SUO: RE: Non-Active Voters
Dear Jim,
I was thinking of the policy itself as well as the list.
Matthew West
Principal Consultant
Shell Information Technology International Limited
Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom
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http://www.matthew-west.org.uk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jim.s3@juno.com [mailto:jim.s3@juno.com]
> Sent: 04 December 2003 05:08
> To: West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE
> Cc: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> Subject: Re: Non-Active Voters
>
>
> Matthew,
>
> You make a good point. Just as we have a list of
> voting members
> on the web site, we should have a list of past members.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 10:31:23 -0000 "West, Matthew R SITI-ITPSIE"
> <matthew.west@shell.com> writes:
> > Dear Jim,
> >
> > That sounds fine.
> >
> > Where will this be enshrined for future reference?
> >
> >
> > Matthew West
> > Principal Consultant
> > Shell Information Technology International Limited
> > Shell Centre, London SE1 7NA, United Kingdom
> >
> > Tel: +44 20 7934 4490 Mobile: +44 7796 336538
> > Email: matthew.west@shell.com
> > Internet: http://www.shell.com
> > http://www.matthew-west.org.uk
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jim.s3@juno.com [mailto:jim.s3@juno.com]
> > > Sent: 03 December 2003 04:13
> > > To: standard-upper-ontology@ieee.org
> > > Subject: SUO: Non-Active Voters
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SUO WG,
> > >
> > > The SUO Policies and Procedure (P&P) Subgroup has
> > > addressed the
> > > problem of voting members who are not voting and can't be
> > > reached. We
> > > developed the following policy, reached full consensus on it and
> > would
> > > like to open it to the fully group for discussion. It reads:
> > >
> > > "SUO WG voting members who do not acknowledge or cast
> > > a vote in 2
> > > successive ballots shall be removed from the list of voting
> > members.
> > > They will be informed of this action, provided they can be
> > > reached. Such
> > > individuals may immediately regain voting rights by making a
> > > request of
> > > the Chair."
> > >
> > > Background: We felt no desire to deny voting rights to
> > any
> > > member who wants them, but we felt the need to remove
> > > non-active members.
> > > In most cases, they have dropped out and don't want voting
> > > rights. If
> > > they do want them, at any time in the future, they can get them
> > back
> > > immediately just by asking. We considered making them wait a
> > > period of
> > > time, but we felt there could be very valid excuses for
> > > missing two votes
> > > and we didn't want to have to remove voting rights against the
> > will of
> > > the member.
> > >
> > > Please provide any comments or suggested edits.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
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