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This page contains sample text for ballots, motions and notices related to the Kantara document publication procedures. 

Step by step instructions for Kantara's document publication procedures are here: WG DG Document Development Summary

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Motion:To certify the Group-Approved Draft Report "<Document> <Version> <Document Date>" as meeting the Kantara Initiative document publication requirements and to approve as a Kantara Initiative Report.

Please reply to this email:

I am casting my ballot on behalf of the WG: ____

[  ] YES

[  ] NO with optional comment:

[  ] ABSTAIN with optional comment:

Document:

Version:

Document Date:

Document URL:

<Name of Group-Approved Draft Report>

<Version number>

<Documentdateof Group-Approved Draft Report Document>

Download the document <Document URL> — NOTE: this should be done as a hyperlink to avoid showing the complex URL

Document wiki page:

WG Charter:

<Wiki page containing links to the Group-Approved Draft Report>

<Link to relevant WG Charter>

Ballot Opens:

Ballot Closes:

<Ballot Opening Date>

<Ballot Opening Date +7 days>

Voting Rules:A simple majority of Voting members of the LC is required
Ballot Information:

Article 8 of the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures v2 require the Leadership Council to certify that the WG Draft Report has met the following document publication requirements:
-- The Draft is within the scope of the WG Charter

Eligible voters
as of 2017-03-17:

eGov WG
Federation Interoperability WG
Identity Assurance WG
Identity Relationship Management WG
Open Trust Taxonomy for OAuth2 WG
User-Managed Access WG
User-Managed Access Dev WG
Consent & Information Sharing WG

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Motion:To approve the Work Group Draft Recommendation "<Document> <Version> <Document Date>" as a Kantara Initiative Recommendation.

Please reply to this email:

[  ] YES

[  ] NO with optional comment:

[  ] ABSTAIN with optional comment:

Document:

Version:

Document Date:

Document URL:

<Name of Candidate Recommendation>

<Version number>

<Document date of Candidate Recommendation Document>

Download the document <Document URL> — NOTE: this should be done as a hyperlink to avoid showing the complex URL

Document wiki page:

Comment Dispositions page:

WG Charter:

<Wiki page containing links to the Draft Recommendation>

<Wiki page containing links to the comment dispositions log>

<Link to relevant WG Charter>

Ballot Opens:

Ballot Closes:

<Ballot Opening Date>

<Ballot Opening Date +14 days minimum>

Voting Rules:

A Supermajority (75% affirmative) of those voting in this All-Member Ballot, with at least 15% of all Members voting is required to approve the document as a Kantara Initiative Recommendation.

Ballot Information:

The prerequisites for this All-Member Ballot have been met:

Section 5.5 "Member Ballots of Work Group Recommendations" of the Kantara Initiative Bylaws and Article 6 "All-Member Ballot of a Draft Recommendation" of the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures v2.0 require certification by a majority of Leadership Council voters that the draft Recommendation is ready for an All-Member Ballot, which means that:

-- The draft Recommendation is within the scope of the WG Charter;

-- That the required 45-day Public Review and Comment period has occurred;

-- Comments received have been reviewed by the WG, a disposition made and logged, the document draft updated accordingly;

-- A majority of the eligible Work Group voters have approved the draft Recommendation for approval via an All-Member Ballot.

Eligible Voters:

This All-Member Ballot is open to all Members of Kantara Initiative, Inc.
- Each member organization may cast only one vote.
- The Primary Representative from each member organization should cast the member's vote.
- If you are unsure who your Primary Representative is please contact staff@kantarainitiative.org for assistance.

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Document:

Version:

Document Date:

Document URL:

Overview of Document:

<Name of Draft Recommendation>

<Version number>

<Document date of Draft Recommendation Document>

Download the document <Document URL> — NOTE: this should be done as a hyperlink to avoid showing the complex URL


< Paste in the document overview from the Document wiki page >


This is an open invitation to comment. Kantara Initiative solicits feedback from potential users, developers and other interested parties, whether Kantara Initiative members or not, for the sake of improving the interoperability and quality of its technical work.

Public Review and IPR Review Period Opens:

Review period closes:

<Review Opening Date - should include time zone (prefer UTC but any time zone is OK) and time of day>

<Review Opening Date +45 days minimum>

To Comment on the Specification:

To comment please use the form located at: httphttps://contact.kantarainitiative.org/comment/ or email your comments to staff@kantarainitiative.org with the subject "CISWG COMMENT SUBMISSION".

Note that any submissions are deemed to be contributed under the IPR Option of the WG: <<Name of WG's IPR Option>>

Intellectual Property Rights Notice:

In accordance with the Kantara Initiative IPR Policy Article 5 and the Kantara Initiative Operating Procedures Article 6, you have a period of 45 days to review the draft specification for any Necessary Claims that may be implicated by the draft specification.

While there is no requirement to review your patent portfolio for Necessary Claims, please be advised that unless you provide a licensing objection in accordance with the Kantara Initiative IPR Policy Article 5 or a notice of withdrawal in accordance with Kantara Initiative IPR Policy Article 6 on or before <PERIOD CLOSING DATE>the closing of the IPR Review Period, you will have committed to the licensing provisions as set forth by the Patent & Copyright: Reciprocal Royalty Free with Opt-Out to Reasonable And Non-Discriminatory (RAND) IPR Policy with respect to any Necessary Claims implicated by the final approved specification.

Having signed the Group Participation Agreement (GPA) all members of the CISWG should be familiar with this document, which may create obligations regarding the disclosure and availability of a member’s patent, copyright, trademark and license rights that read on an approved Kantara Initiative specification.

Kantara Initiative invites any persons who know of any such claims to disclose these if they may be essential to the implementation of the above specification so that these notices may be provided to the CISWG.

To submit an IPR Necessary Claim, email staff@kantarainitiative.org with the subject "CISWG IPR CLAIM".

Please contact the Kantara Initiative staff at staff@kantarainitiative.org with any questions regarding this notice.

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