Electing a new chair for the Technical Committee

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Chet Ensign <>
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2017-09-25T13:44:00+00:00
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Electing a new chair for the Technical Committee
Good question. Yes, if you have not held a meeting in more than 60 days and you've had no ballots, then all Members are effectively Voting Members.
/chet
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Robbie Gemmell  < 
>  wrote:  Hi Chet,
I was wondering if you could clarify something. As we haven't held a  meeting for more than 60 days, does that mean we should consider all  Members to be a Voting Member prior to any ballot/meeting on chair(s)?
Robbie
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Chet Ensign < 
> wrote:
> Hi Robbie,  >
> You can certainly set up a ballot now. You could also set up a meeting and
> elect a chair or 2 co-chairs as the first item on the agenda. The main
> requirement of the TC Process is that the TC can't do any work - meaning,
> practically speaking, that the TC can take any other motions or votes -
> until the new chair is in place.  >
> Maybe someone will volunteer to co-chair with you.  >  > /chet  >  >
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:13 PM, Robbie Gemmell < 
> wrote:  >>  >> Thanks Chet.  >>  >> Would I be right in thinking we will need to set up a ballot now, once  >> any nominations are settled, given Steve leaving the role before the  >> next was due on Monday? Or would we be able to arrange a specific  >> meeting despite that?  >>  >> If there are no other nominations then I will self-nominate, though I  >> do think it would be better if someone else could take on the role.  >>  >> Robbie  >>  >> On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Chet Ensign <  >  >> wrote:  >>
> Members of the AMQP BINDMAP TC,  >> >  >>
> Steve has notified me that he will be leaving OASIS and that the chair  >>
> seat  >>
> will very shortly become vacant. So you need to elect a new chair before  >>
> continuing your work.  >> >  >>
> Electing a chair requires a Fill Majority Vote - that is, an affirmative  >>
> vote by over 50% of the Voting Members. You have 7 VMs so 4 votes will  >>
> be  >>
> needed at a minimum. Note that the person elected chair need *not* be a  >>
> VM.  >> >  >>
> The best way to do this is for one or two TC members to be nominated  >> > (either  >>
> self-nominate or someone else can nominate) and then you can either  >>
> approval  >>
> her/him/them in a quorate meeting or set up an electronic ballot. I will  >>
> be  >>
> happy to set up the ballot for you if you like.  >> >  >>
> Please let me know if/how I can assist you.  >> >  >> > /chet  >> >

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> 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
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Mobile:  +1 201-341-1393
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/chet

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