Voting today on OOXML
It’s now one month since the Geneva Ballot Resolution Meeting. There were complaints about the procedure, and these were refuted by the Convener Alex Brown, but I think it’s more important to focus on the substance. By Rob Weir’s count, only about 1.5% of problems were fixed at the Geneva meeting.
India subbmitted it’s "disapprove" vote last Friday, and I just saw that South Africa has just submitted their "disapprove" vote too. On the other hand, when I checked yesterday, it was looking like the United Kingdom might vote "approve".
In Ireland, a letter from Irish Free Software Organisation called on relevant Irish body to maintain it’s "disapprove" vote. No confirmation yet on that.
Meanwhile, the procedure for how to change your vote has been made more complicated, so I hope the national bodies are careful in their submissions. It seems Cuba’s "disapprove" vote has already been mis-counted.
And remember, there’s still time to phone your national standards body and remind them to submit their "disapprove" vote.
UPDATE: I phone the national standards body of Ireland and was told they won’t publish their vote until the deadline – which is midnight Saturday. So it is possible that decisions are being made right up to the last minute, so it *is* worth contacting your national standards body. Also, Groklaw is following this with a few stories and updates to older stories.