Re: P&P: FW: Proposed Revisions to Website

[jim.s3@juno.com]

> 1. We need to make a clear statement of how votes are 
> counted. It matters much less that they are voted one way 
> or another, than that you know which way. As I understand
> it, this is not something we can choose, only understand.

JimS: I think we can all agree there are conflicting rules.  I have been
directed to include ABSTAINs, which is what I have done, and nobody has
appealed to date.  I agree we should post this rule, which is:  A motion
will pass if YES > NO + ABSTAIN.  

> 
> 2. I think we need to get past some of the history around
> starter documents. To do this we need to focus around what
> there is clear consensus on, which is the Lattice of Theories
> proposal. This has been deliberately inclusive, and all
> the important contributions we have are either part of it
> or relate to it. In particular I think we need to loose the
> term "starter document" which is at best misleading, and at
> worst has caused considerable contention. I would suggest
> a term like "contribution" or "component" or "subporject" 
> as a way to refer to all the individual efforts that have 
> been referred to in a successful ballot.

JimS: I agree this is confusing, but I don't think it is worth the long
debate it will take to arrive at a new label.  A rose any other name is
still a rose. 

> 
> 3. I think we should have a page that records our resolutions,
> i.e. motions that have passed their vote. Then we have a clear
> record of what we have agreed to. It is supprisingly hard
> to find previous motions in the archive, not least because
> we have used inconsistent language in them (and why
> wouldn't we?)

JimS: Agreed.

> 
> As separate issues I think we should:
> 
> 1. provide clearer guidance on how to use MajorDomo - we get
> regular pleas to the list asking how to unsubscribe.

> 
> 2. Provide links to the relevant IEEE SA documents that
> govern our actions, and our policy in interpreting them
> (e.g. becoming a voting member etc.)

JimS: The 6-month rule for becoming a voting member was a policy we
adopted.

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