[odf-discuss] Germany is going to vote "Yes" to OOXML

[marbux]

Thank you, Jean. I had missed the indirect effect of abstentions by P
Members explained by Rob.

Best regards,

Marbux



On 8/23/07, Jean Hollis Weber <jeanweber at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ian Lynch wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 16:13 +0100, Ian Lynch wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 16:44 +0200, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> >>> Fortunately it looks like some other countries are voting "No". Wasn't
> >>> Poland voting "No"?
> >> Yes, I think so. - how many no votes are needed? is it a matter of a
> >> simple majority?
> >
> > Reply to myself! I think I recall its 75% majority needed so if 25% of
> > those that have taken an active part vote no its dead?
>
> Rob Weir explains it in this blog post,
> http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/02/merely-flesh-wound.html
>
> "During the 5-month ballot, approval of OOXML will require that
> two-thirds of the voting P-Countries approve, as well as that no
> more than one-quarter of all votes cast are negative. This
> requirement for two-thirds approval from P-Countries is what
> makes them so critical.
>
> "One-third of 30 P-Countries is 10. Add 1 to get 11, the magic
> number. If 11 P-Countries vote against OOXML during the 5-month
> ballot, then OOXML will fail. If some countries abstain, then
> this magic number goes proportionately down. Since some NB's have
> a consensus voting procedure for determining their vote in JTC1,
> the lack of consensus could lead them to abstain from the 5-month
> ballot, just as it may have lead some NB's to abstain from the
> contradiction ballot. So this magic number will likely be less
> than 11 because of these abstentions."
>
> See also my other post about Andy Updegrove's report on countries
> upgrading their status on the JTC1, which will change the numbers.
>
> --Jean
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