<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>I concur with Susan.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Brian Goldiez, Ph.D.</div><div>Deputy Director Institute for Simulation & Training</div><div>Research Associate Professor</div><div>University of Central Florida</div><div>407-882-1302</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> <Coulter>, Susan K <<a href="mailto:skc@lanl.gov">skc@lanl.gov</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:13 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "Ryan, Jim" <<a href="mailto:jim.ryan@intel.com">jim.ryan@intel.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span> "Woodruff, Robert J" <<a href="mailto:robert.j.woodruff@intel.com">robert.j.woodruff@intel.com</a>>, Paul Grun <<a href="mailto:grun@cray.com">grun@cray.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org">openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org">openframeworkwg@lists.openfabrics.org</a>>, "Coulter, Susan K" <<a href="mailto:skc@lanl.gov">skc@lanl.gov</a>>, "Rimmer, Todd" <<a href="mailto:todd.rimmer@intel.com">todd.rimmer@intel.com</a>>, "Wood, Donald E" <<a href="mailto:donald.e.wood@intel.com">donald.e.wood@intel.com</a>>, Jeff Becker <<a href="mailto:jeffrey.c.becker@nasa.gov">jeffrey.c.becker@nasa.gov</a>>, "Rupert Dance (<a href="mailto:rsdance@soft-forge.com">rsdance@soft-forge.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:rsdance@soft-forge.com">rsdance@soft-forge.com</a>>, "Berry, Frank" <<a href="mailto:frank.berry@intel.com">frank.berry@intel.com</a>>, "Hefty, Sean" <<a href="mailto:sean.hefty@intel.com">sean.hefty@intel.com</a>>, "Stachura, Tom L" <<a href="mailto:tom.l.stachura@intel.com">tom.l.stachura@intel.com</a>>, Bill Boas <<a href="mailto:boas@cray.com">boas@cray.com</a>>, "Benton, Brad (<a href="mailto:Brad.Benton@amd.com">Brad.Benton@amd.com</a>)" <<a href="mailto:Brad.Benton@amd.com">Brad.Benton@amd.com</a>>, Mani Subramaniyan <<a href="mailto:msubramaniyan@plxtech.com">msubramaniyan@plxtech.com</a>>, Tom Reu <<a href="mailto:tomreu@chelsio.com">tomreu@chelsio.com</a>>, "Sur, Sayantan" <<a href="mailto:sayantan.sur@intel.com">sayantan.sur@intel.com</a>>, Avneesh Pant <<a href="mailto:avneesh.pant@oracle.com">avneesh.pant@oracle.com</a>>, "Rebecca Moran (<a href="mailto:rebecca@openfabrics.org">rebecca@openfabrics.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:rebecca@openfabrics.org">rebecca@openfabrics.org</a>>, Brian Goldiez <<a href="mailto:bgoldiez@ist.ucf.edu">bgoldiez@ist.ucf.edu</a>>, Christoph Lameter <<a href="mailto:christoph@lameter.com">christoph@lameter.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:tzahio@mellanox.com">tzahio@mellanox.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:tzahio@mellanox.com">tzahio@mellanox.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil">linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil</a>" <<a href="mailto:linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil">linden@cmf.nrl.navy.mil</a>>, Marcin Ocwieja <<a href="mailto:omarcin31@gmail.com">omarcin31@gmail.com</a>>, "Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)" <<a href="mailto:jsquyres@cisco.com">jsquyres@cisco.com</a>>, Dave <<a href="mailto:davidjgoodell@gmail.com">davidjgoodell@gmail.com</a>>, "David Goodell (dgoodell)" <<a href="mailto:dgoodell@cisco.com">dgoodell@cisco.com</a>>, "Cesare Cantu (cantuc)" <<a href="mailto:cantuc@cisco.com">cantuc@cisco.com</a>>, Marcin Ocwieja <<a href="mailto:marcino@guavatech.com">marcino@guavatech.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> Re: OFA OFWG meeting minutes and responses to AR re organizational recommendations<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Sep 17, 2013, at 6:15 PM, "Ryan, Jim" <<a href="mailto:jim.ryan@intel.com">jim.ryan@intel.com</a>></div><div> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">First, the fact the Board has the power and obligation to select the chair(s) suggests they have the power to name new chairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">A second approach would be to propose the WG can remove a co-chair by a 2/3 vote of members.</span></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Either of these is acceptable to me, but my preference is for the second approach.</div><div><br></div><div>The WG itself is the body that interacts with the chair(s) most closely and therefore would be the group that is experiencing whatever behavior might lead to removal. It seems for the first approach to work, the WG would need to inform the Board that
the current chair(s) are unacceptable and provide some reasoning. So in either case the WG is the driver for removal. If/when the WG votes to remove an individual from a chair position, selection of the new chair should follow the original procedure for
chair selection.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div><div>====================================</div><div><br></div><div>Susan Coulter<br>
HPC-3 Network/Infrastructure<br>
505-667-8425<br>
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