Title: Request to open electronic ballot for approval of the WS-RX Committee Specification set
Hi Sanjay,
I understand your frustration, and wish that my
inbox had been empty when your request arrived. I wish that I had a department
so that I could distribute the workload. I wish OASIS had a
publications department that handled all these details for the TCs. It's
good that my mailbox isn't empty - it means that we have 65+ technical
committees that are actively producing work, posting messages, and asking
questions. It means that new TCs are forming because they want the work be to
done under the OASIS TC Process. It means that there is only one set of rules
and each TC is subjected to that same set, without prejudice or favoritism.
I told both you and Paul that I would do my best to get the ballots
running by Tuesday; I worked until 11:45pm last night to try to make that
happen. I was stunned to see that the documents were all dated 5 April 2007.
No, the TC Process cannot be short-circuited; it is the
cornerstone of our organization and governs all of our work. While at times that
may seem frustrating, it's really a very, very good thing. And while it's
already an excellent process, we're constantly striving to improve it, which
really means improving the quality of not just our process, but of our
specifications themselves.
I will get the ballot started as soon as I am
provided with links or a zip of the corrected documents and verify that the date
is now correct.
Regards,
Mary
From: Patil, Sanjay
[mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:23
AM
To: ; Paul Fremantle
Cc:
;
Subject: RE: Request to open
electronic ballot for approval of the WS-RX Committee Specification
set
Hi Mary,
This is really frustrating. The drafts have been seating
in your inbox since the night of last Thursday, and you are telling us just
one hour before the planned starting of the ballot about a very simple issue
that can now potentially upset the entire planning of this
TC.
We were really hoping that the electronic ballots get
started today. As I mentioned in my many emails to you that starting the
ballots today was critical from the pov of having at least a day between
closing of the ballot and the TC conf-call. It was also important to start the
ballot today in order to allow for submitting the specification set for OASIS
standard by mid-month. I am hoping that it is still possible to go ahead with
the plans for OASIS standardization.
Is the correction of date only thing stopping you from
opening the electronic ballots? Assuming you get a copy of the corrected
specifications tomorrow, can we still open the ballots tomorrow that will
close on 4/10. Technically, the ballot would still be open for 7
days.
-- Sanjay
From: Mary McRae
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Mary McRae
Sent:
Tuesday, Apr 03, 2007 20:46 PM
To: Patil, Sanjay; 'Paul
Fremantle'
Cc: ;
Subject: RE: Request to open
electronic ballot for approval of the WS-RX Committee Specification
set
Hi Sanjay, Paul, and editors
I was just about to get the CS/OS ballots
set up and doing a quick check on the documents when I noticed that the
date on all 3 specifications says "5 April 2007". Not sure where that came
from as the CDs were approved on 29 March 2007. I'll need corrected copies
before I can start the ballot.
Mary
From: Patil, Sanjay
[mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007
6:00 PM
To:
Cc:
; ;
Subject: Request to open
electronic ballot for approval of the WS-RX Committee Specification
set
Hi Mary,
On the 3/29/07 conf-call [1], the WS-RX TC has
resolved that it is now ready to vote on the approval of the
Committee Specification set. I hereby
request you to open the following electronic ballot for approval of the
Committee Specification set as soon as possible.
Regards,
Sanjay Patil, Co-chair, OASIS WS-RX TC
[1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ws-rx/200703/msg00114.html
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Shall the specification set listed below be
approved as a Committee Specification set by the OASIS Web Services
Reliable Exchange (WS-RX) TC?
The candidate Committee Specification documents
are located at (zip archive of specification set):
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23188/WSRX%20CD9.zip
WS-ReliableMessaging
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23184/wsrm-1.1-spec-cd-08.pdf
WS-ReliableMessaging Policy
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23187/wsrmp-1.1-spec-cd-09.pdf
WS-MakeConnection
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/23186/wsmc-1.0-spec-cd-05.pdf
