Re: P1788: PLEASE VOTE: Motion P1788/M0039.01:IntroductoryText
I vote yes.
Shin'ichi Oishi
On 2012/12/20, at 21:45, "Corliss, George" <george.corliss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> P1788,
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> I have sent a personal reminder to Voting Members who have not voted, but everyone might be interested in
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> Current tally: Yes - 28; No - 0; Needed to pass: 34 (There was a NO vote, which was changed to Yes, with reservations)
> We need at least six more votes. Voting continues through Sunday, Dec. 23.
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> Recall that under our Policies and Procedures, you are dropped as a Voting Member if you fail to vote on two consecutive motions. Reinstatement is easy.
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> Baker's call to vote is appended below. Also, his recent clarification of the various motions currently under consideration.
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> George Corliss
> P1788 Vote Tabulator
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>> From: Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Motion P1788/M0039.01:IntroductoryText -- voting period begins
>> Date: December 2, 2012 3:21:12 PM CST
>> To: John Pryce <prycejd1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: stds-1788 <stds-1788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> P-1788:
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>> The discussion period for this motion has ended, and
>> voting herewith commences. Voting will continue until
>> after Sunday, December 23, 2012.
>> Voting on this motion will proceed according to the
>> RULES FOR STANDARD TEXT. That is,
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>> 1. a 2/3 majority is necessary for the motion to pass,
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>> 2. any NO votes MUST be accompanied by an explanation of and
>> a corresponding commitment to the changes would cause
>> the voter to change the "NO" vote to "YES".
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>> The motion cannot be changed during voting.
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>> I attach the motion, with the friendly amendments and corrections
>> John posted on November 30.
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>> Juergen: Please post the updated motion and update the web page
>> to indicate that voting has begun. (Also, the motion
>> is internally labeled as 6.1, while it is presently
>> entitled 5-2 on the web page.)
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>> Acting secretary: Please record the transaction in the minutes.
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>> The motion appears in the private area of the IEEE P-1788 site:
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>> http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1788/private/Motions/AllMotions.html
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>> As usual, please contact me if you need the password to the private
>> area.
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>> Best regards,
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>> Baker (acting as chair, P-1788)
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>> From: Ralph Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Additional clarification Re: motions 39, 40, 41, and 42.
>> Date: December 18, 2012 7:31:53 AM CST
>> To: stds-1788 <STDS-1788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> P-1788:
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>> There may still be some confusion about what we are discussion
>> and upon what we will vote regarding specific motions. This may
>> be due to partially to the fact that portions of the draft text
>> other than those relevant to the actual motion were posted with
>> some of the motions, and also, one or more of the participants
>> in the discussion may have referred to incorrect motion numbers. Again:
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>> 1. Motion 39 -- presently under vote -- deals with relatively uncontroversial
>> wording of the introduction. I anticipate at most minor wording changes
>> to result from the discussion.
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>> 2. Motion 40 -- presently under discussion -- deals ONLY with 1.7 and 1.8
>> of the standards text, that is, general requirements for bindings of the P-1788 standard
>> to programming environments and programming languages. I anticipate
>> at most minor wording changes to result from the discussion.
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>> 3. Motion 41 -- presently under discussion -- deals with clause 2. The only
>> controversial part of this clause is 2.5, decorations. However, 2.5 does
>> not specify the details of decorations, but only gives the motivation and
>> basic ideas underlying decorations, as an introduction to the actual
>> detailed specifications. The detailed specifications will occur in Clause 8.
>> I anticipate at most minor wording changes to result from the discussion.
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>> 4. Motion 42 -- presently under discussion -- deals with clause 8, where details
>> of the decoration system occur. It is in this clause I anticipate us
>> to be doing the most active work at present.
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>> Best regards,
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>> Baker
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>> Ralph Baker Kearfott, rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (337) 482-5346 (fax)
>> (337) 482-5270 (work) (337) 993-1827 (home)
>> URL: http://interval.louisiana.edu/kearfott.html
>> Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
>> (Room 217 Maxim D. Doucet Hall, 1403 Johnston Street)
>> Box 4-1010, Lafayette, LA 70504-1010, USA
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