Re: Rules change ballot; addition of Procedure 10: communication with government bodies
In a couple of places, the wording uses the words "shall be approved by the
SEC". At least one interpretation of this form of words is that it gives
the SEC no option but to approve - i.e., it is a rubber stamp process
only. I think these clauses need re-working to remove this possible
interpretation; for example, change the first sub-bullet thusly:
- Communications with government bodies shall not be released without prior
approval of the Executive Committee.
Similar changes are needed for the final bullet, and also for the first
sub-bullet of Working Group position statements, where it appears that the
WG membership is being directed as to how the majority shall vote.
For the moment, I vote No until these points get fixed. My re-wok would
look like this:
"Procedure 10 PROCEDURE FOR COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNMENT BODIES
o IEEE 802 position statements
- Communications with government bodies shall not be released without
prior approval of the Executive Committee.
- All communications shall be sent under the signature of the LMSC Chair
as the position of IEEE 802 (stated in the first paragraph) and shall be
copied to the SEC and the IEEE SA Standards Board Secretary and shall be
posted on the IEEE 802 web site and reviewed after 5 years.
o Working group position statements
- Communications with government bodies shall shall not be released
without prior approval by a majority of the working group and review by the
Executive Committee.
- All communications shall be sent under the signature of the Working
group Chair(s) as the position of the working group(s) (stated in the
first paragraph) and shall include the LMSC Chair in the communication
distribution list.
o Incoming liaison letters to Executive Committee members shall be sent, as
a minimum to the LMSC Chair.
o Informal communications are encouraged but should not imply that they are
a formal position of the IEEE 802 or of the working group
o Proposed position statements that need to be authored by other IEEE
entities shall not be forwarded to the IEEE SA Standards Board Secretary
for further processing without prior approval of the Executive Committee."
Regards,
Tony
Regards,
Tony