Re: +++ SEC Rules Change Ballot
Bill-
I think I am going to vote DISAPPROVE on this because it puts the creation
of a new project down to the TIC2 level. I don't think that was the
intention. In 802.3 the creation of a project has always been a technical
vote.
Geoff
At 04:05 AM 11/12/99 -0600, Bill Lidinsky wrote:
>
>At the SEC meeting in Kauai on Thursday 11 November 1999 the SEC
>approved submitting this IEEE 802 Operating Rules change to ballot.
>
>The proposed Rules Change deals with changes to the process for voting
>procedures for a Working Group on procedural issues and technical
>issues at 802 Plenaries, interim Working Group meetings, and in
>between Plenary meetings. The changes involve the following sections:
>
>5.1.4.1 Chair's Function
>5.1.4.2 Voting on Technical Issues
>
>In addition there are minor changes to two other sections so that they
>refer to the above two sections correctly. These two other sections
>are:
>
>3.6.1 Initiation of Proposed Rules Changes
>5.1.3.4 Rights
>
>Attached is a pdf file showing the relevant clauses of the latest P802
>Operating Rules (November 1998) with the changes indicated.
>Strikethrough text is deleted. Underlined text is added. All other
>text is as it exists in the current rules document. This text was
>presented and discussed at a P802 Operating Rules meeting on Sunday
>night, 7 November 1999 in Kauai at the beginning of the 802 Plenary.
>It was further iterated upon during the week of the plenary. This
>proposed rule change represents the output of this process.
>
>This ballot opens on 12 November 1999. It will close 30 days before
>beginning of the March 802 plenary (Friday 4 February 2000).
>
>For your reference the current 802 rules URL is
>
> "http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/devdocs.html"
>
>
> Please vote early and often,
>
> Bill Lidinsky, 802.1 Chair
> lidinsky@hep.net
> 630-840-8067
>
>
>Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\ProposedRuleChangeTry5forBallot.doc"
>
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