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[802SEC] Approval of actions in Working Group baseline policies and procedures



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There was a question on the call today regarding the WG P&P baselines and the thresholds for technical votes.

We are currently editing our WG P&P to match the 2017 one, which allows either 2/3 or a higher vote threshold to be selected. The 2020 one only allows 2/3 vote threshold for technical issues.

Here is the text from: Baseline Policies and Procedures for Standards Development - WGs - Individual IEEE-SA Standards Board Approved December 2017

7.1 Approval of an Action

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This clause shall not be modified except to increase the two-thirds vote up to a three-fourths vote. Increasing a two-thirds vote to a higher value will require similar changes to Section 7.1.2.

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Approval of an action requires approval by a majority (or two-thirds) vote as specified below in 7.1.1 (majority) and 7.1.2 (two-thirds). The "majority, two-thirds vote" is defined as either:

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Here is the text from: Baseline Policies and Procedures for Standards Development – WGs – Individual IEEE SA Standards Board Approved November 2020
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7.1 Approval of an Action

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This clause shall not be modified except to be compliant with the Standard Committee’s procedures.

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Approval of an action requires approval by a majority (or two-thirds) vote as specified in subclauses 7.1.1 (majority) and 7.1.2 (two-thirds) and may occur in the following instances:

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