Proposed Call for Nominations

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

Here, folks, is my proposed wording for the Call for Nominations.  It 
doesn't differ from my earlier prosed text as no-one has commented 
substantively!  I'm sure we are all interested in getting to the technical 
nitty-gritties, but this is still important stuff to formalize the process 
and give the results credence that they were created according to the 
formalized process.

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        CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: OASIS XSLT/XPATH CONFORMANCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

        The OASIS XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Committee is being formed
        to develop and publish the OASIS XSLT/XPath Conformance Report.

        G. Ken Holman has agreed to serve as chair of the
        proposed committee.

        The proposed deliverables of the TC are as follows:

        (1) - entire report content in XML (normative)
        (2) - package of entire suite of associated test files,
              result files, and catalogue in XML (normative)
        (3) - report configuration document model in XML (normative)
        (4) - sample human-legible rendition(s) of report in
              HTML (non-normative)
        (5) - sample machine-legible rendition(s) of report in
              XML (non-normative)

        In the year following its proposed formation, the TC is
        expected to meet as follows:

           June 5, 2000 - face-to-face - Washington, D.C. - NIST
           Early September - face-to-face - Washington, D.C. - NIST
           Early December - face-to-face - Washington, D.C. - XML'2000
           Early March - face-to-face - Washington, D.C. - NIST

        Upon startup, the TC will consist of a set of voting members
        and a set of non-voting observers.  The voting members will
        be those who have been appointed by the ACTC from among
        persons nominating themselves in response to this call.
        Note that voting members must be able to promise attendance
        at meetings in order to meet quorum requirements.
        Therefore, OASIS members wishing to track and comment upon
        the work of the TC in the mailing list but not to attend its
        meetings regularly should subscribe to the mailing list but
        not apply for voting membership.

        Members of this list willing to commit to voting participation
        in the OASIS XSLT/XPath Conformance Technical Committee
        are hereby requested to respond to this list no later than
        May 26, 2000 with the following statement:

           I agree with the purpose of the XSLT/XPath Conformance TC
           as stated above.

           I understand that OASIS technical committees regularly
           meet in person or by phone and that participation in the
           XSLT/XPath Conformance TC will require me to attend most
           of its meetings.

           Based on the estimated meeting schedule given above, I
           certify that I have the means and the interest to attend
           such meetings and that I intend to do so.

           I understand that the TC cannot transact business in the
           absence of a quorum or take action by mail ballot without
           the active participation of its members and that
           therefore failure to attend meetings and vote in mail
           ballots will result in my removal from the committee.  I
           promise to submit a letter of resignation to the chair or
           chairs of the committee if in the future I find myself
           unable to participate actively in its work.

           [name]
           [affiliation]
           [email address]
           [phone number]
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If you disagree with any of the above, please respond by Wednesday to the 
individual threads I started for each of the topics.  Thursday May 11 I 
will finalize the text and then forward the results to the ACTC Friday May 
12, thus giving people two weeks to commit to the work of the committee.

Thanks!

................. Ken

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