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John, P-1788,
First of all, thank you, John and Christian, for your
extensive and continuing work.
I have attached a PDF with my copy of our final P&P
(Policies and Procedures) approved by the IEEE. The relevant
sections are 10.2, 10.6, 11.1, and 10.4.
My interpretation is that this is for "changes." That is,
your interpretation is the same as mine: Things can be
changed back with another 2/3 vote.
Thus, things
can be changed, then changed back, etc., ad infinitum until
our term has run out and there is no standard.
This is partially avoided by the 2/3 majority rule and
also by people submitting (and committing to) changes
that would cause them to approve the document (or portion
thereof).
It can be further avoided by each of us coming to the conclusion that
it is more important to have the standing document ratified
as a standard than have our own preferences appear in the
standard exactly as we want them.
Regarding your inquiry about further amendments, I view that
as a fully legitimate reason for making changes to text that
has already been approved. (Such changes would be technical
changes representing progress towards the end, rather than
vacillation or obstruction.)
Best regards,
Baker
P.S. Please explicitly inform me when you would like Motion 31 to
be formally brought forward for a vote.
On 02/15/2012 02:50 AM, John Pryce wrote:
P1788 We send herewith V04.4 of the draft text of Level 1 less decorations, which is the subject of Motion 31. Further friendly amendments have been incorporated since V04.3. A list of the most substantial changes since the original V04.1 last December is in the front-matter. We also made various minor editorial changes. Constructors are currently the subject of Motion 30 so their text isn't changed, except num2interval has been removed on the grounds of being unnecessary. Q from JP. Could the chair remind us of the procedural side? As I recall, Motion 31 needs a 2/3 majority to pass. If it passes, the text is not cast in stone, since a later motion requiring 2/3 majority can make further amendments, is that right? I ask this because I expect much tidying up will be needed later, e.g. when we re-include decorations. Regards John Pryce, Christian Keil
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