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[Jeff Mischkinsky]

forwarding to OpenCSA MemberSection list, per OpenCSA SC policy of conducting its business in public, Please edit your replies to the original mail to not use the OpenCSA SC list cheers, jeff On Sep 04, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Patrick Gannon wrote: > Dear OASIS Member Section Representatives for MS Policy, > > At the last Board meeting on 1-2 August, the OASIS Board approved > the last > set of updates to the MS Policy and decided to close the Board MS > Policy > Committee and move oversight of the MS Policy to the re-named Board > Policy > Committee. Your support and inputs during the MS Policy updating > process > this year have been greatly appreciated. > http://www.oasis-open.org/who/ms_policy.php > > > As the Process Committee (and thus their email list) is mostly > focused on TC > Process issues, I did not automatically add you to the Board Process > Committee. However, if you wish to be added to the Board Process > Committee > email list, please send an email to the Board Process Committee > Chair, Jeff > Mischkinsky. The Board Process Committee will, as noted below, > occasionally > take up issues related to the MS Policy. > > Please note in the minutes below of the Process Committee's call of 21 > August, that a topic has been carried over from the old MS Policy > Committee > for further discussion on today's Board Process Committee call. > > Tuesday, 04 September 2007, 11:00am to 12:30pm PT (2:00pm to > 3:30pm ET) > Call in: +1 319 643 7750 > Meeting code: 857415# > > The issue affecting Member Sections is: > "We also should add an issue about whether Member Sections or their > steering committees are permitted to create subcommittees. Will add > to issues log as Q0021." > > Questions raised around this issue relate to Roberts Rules which > allow a > committee to create subcommittees, and whether the MS-Policy should > provide > any guidelines as to the make-up of a MS Steering Committee > subcommittee or > its activities: > > - Is a subcommittee restricted to the MS Steering Committee members > themselves, or are any OASIS Eligible Persons, who are not on the > Steering > Committee, permitted to join a Steering Committee subcommittee? > > - Should there be any rules or guidelines on what activities a MS > Steering > Committee subcommittee may engage in and what types of deliverables > they may > or may not produce? > > > If you have comments on this topic, please consider joining the > Process > Committee call today or post your comments to the Board Process > Committee > list. > > -- > Patrick Gannon > +1.978.761.3546 - mobile > > > >