Special Majority

A Special Majority Vote requires at least 2/3 (two thirds) of the Voting Members vote "yes" and no more than 1/4 (one fourth) of the Voting Members vote "no". Abstentions are not counted.

Special Majority votes are limited to those actions regarded as having a significant impact on the status of the work or the TC itself:

• approval of a Committee Draft to Committee Specification stage (and therefore OASIS Final Deliverable status with regard to the OASIS IPR Policy)
• submission of a Committee Specification to the membership for OASIS Standard approval
• withdrawal of a submission of a Committee Specification for OASIS Standard approval
• affirmation of Committee Specification as an OASIS Standard after 'no' votes received on the member-wide ballot
• Charter Clarification (revising a charter to narrow scope, update deliverables)
• re-Chartering of a TC (expanding or changing the scope of a TC)
• removal of a TC Chair or Co-Chair

All Special Majority ballots must be conducted by the TC Administrator and must be conducted electronically. That means the TC approves a motion to submit any of the above items to the TC Administrator and request that a ballot be started.