Re: [802SEC] +++ SEC Rules Change Letter Ballot +++ Addition of second vice chair position to SEC
Disapprove
I agree with Roger's comments
At 10:36 AM 5/29/02 -0600, Roger B. Marks wrote:
>I vote "Disapprove", with the following comments:
>
>Under the current position descriptions, we do not need two Vice Chairs
>any more than we need two Chairs, two Treasurers, or two Recording
>Secretaries. In each of these cases, we are better off with one.
>
>As described in the rules, the duties of the Vice Chair come down to
>maintaining the rules change process. While this is an important
>responsibility, it does not cry out for a second person to help manage it.
>On the contrary, having two people in charge of the same task only
>decreases the likelihood of someone taking responsibility for it.
>
>Before I can support a rules change to specify two Vice Chairs, I would
>like to see their explicit assignments defined. I don't think it's
>appropriate to split the work by technical topic (e.g., wireless/wireline)
>because the SEC is not a technical body. I think it would be more valuable
>to take a look at where the SEC needs some help. I suggest that the place
>to look is Procedure 8 ("PROCEDURE FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT"), which lists a
>number of jobs that are currently not done at all or have been done by the
>Vice Chair. Many of those jobs are related to the general topic of
>gathering and distributing information about our standardization
>activities. Perhaps we should re-write Procedure 8, adding related
>assignments that we need help with (webmaster, publicity coordinator,
>etc.) and dividing up the work among two Vice Chairs.
>
>Roger
>
>
>At 2:42 PM -0500 02/03/31, Paul Nikolich wrote:
>>
>>Dear SEC,
>>
>>This email provides notice of the rules change letter ballot for the
>>addition of a second vice chair to the SEC. The detailed changes are
>>included in the attached PDF file.
>>
>>Scope: Rules Change to add a second SEC vice chair.
>>
>>Purpose: To amend to rules allow the SEC to have two vice chair positions.
>>
>>Rationale:
>>The scope and size of the IEEE Project 802 has increased to the point where
>>the amount of project 802 management work and range of knowledge has
>>significantly increased in the past 5 years. Adding a second vice chair to
>>the sponsor executive committee will better enable it to manage IEEE 802's
>>wide range of activities.
>>
>>The ballot opens March 31, 2002 and closes June 8, 2002 12 midnight EDT
>>(remember if you do not vote or abstain it is equivalent to a DISAPPROVE
>>vote). Buzz, please ensure this gets sent to the 802-wide email list as
>>well. WG chairs, please invite your WG members to comment through you.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>--Paul Nikolich
>>
>>Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Project
>>email: p.nikolich@ieee.org
>>cell: 857.205.0050
>>mail: 18 Bishops Lane, Lynnfield, MA 01940
Bob Heile, Ph.D
Chair, IEEE 802.15 Working Group on Wireless Personal Area Networks
Chair, ZigBee Alliance
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Attleboro, MA 02703 USA
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