Re: SUO: RE: Re: Gathering Questions (No vs. Abstain) -- resend
At 13:48 2002-01-23 -0500, Dickert, John wrote:
>
> I am slightly appalled by the turn of events.
> I felt that an abstention was to serve as a notice of interest in the
> procedure with a willingness to go along with the plurality vote of the
> others.
> I see the need to vote as a requirement for showing interest in the process.
> I see a need for showing interest without committing to the decision, or, at
> least, accepting either decision.
> I don't like the insinuation that an abstention becomes interpreted as a no
> vote.
Yes, effectively that is what IEEE legal is saying. Robert's Rules and the Computer Society P&Ps say otherwise (Rule #1 in the previous E-mail: simply Yes > No). That's why there is great concern over this legal ruling, and great interest in correcting this.
-FF
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