Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-sally.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!dual!mordor!ut-sally!jsq From: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP (John Quarterman) Newsgroups: mod.std.unix Subject: Re: IEEE P1003 (participation in the working group) Message-ID: <3066@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 16:44:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.3066 Posted: Tue Oct 1 16:44:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 03:13:27 EDT References: <2992@ut-sally.UUCP> Reply-To: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 74 Approved: jsq@ut-sally.UUCP Date: Mon, 30 Sep 85 08:43:26 cdt From: topaz!packard!ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!willcox (David A Willcox) To: uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU!std-unix John - I just thought I would respond to the note on who can be in the working and balloting groups. If you don't get any other responses, you can edit and/or summarize this and post it. This is all my understanding of the rules, but I am pretty sure they are accurate. [ This is the most informative response I've gotten, so I'm posting it. -mod ] The Working Group consists of whoever shows up for a meeting. There is no requirement of sponsorship by any organization - you don't need to belong to any organization, nor do you need to be a corporate rep. Of course, someone, probably your employer, needs to pay transporation, lodging, etc. There is a rule which CAN be invoked at the request of anyone at the meeting which limits participation (in the "concensus process") to those who have attended at least two of the previous three meetings. This is to prevent any one organization or locality from "stuffing the ballot box" at any particular meeting. The rule has never been invoked. [ Perhaps it's worth remarking that the Working Group is already quite large and somewhat unwieldy: fifty people came to the last meeting. -mod ] The Ballotting Group is, itself, divided into two groups, the quorum group and (I guess it would be called) the non-quorum group. It would require going into more detail about the balloting process than is appropriate for this news group to explain the difference between these. The major differences are that those in the quorum group 1) Must be a member of either IEEE or the IEEE Computer Society. 2) Can vote either "yes" or "no", and 3) Will get phone calls late at night if they don't return their ballots. Those in the non-quorum group. 1) Needn't be a member of anything. (Needn't even be employed.) 2) Can only vote "no", and 3) No one but they care if their ballots are returned. To be a member of either, request a form from Jim Isaak (John - you have his address). It'd better be SOON, since balloting should start in December. [ The address is: James Isaak Chairperson, IEEE/CS P1003 Charles River Data Systems 983 Concord St. Framingham, MA 01701 (decvax!frog!jim) As others have pointed out, there is also a mailing list for interested parties, who get copies of the drafts but do not otherwise have to participate. Requests to get on that list should go to the above address. -mod ] --------------------------------------- David A. Willcox Gould CSD-Urbana 1101 E. University Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 217-384-8500 {decvax!pur-ee,ihnp4}!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!willcox Volume-Number: Volume 2, Number 9 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com