stds-802-16: Fwd: [802SEC] Reminder: all EC members must have endorsementletters on file prior to confirmation
>Dear EC members,
>
>This note is to remind all of you (and potential EC member
>candidates), that incoming EC members must file a letter of
>endorsement from their sponsoring organization with the Recording
>Secretary prior to confirmation. If you have filed a letter in the
>past, you must re-file an updated endorsement letter. If possible,
>please file the endorsement letters with Bob O'Hara prior to the
>start of the March opening EC meeting or as soon as possible
>thereafter. They absolutely must be on file prior to the closing EC
>meeting when the confirmation votes will take place. I will also
>keep a copy.
>
>Please notify potential EC member candidates in your WG/TAGs of this
>requirement. I have included the text of the 802 P&P below for your
>reference regarding this specific requirement.
>
>Regards,
>
>--Paul Nikolich
>
>
>
>From LMSC P&P Section 3.2 Membership:
>
>Each member of the Executive Committee shall, prior to confirmation
>by the executive committee, file with the Recording Secretary a
>letter of endorsement from their sponsoring organization. This
>letter is to document several key factors relative to their
>participation on the Executive Committee and is to be signed by both
>the executive committee member and an individual who has management
>responsibility for the Executive Committee member. This letter shall
>contain at least the following:
>
>1. statement of qualification based on technical expertise to
>fulfill the assignment, and
>
>2. statement of support for providing necessary resources (e.g.,
>time, travel expenses to meetings), and
>
>3. recognition that the individual is expected to act in accordance
>with the conditions stated in
>3.4.1 Voting Guidance dealing with voting "as both a professional
>and as an individual expert."
>
>3.4.1 Voting Guidance It is expected that LMSC Executive Committee
>members will vote as both professionals and as individual experts,
>except under the Directed Position provisions of Procedure 8, and
>not as a member of any affiliate block (organization, alliance,
>company, consortium, special interest group, etc.). If substantive
>evidence is presented to the LMSC Chair that this provision is
>violated, the LMSC Executive Committee will meet to consider what,
>if any, action to take on the presented evidence. Such action may
>include any action up to and including a recommendation for removal
>from office.