Re: [802SEC] +++ EC Email Ballot: (early close) Motion to ease anti-commercialization rules for Plenary Sponsor for the Beijing meeting
I vote approve.
Regards,
Subir
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On Aug 20, 2013, at 8:56 PM, "James P. K. Gilb" <gilb@IEEE.ORG> wrote:
> Dear EC members
>
> The Sponsor Chair has delegated the conduct of an EC electronic ballot on the following motion to me.
>
> Moved: Gilb
> Second: Thaler
>
> PURPOSE OF THE MOTION
> One time "softening" of anti-commercialization rules for Plenary
> Sponsor for the March 2014 Beijing meeting.
>
> MOTION
> Guidelines for the March 2014 Beijing Plenary Meeting should be aligned to the current guidelines for the IETF* with respect to allowable commercial presence and activities at a Plenary by a major meeting sponsor/underwriter. Details of implementation are left to the discretion of the 802 Chair or his designated representative.
>
> *Sponsor Benefits such as:
> - Meeting Program Listing
> - Meeting signage (e.g. at breaks there will be signs out that say
> this break was sponsored by ...)
> - Logo on meeting announcements for that plenary
> - Logo on Meeting Web page (with link to corporate web page?)
> - Badge lanyards and/or sponsor logo on badges (we do this for
> interims)
> - Sponsor Literature/Visual Display area
> (e. g. a few tables set up, usually somewhere near the registration area where the sponsors can hand out some corporate literature and/or they some trinkets with their logo)
>
> Start of ballot: 20 August 2013
> Close of ballot: 30 August, 2013, 21:00 PDT
>
> Early close: As stated in the "Voting rules" subclause of the IEEE LMSC OM, "For urgent matters once sufficient response is received to clearly decide a matter, the ballot may be closed early."
>
> As our plenary meeting in March 2014 is fast approaching, this is an urgent matter as we seek to find Sponsors to offset the cost of this meeting.
>
> James Gilb
>
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