[odf-discuss] Problems at the OASIS TC.

[Chris Puttick]

Any potentially negative publicity around the TC is going to be easy
to spin real bad for ODF in general, particularly in the large
corporate and government sectors. Can we see if we can fix it without
publicity?

Chris

On 16/05/07, marbux <marbux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, folks,
>
> On the OASIS membership situation, there is a new email from Scott
> McGrath of OASIS staff saying that he is going to hold off at least a
> couple of weeks on canceling memberships while folks sort out what
> they are going to do.
>
> I have known about the membership issue for some time, in fact I
> discussed this a week or two back on the TC list right after Scott
> McGrath of OASIS went into high pressure/short deadline mode. I'm
> sorry if the folks who were still active on the TC missed it.
>
> The issue began with a Sun complaint to OASIS about the Foundation
> having too many TC members, an event preceded by an OASIS rule change
> that eliminated the membership class for non-profit corporations.
> Under the old rule, there was no problem with the number of
> participants. I haven't dug to see who was behind the rule change.
>
> OASIS staff told Gary there still would be no problem with the number
> of TC members if the Foundation signed up for a small corporation
> membership because the work folks were doing was so great.  But that
> changed after the Sun complaint. I don't blame Scott McGrath. The big
> vendors control OASIS and I can't expect him to put his job on the
> line over this.
>
> Anyway, it sounds like the immediate pressure is off. My feel tonight
> is that publicity would probably be the best response. This is only
> one of many down and dirty things the StarDivision management has done
> lately, both on and off the TC mailing list and putting the public
> spotlight on them beats kissing their boots. But I'll sleep on it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marbux
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