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SUO: John Sowa's motion




At 15:37 2001-10-08 -0400, John F. Sowa wrote:
> 
> John, Chris, and Jim,
> 
> I would be happy to withdraw my motion in favor of a similar
> reworded motion that is acceptably clear to everybody.
> 
> ...
> The guidance of the IEEE parliamentarian indicated that postion #1
> is the proper way to determine the winner.  If anyone disagrees
> with that guidance, then they should either appeal or ask for
> a vote of the SUO assembly to determine which option they prefer.

John-

You have it the wrong way around.  The Chair has made a ruling, the parliamentarian's opinions are advisory.  If you don't like the ruling, you can appeal to CS SAB (I encourage you to do so).

-FF
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