virtio tc group status changes

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Chet Ensign <>
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2015-01-12T17:37:00+00:00
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virtio tc group status changes
Yes, I will do that and let everyone know.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:03 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin  < 
>  wrote:
got it.  can you pls revert changes I made?
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 11:18:13AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote:
> What is key here is that the individual participants in the TC indicate their
> commitment by choosing to be Members or Observers. If a Member wishes remain a
> Member, active or not, is his or her choice. If people don't want to be
> considered Voting Members, they can change their status or ask you to change
> their status to Permanent Non-Voting Member.   >
> However, the Member/Observer distinction itself is so fundamental to the OASIS
> IPR policy and the IPR mode of the TC that it *must* be made by the
> participants themselves. To have the Chair - or OASIS staff for that matter -
> change the roles on the roster could create significant confusion about what
> each person's obligations are with respect to the final approved OASIS
> Standard.   >
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin < 
> wrote:  >
>     On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 09:21:54AM -0500, Chet Ensign wrote:  >
> Hi Michael,   >     >  >
> Whoops. That is a type of change that you should not make. Observer and
>     Member  >
> are formal terms in the OASIS Process and the choice between them is to
>     be made  >
> by the participant, not the Chair. That role bears directly both on what
>     the  >
> person is able to do (e.g. an Observer will receive all the email to the
>     TC's  >
> mailing list but will not be able to send any email) and on their IPR  >
> obligations (Observers carry none, Members are bound by the TC's IPR
>     mode).   >     >  >
> The correct change is to switch any Member's status from Voting to
>     Non-Voting.  >
> Which I think is your intent.   >
>     These were non-voting anyway.  >  >
> Note also that when TCs do not hold meetings for more than 60 days, any
>     Members  >
> gain Voting status.   >
>     That's why I thought I should make the change.
>     Should this really apply to people that never attended any meetings?  >  >     >  >
> Let me know if you have any questions.   >     >  >
> Best,   >     >  >     > /chet   >     >  >
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 5:15 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <  >
>     wrote:  >     >  >
>     Hi all,  >     >  >
>     To keep the group roster up to date, I have changed the status of
>     virtio  >
>     TC members that did not attend any past TC meetings (when we still
>     had  >
>     them) to that of observer.  >     >  >
>     I have also sent messages to a couple of members that didn't attend  >
>     meetings since June: they have an option to become voting members or  >
>     observers.  >     >  >     >     --  >
>     MST  >     >  >     >

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