
believe) our current consensus model to a formal voting model. If we are 
sticking with consensus then there is still a danger of a group 
'weighting' discussions but we have that for years without too many 
problems with it.

Is something broken enough to fix it?

Steven

> 
>>> The OASIS Board Process Sub-Committee would like your input
>>> on a possible rule change regarding TC voting.
>>>
>>> Currently any person who is a TC member can be a voting member. Since
>>> eligibility is determined on an individual basis, not an
>>> organizational basis, an organization can have an unlimited number of
>>> voters (up to the number of members it has on that TC).  Some
>>> concerns have been raised about this being fair, being a drain on
>>> resources of those organizations, and making it harder to manage
>>> quorum. Other concerns have been raised that reducing voting power on
>>> TCs could reduce participation.
>>>
>>> The options we are evaluating include:
>>> (a) Leaving the rules as currently written;
>>> (b) Capping the total number of votes that may be cast by TC members
>>>      from a single organization to 1, 2 or 3;
>>> (c) Capping the total number of votes that may be cast by TC members
>>>      from a single organization based on membership class (e.g.,
>>> sponsors
>>>      might get 3 versus contributors having 2).
>>>
>>> The voting rights of individual and associate members in TCs would
>>> not be changed by these proposals.
>>>
>>> Please send your comments to:
>>>   [oasis-member-discuss at lists.oasis-open.org] by 20 November, 2006.
> 
> [Bicycle crash boiler plate: I will include this boiler plate in my  
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> mail.  I have a broken finger from the crash on Oct 4th, and typing  
> is hard and possible only in short spurts. Sorry, Dave.]
> 


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