Re: [802SEC] Fwd: RE: December 2003 BoG agenda available online
All,
Is it possible to find the IEEE BoD meeting minutes on the web? If so,
it is not obvious from the IEEE web pages and the search function
produced nothing useful for me.
Thanks,
wlq
> Bob O'Hara wrote:
>
> Geoff,
>
> Do you have the actual text of the change adopted by the BoD? The
> wording on ML's slide is very bad. It says that a majority of voting
> members is required for approval, rather than "a majority of members
> voting". That word reversal can make an enormous difference.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org
> [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of Geoff
> Thompson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:25 AM
> To: p.nikolich@ieee.org
> Cc: thompson@ieee.org; millardo@dominetsystems.com;
> stds-802-sec@ieee.org
> Subject: [802SEC] Fwd: RE: December 2003 BoG agenda available online
>
> Paul-
>
> FROM SLIDE 3 OF THE ATTACHED
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
> VOTING RULES
> BoD approved changes to IEEE Bylaws that address concerns about how
> abstention votes are treated and about email voting
> Changes apply to Standards Board and all other subsidiary committees
> Abstentions do not count in total of votes cast
> Only approval by a majority of voting members needed to approve
> actions taken by email vote
> Most of the changes do not apply to BOG, since BoD determined that
> Major Boards must follow BoD rules
> Abstentions still have the effect of a no vote in BOG votes
> BOG email votes must gain unanimous consent
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Note that this contrary to the procedure of the SEC
> I do not think that changing to adhere to this would be an
> improvement.
> That is, I firmly believe that failure to respond on an SEC mail vote
> should continue to be counted as a disapprove.
>
> Geoff
>
> > From: "Donald Heirman" <d.heirman@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: <d.ringle@ieee.org>, <sa-bog@ieee.org>,
> > <stds-board-comm@ieee.org>
> > Cc: <standards-staff@ieee.org>,
> > "Ghpeterson@Lucent. Com" <ghpeterson@lucent.com>
> > Subject: RE: December 2003 BoG agenda available online
> > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:56:43 -0500
> >
> > Hi all:
> >
> > I also plan to give a "report card" on the work Mary Lynne, Dave
> > Ringle, and
> > I did in 2003 on changes to the Operations Manual; it also previews
> > 2004
> > activity and asks for any other changes that you think should be
> > considered.
> > This will be at the start of agenda item 5.1 on the BoG agenda to
> > lead us
> > into those 8 motions to approve Ops Manual changes in agenda items
> > 5.1.1
> > through 5.1.8.
> >
> > See you soon.
> >
> > Don
> >
> > Donald N. Heirman, NCE
> > Don HEIRMAN Consultants
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> >
> >
> >