SUO: IEEE legal opinion coming; John Sowa's motion
John and All,
I agree with the consensus that we could benefit from clearer
guidance from IEEE. I just talked to Lowell Johnson (CS VP Standards) who
agreed to push harder for this. As he stated in his message to SUO, this
matter was taken up by the attorney for the IEEE Standards Association.
Lowell will make some calls tomorrow to push for a rapid and clear response,
which should be within a week.
John, Your motion as stated is not clear enough for me to determine
if it is in order. You'll need to clearly state what YOU want to propose,
not loosely refer to the guidance from the parliamentarian. You may want to
wait for the aforementioned legal opinion to see if this changes anything.
Jim Schoening
-----Original Message-----
From: John F. Sowa [mailto:sowa@bestweb.net]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 7:57 PM
To: Schoening, James R CECOM DCSC4I
Cc: Standard-Upper-Ontology (E-mail)
Subject: Motion to resolve the impasse
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John Sowas motioned:
I hereby submit the
following motion:
Considering the varying opinions about the validity of the
SUMO vote and the narrow plurality for the affirmative,
I move that a vote be taken on whether to accept the
recommendations by either
- the IEEE parliamentarian, who said that a majority of all
votes cast (including abstentions) is necessary for a decision,
or
- the chair, who said that a plurality of votes (i.e., not
counting abstentions) is sufficient for a decision.