Re: [802SEC] +++ 10-day EC Email Ballot +++ Additional Funding for 30th Anniversary
Disapprove
I'm not opposed to spending some money on the 30th anniversary celebration, but I feel that our earlier feedback isn't being taken into account. I thought we had pretty strong feedback in November that the quality of the shirts that were demo'ed was not sufficient (e.g. thin material). One is unlikely to get shirts that are worn by most rather than wasted so it doesn't make sense to spend even more money to get to an acceptable quality level and have the hassle of matching sizes to people. (Even when you ask people to state their size at registration, some will find that they aren't happy with the size they got and want to trade it in due to size variations amongst brands.)
The motion in November wasn't specifically for shirts. It included other options such as badge holders. I would vote for a budget option that had a reasonable expenditure on memorabilia particularly if it was of a type likely to get used (e.g. badge holder or badge lanyard plus a good sized memory stick).
Pat
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Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:33 PM
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Subject: [802SEC] +++ 10-day EC Email Ballot +++ Additional Funding for 30th Anniversary
Folks,
Paul has authorized the following motion for your consideration.
Motion:
To approve the use of an additional $15,000 for expenditures relating
to the celebration of the 30th Anniversary of IEEE 802. This amount,
in addition to the previously approved $15,000 results in a total
budgeted expenditure of $30,000 for this purpose.
Moved: John Hawkins
Seconded: Buzz Rigsbee
Start of ballot: Thursday 4th February, 2010
Close of ballot: Sunday 14th February, 2010, 11:59PM EDT
Early close: As required in subclause 3.1.2.2 'Electronic Balloting of
the IEEE project 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) Operations
Manual, this is notice that this ballot may close early once
sufficient responses are received to clearly decide a matter.
Rationale:
We had originally discussed a $30,000 line item (during the EC
workshop in San Francisco), but made an oversight in Atlanta by only
approving the amount for the shirts ($15,000). As it turns out, even
this was not sufficient for the shirts in the quantities we need. (
$2,500 additional is required there). Finally, we would like to set
aside $12,500 to fund T&L for a few invited speakers, 802 logo badge
holders, anniversary graphics/banners, a cake for the social, etc...
If possible, please vote sooner rather than later so we can get moving
on the implementation. Questions? Send them along as usual.
John F. Hawkins | Treasurer, IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Comm.
jhawkins@ieee.org | 4145 Ivy Chase Ln | Suwanee, GA 30024 USA
+1.704.457.9763 (note new area code!)
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