[DDI-SRG] DDI Vote language

[Mary Vardigan]

Dear TIC,

Here is some proposed ballot language for the upcoming DDI 3 vote.
Please let me know if you would like changes. Thank you.

Mary

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Members of the DDI Alliance Expert Committee:

Your vote is requested to publish DDI 3.0 officially. The DDI Alliance
Bylaws call for a vote of the members to approve changes to the
specification. Specifically, the language states:

"When Public Review has ended and the Director believes proof of concept
(or its alternative) has been established, each Expert Committee
Representative will be asked to give the Director a "Yes" or "No" vote.
A "Yes" vote indicates that the validity and usefulness of the proposed
modification have been demonstrated and that the specification should
now be accepted as a part of the DDI standard. A "No" vote indicates the
case has not yet been made for the proposed modification. A "No" vote
must be accompanied with comments to explain the vote. The Director will
consider the votes and make an informed decision as to whether to accept
the specification or to restart the process at some earlier stage. In
order for the specification to be approved, at least two-thirds of the
Expert Committee must vote "Yes," but the Director is not required to
approve the specification even if a higher proportion of the Expert
Committee recommends its approval. The Director must explain his or her
decision in writing to the Expert Committee. Ordinarily, the Director
will override a substantial vote of the Expert Committee only when he or
she perceives that the proposal would compromise the DDI as an
international standard in the social sciences. The decision of the
Director may be vetoed by a two-thirds vote of the Steering Committee."

Public Review of DDI 3.0 took place in Spring 2007, with a vote to
approve a Candidate Release on May 19, 2007. Three versions of the
Candidate Release have been issued. Candidate Release 3 was issued in
February 2008 and modified during March 2008, with the final version
available on April 3, 2008. 

Proof of concept for DDI 3.0 in the form of a set of use cases and a set
of implementations is available at:
http://www.ddialliance.org/ddi3/use-cases.html

Each of you is asked to give a "Yes" or "No" vote. Any "No" vote must be
accompanied by comments to explain the vote. In order for the
specification to be approved, at least two-thirds of the Expert
Committee must vote "Yes".

The voting period will take place April 21-27, with the results
available on April 28.

 
Mary Vardigan
Assistant Director, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR)
Phone: 734-615-7908
Fax: 734-647-8200
 
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