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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
Subject: Re: standards participation
Message-ID: <11247@alice.UUCP>
Date: 28 Aug 90 14:16:50 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.165749.3270@zoo.toronto.edu> <56728@microsoft.UUCP> <177@srchtec.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner NJ
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In article <177@srchtec.UUCP>, johnb@srchtec.UUCP (John Baldwin) writes:
> Oh yes, and there is a limit of one principal member per organization
> represented, with one "alternate" allowed.  You *are* allowed to represent
> yourself.

An organization may have any number of alternates, however only the principal
may vote -- unless the principal is absent, in which case only one of the
alternates may vote.

You may indeed represent yourself, but not if you are an employee of a company
with an official representative.  For example, Jonathan Shopiro is the
AT&T representative.  That means that Bjarne Stroustrup may not vote at the
ANSI meetings, because he is an employee of AT&T.  He cannot even represent
himself at the meetings.

Of course he can speak all he wants to, and sometimes people even listen! :-)

And because Bjarne and I are both alternates (which is how I know the number
is not restricted to one), if Jonathan is absent, we get to decide which of
us will vote that day.
-- 
				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@europa.att.com