[DDI-SRG] DDI Vote language

[Wendy Thomas]

Mary,

I'll put this on the agenda for Thursday. After a brief readthrough I 
don't see any problems.

Wendy


On Tue, 18 Mar 2008, Mary Vardigan wrote:

> 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
>
> ***********************************************************
>
> 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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