Hi Francis, (01)
We actually have 3 membership classes now - Active Members, Members
and Observers. (02)
The general delineation between any of the above 3 classes of members
from non-members is that they are subscribed to the [ontolog-forum]
mailing list ... although anyone can still have a choice of picking a
"mail" (to inbox, this is the default), "digest" or "no mail" delivery
mode), but subscription allows them to post to the forum. While
non-subscribers still have access to our open message archives and see
what's being discussed, they will not be able to post (i.e. they can't
join in the 'conversation'). (03)
All 3 classes of members are subscribed to [ontolog-invitation], our
"announcment list" too (along with others who have participated in our
events previously, or those who requested to be posted of our events.) (04)
Now to answer your question, 'observers' have no voting rights (all
together). Members, if they are deemed to be 'active' (as determined
over a set of a criteria as documented in the OASIS process which we
follow), may vote on community issues ... when it really counts. That
said, in the 5 years we have been around, we actually have never had
to resort to 'counting votes' to decide on anything. All motions
(actually only a handful, so far) were passed by general consensus. (05)
Hope that's clear enough. (06)
Best regards. =ppy
-- (07)
On 3/29/07, Francis Fung <ffung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Thank you very much. I think it would be great to join, but first let me
> ask: what is the difference between an active member and an observer in your
> organization?
>
> Best wishes,
> Francis Fung (08)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter P. Yim [mailto:peter.yim@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 1:50 PM
> To: Francis Fung; Rex Brooks
> Cc: Kathryn Blackmond Laskey; Paulo CG Costa; Ken Baclawski; Steve Ray;
> Janssen, Terry L. [C]; Michelle Raymond
> Subject: Re: conf call today - Ontolog 2007.03.29
>
> Hi Francis,
>
> It was great to have you at our event today. Do consider joining
> us if what we are doing at Ontolog aligns well with your
> professional interest. See details at:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid1J
>
> I just wanted to draw your attention to a question (and the
> follow-up post) from Rex for you. See:
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2007-03/msg00408.html
>
> By the way, Rex, Kathy/Paulo mentioned (in their slides and to
> your question, probably after you inadvertently dropped off,
> though) that Paulo is currently working on a Protege plugin too.
>
> Regards. =ppy
>
> Peter P. Yim
>
> Co-convener,
> Ontolog Forum
> http://ontolog.cim3.net/wiki/
>
> President & CEO
> CIM Engineering, Inc. (dba. "CIM3")
> San Mateo, California, USA.
> http://cwe.cim3.net/
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>
> http://xri.net/=Peter.Yim
> --
>
>
> Francis Fung wrote Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:01:27 -0700:
> > Hello! I'd like to participate in the conference call today. Thanks!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Francis Fung
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