Re: stds-802-mobility: RE: 802.20 Nominations and Elections
Rene -
Its a point of view, I guess.
Not one I agree with, however.
Regards,
Tony
At 10:23 07/03/2003 -0500, Rene Struik wrote:
>Dear Tony:
>
>Your rationale is not correct:
>qualifying ( at least 75%) participation in a meeting that did not take
>place is
>reached if one participated at least 75% x 0 hrs= 0 hrs. So, for non-existent
>meetings qualifying participation is achieved by everyone in the IEEE
>universe.
>
>- Rene
>
>
>-------------------
>If you take the 802 membership rules as stated, and ignoring for the moment
>the issue of when during the first meeting of a WG an attendee might gain
>membership, then you reach the amusing conclusion that anyone that gains
>membership as a consequence of participation in that first meeting must
>necessarily lose membership again immediately, by application of the rule
>that states that to maintain membership in a WG, you need qualifying (>75%)
>participation in the last 2 Plenary meetings (where one Interim can be
>substituted for one of the plenaries). As the WG has only been in existence
>for 1 plenary by that time, this condition is, by definition, impossible to
>meet. Hence, as far as I can tell, continued voting membership after that
>inaugural meeting requires the use of the Chair's discretion to give voting
>rights outwith the provisions of the rules.
Regards,
Tony