stds-802-mobility: Re: 802.20 Nominations and Elections
Dear Mark,
I was reading through the elections rules you posted and noticed a discrepancy with the 802 rules.
You cited the 802 Rules, which require 75% attendance (and payment of fees) for membership and the right to vote. According to the schedule, and as you noted, that would be 6 out of a total of 8 sessions.
However, you also stated that you would only allow those people to vote, who attend 6 sessions out of the 7 sessions preceeding the closing plenary. Since these people need to present during the closing plenary to actually vote, that will be their 7th session out of the total of 8, resulting in an effective attendance requirement of 7 sessions out of 8 or 87.5%.
This requirement as outlined is hence clearly in violation of the standing 802 rules and would in my opinion, if appealed, likely lead to the ballot being declared invalid.
Since all members have the right to vote, and in the case of a first plenary meeting, all anticipated members, the correct action hence is to prepare ballots for all persons who have attended at least 5 sessions out of those preceding the closing plenary, not 6.
I would appreciate if you could make this correction in the proposed procedure.
Best regards,
Dr.Ir. Nico van Waes
Systems Engineer / Algorithm Jockey
Nokia Wireless Routers