Minutes: GOC conference call; 3/9/11
Initiated: 2:00 PM EST
Present: Jill Kaufmann (Chair), Freida Hall, Melva Peters, Chuck Meyer
Regrets: Karen Van Hentenryck
Call for agenda items:
GOC Issue 1101001
TSC issue re: DESD informative document to DSTU
GOC Issue 1101001 was reviewed and moved forward unanimously for ratification as a work item by the EC. KAUFMANN noted that an EC call was scheduled for 3/14. MEYER noted that given approval on that call the work item could move to peer review by 3/16; allowing sufficient time to incorporate the final change, if adopted by the EC, into the GOM prior to the May WGM. ACTION: MEYER to submit documentation to VAN HENTENRYCK for inclusion in EC agenda for 3/14 call.
The TSC seeks GOC input on the ballot process; specifically if an informative document may be subsequently balloted and released as a DSTU. Discussion resulted in the following response:
The GOM has no ballot prohibitions in place other than the fact that a document cannot be submitted to ANSI for approval as an American National Standard without completion of a normative ballot; therefore the issue is moot. There is no reason that an informative document could not subsequently be presented for normative ballot nor that a draft standard might ultimately be balloted and released as an informative document. An informative document, in the effort to reach normative status, may certainly be balloted and released as a draft standard prior to a normative ballot.
As to the issue of such a process representing an “end run” around IP policy, the GOC could see no rationale for that position given that every document published by HL7 carries the appropriate copyright. ACTION: MEYER to communicate results of discussion to TSC Chair and Project Manager.
In closing KAUFMANN confirmed that GOC will hold an open session during Q2 Tuesday of the May WGM.
Adjourned: 2:17 PM EST