Re: SUO: Voting Rules
Jim,
Your interpretation is incorrect.
The ruling (actually a motion unanimously approved by the IEEE SA Board
of Governors) stated clearly the procedure for counting votes. This
Working Group and specifically you as chair were directed to use this
method - a motion must get a majority of all votes cast including
abstains.
Since this has been dissected in excruciating detail in previous
exchanges I will only state that the Board of Governors has unanimously
and formally decided this issue. You as chair of the Working Group are
bound by their decision.
Bob
jim.s3@juno.com wrote:
>SUO Members,
>
> Since we have a couple votes coming up, I should clarify my
>interpretation of the rules on how ballots are tallied.
>
> After the SUMO vote of Aug 2001, a ruling came down from the IEEE
>Standards Association Board of Governors that overturned that vote. That
>ruling stated that a majority of all ballots (including ABSTAINS) must
>vote YES for a motion to pass. For example, 3 YES, 2 NO, and 2 ABSTAIN
>would not pass, because out of 7 total votes, 4 must be YES for it to
>pass. This directive applied only to the SUMO vote. There was talk and
>perhaps intention to change IEEE voting rules, but no such announcements
>or changes in policies & procedures came down. To my knowledge, none of
>the other ~400 IEEE standards groups are following that ruling. It
>remains common practice by IEEE groups to follow the Roberts Rules of
>Order rule that ABSTAINS are not counted in the ballot tally (i.e. 3 YES,
>2 NO, 2 ABSTAIN would pass). Based on this, I believe the proper rules
>to follow are that of Roberts Rules of Order.
>
>Jim Schoening
>Chair, SUO WG
>
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