Re: [802SEC] +++ SEC Rules Change Letter Ballot +++ Ballot on WG electronic voting
Mike, I believe 50% of the eligible voters voting YES, NO, or ABSTAIN, is a
quorum for electronic balloting. See the 802.5 Working Group electronic
balloting rules I posted on the 802.17 reflector which explicitly specify
that.
Best regards,
Robert D. Love
Chair, Resilient Packet Ring Alliance
President, LAN Connect Consultants
7105 Leveret Circle Raleigh, NC 27615
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Takefman" <tak@cisco.com>
To: <p.nikolich@ieee.org>
Cc: "'IEEE802'" <stds-802-sec@ieee.org>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [802SEC] +++ SEC Rules Change Letter Ballot +++ Ballot on WG
electronic voting
>
> Paul,
>
> a question from one of my people. What consitutes a quorum for an
> electronic vote (either motion or ballot).
>
> For example, this SEC rules change ballot marks a failure to vote
> as a vote against. Hence, one could argue there is no quorum requirement
> as all voters end up with either a no or whatever they actually responded
> with and 100% of the voters are counted.
>
> Another interpretation is similar to those of a meeting. Specifically
> the number of people who respond to the ballot as a yes or no or abstain
> must be greater than 50% of the voting members.
>
> thanks,
>
> mike
>
> Paul Nikolich wrote:
> >
> > Dear SEC members,
> >
> > Attached you will find the text for the SEC rules change letter ballot
on WG
> > Electronic Voting.
> >
> > Scope: To permit voting by electronic means at the working group level.
> >
> > Purpose: To facilitate the WG consensus process.
> >
> > The ballot opens March 18, 2002 and closes June 8, 2002 12 midnight EDT
> > (remember if you do not vote or abstain it is equivalent to a DISAPPROVE
> > vote). Buzz, please ensure this gets sent to the 802-wide email list as
> > well. WG chairs, please invite your WG members to comment through you.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --Paul Nikolich
> >
> > Chair, IEEE802 LAN/MAN Standards Project
> > email: p.nikolich@ieee.org
> > cell: 857.205.0050
> > mail: 18 Bishops Lane, Lynnfield, MA 01940
> >
>
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> --
> Michael Takefman tak@cisco.com
> Manager of Engineering, Cisco Systems
> Chair IEEE 802.17 Stds WG
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