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- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 85 08:43:26 cdt
- From: topaz!packard!ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!willcox (David A Willcox)
- To: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!std-unix
-
- John -
-
- I just thought I would respond to the note on who can be in the working
- and balloting groups. If you don't get any other responses, you can
- edit and/or summarize this and post it. This is all my understanding
- of the rules, but I am pretty sure they are accurate.
-
- [ This is the most informative response I've gotten, so I'm posting it. -mod ]
-
- The Working Group consists of whoever shows up for a meeting. There is
- no requirement of sponsorship by any organization - you don't need to
- belong to any organization, nor do you need to be a corporate rep. Of
- course, someone, probably your employer, needs to pay transporation,
- lodging, etc. There is a rule which CAN be invoked at the request of
- anyone at the meeting which limits participation (in the "concensus
- process") to those who have attended at least two of the previous three
- meetings. This is to prevent any one organization or locality from
- "stuffing the ballot box" at any particular meeting. The rule has
- never been invoked.
-
- [ Perhaps it's worth remarking that the Working Group is already quite
- large and somewhat unwieldy: fifty people came to the last meeting. -mod ]
-
- The Ballotting Group is, itself, divided into two groups, the quorum
- group and (I guess it would be called) the non-quorum group. It would
- require going into more detail about the balloting process than is
- appropriate for this news group to explain the difference between
- these. The major differences are that those in the quorum group
-
- 1) Must be a member of either IEEE or the IEEE Computer
- Society.
- 2) Can vote either "yes" or "no", and
- 3) Will get phone calls late at night if they don't return
- their ballots.
-
- Those in the non-quorum group.
-
- 1) Needn't be a member of anything. (Needn't even be employed.)
- 2) Can only vote "no", and
- 3) No one but they care if their ballots are returned.
-
-
- To be a member of either, request a form from Jim Isaak (John - you have his
- address). It'd better be SOON, since balloting should start in
- December.
-
- [ The address is:
-
- James Isaak
- Chairperson, IEEE/CS P1003
- Charles River Data Systems
- 983 Concord St.
- Framingham, MA 01701
-
- (decvax!frog!jim)
-
- As others have pointed out, there is also a mailing list for interested
- parties, who get copies of the drafts but do not otherwise have to
- participate. Requests to get on that list should go to the above address.
- -mod ]
-
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