[openhealth] OSHCA voting

2006-04-26 Thread David Forslund
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Re: [openhealth] OSHCA - Notion of "founding members"

2006-04-26 Thread Molly Cheah
Will, It was unfortunate that the term "founding" members was used during the discussion and though I had used the term in inverted commas, I must admit that it was my fingers that shoot faster than my brains at that early hour of the morning of the Inaugural meeting (7 a.m. local time). How

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA - Notion of "founding members"

2006-04-26 Thread Will Ross
On Apr 26, 2006, at 5:48 AM, Joseph Dal Molin wrote: > A point or two on the notion of "founding members", for what it is  > worth: > > There is no "founding member" category of membership in the ROS  > process > for incorporating OSHCA...just Associate and Ordinary membersand > these cat

Re: RES: [openhealth] OSHCA - Notion of "founding members"

2006-04-26 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
John, Yes...a wiki page will be great for this so that all the old timers can pitch in. The openhealth list actually started in 1998 not long after Brian Bray, Dave Scott and I launched Minoru. Brian conceived itthere were a couple of press releases if I remember correctly and announcem

RES: [openhealth] OSHCA - Notion of "founding members"

2006-04-26 Thread John
Dear Joseph, It would be nice to have this story told in the future OSHCA website (even a short version). I myself remember being present at an AMIA session a few years ago where I believe it was born the ideia of starting the openhealth list ( I may be mistaken). Regards, John -

[openhealth] OSHCA - Notion of "founding members"

2006-04-26 Thread Joseph Dal Molin
A point or two on the notion of "founding members", for what it is worth: There is no "founding member" category of membership in the ROS process for incorporating OSHCA...just Associate and Ordinary membersand these categories apply after incorporation too. If there are founding members

Re: [openhealth] Re: post-oshca inaugural meeting - constitution

2006-04-26 Thread Tim Churches
Will Ross wrote: > On Apr 25, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Tim.Churches wrote: > > - - - - < a bunch of really well written stuff, followed by > - - - - > >> ...Note that members do >> NOT have to agree with every last word of the constitution, but they >> must agree to abide by it. That is analogous with n

Re: [openhealth] OSHCA Inaugural Meeting - Closing remarks

2006-04-26 Thread Tim.Churches
David Forslund wrote: > ( I've been curious why "protem" was used for the committee name instead > of "protemp"?) It is an abbreviation for "pro tempore". I have always said "pro temp" too, but I gather that "pro tem" and "pro tem." are also widely used. I think that "protem" is rather more pom

Re: [openhealth] Re: oshca inaugural meeting - constitution

2006-04-26 Thread Will Ross
On Apr 25, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Nandalal Gunaratne wrote: >  Will, > >  You are right! The flawed process was an attempt to get the OSHCA  > formally retgisterd, start a web site and get going. Endless  > changes and debate are not going to do this. > >  Therefore, with this somewhat awkward, ev

Re: [openhealth] Re: oshca inaugural meeting - constitution

2006-04-26 Thread Will Ross
On Apr 25, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Tim.Churches wrote: - - - - < a bunch of really well written stuff, followed by > - - - - > ...Note that members do > NOT have to agree with every last word of the constitution, but they > must agree to abide by it. That is analogous with national or state > law > -