Re: FW: ACTION-104: Determine the rules for ogc quorum (Spatial Data on the Web Working Group)

Hi Chris- thanks for clarifying this. Replaying: on a WG call there are no
quorum requirements for our vote. For working drafts (including FPWD) we
can vote to recommend to the Technical Committee to publicly release the
FPWD as a 'not an official position of OGC' Discussion Paper. I think our
voting period for this has been reduced by Scott Simmons to just 8-days to
streamline the process.

Jeremy

On Thu, 26 Nov 2015 at 14:17 Little, Chris <chris.little@metoffice.gov.uk>
wrote:

> Dear SDW WG colleagues
>
> Technically, the SDW WG is a sub group of the OGC Geosemantics Domain WG,
> but is allowed to functions as a DWG too.
>
> A DWG's work is open to the public and all members can vote (one
> organisation, one vote) and can relatively easily release drafts to the
> public.
>
> At a face to face meeting, like next week, it is:
>
> "7.6.1 Voting in a DWG:
> Voting in DWGs is by simple majority of OGC Members present at the DWG
> meeting, not just Voting TC Members, with the caveat that no OGC Member
> organization may cast more than one vote in a WG vote."
>
> So, there is no quorum or sufficiency limits on the DWG vote.
>
> If the vote is electronic, SDWWG members who are not Members of the OGC
> could express their views.
>
> However the DWG vote will be to recommend to the Technical Committee to
> publicly release the FPWD as a 'not an official position of OGC' Discussion
> Paper. This again only requires a simple majority, but of at least 1/3 of
> the voting members of the TC (currently about 100 organisations, so if
> quorum is 34, 18 votes would be needed if no abstentions). This could be
> done at a face to face TC meeting or by a 45 day electronic vote.
>
> For a final BP document, which would be an 'official position of the OGC'
> Best Practice Paper, it would require a 2/3 majority of at least 1/3 of the
> voting members of the TC. Again this could be done at a face to face TC
> meeting or by a 45 day electronic vote.
>
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> ACTION-104: Determine the rules for ogc quorum (Spatial Data on the Web
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