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jim.s3@juno.com wrote:
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P.S. I ack completion of the "training".
Jon Awbrey
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jim.s3@juno.com wrote:
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> SUO,
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> The SUO P&P Subgroup has reached consensus on the following
> 2-minute training module, on the new IEEE rule for counting email
> ballots. Does anyone in the full body have any objections? If not, I
> will send this directly to all SUO voting members in about a week. Once
> all have had a chance to acknowledge, we'll start over again on the MSO
> ballot.
>
> Jim Schoening
> Chair SUO WG
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> ==============
> Message to be sent directly to all voting members
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> Subject: 2-minutes of training on new IEEE voting rules --- Please
> acknowledge completion
>
> ATTN SUO Voting Members:
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> This is 2-minutes of training on the new IEEE voting rules.
> Please acknowledge that you have read this by sending a reply back to me.
>
> CHANGE IN VOTING RULES
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> IEEE has announced the following new rule for counting email ballots:
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> YES > 0.5*VOTING MEMBERS
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> This means that abstaining, acknowledging (but not voting), and not
> responding are all effectively "NO" votes.
>
> In practice this makes being a responsible voting member more onerous
> than in the past, when if you were not interested, or not bothered about
> a particular vote, you could acknowledge but not vote, and you would not
> be counted in the ballot.
>
> If you have consistently not voted in ballots we suggest either:
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> 1. (Preferably) you take a more active interest in the work of the Group
> and vote (YES or NO) in ballots.
>
> 2. You consider removing yourself from the voting membership (which in no
> other way limits your participation in the Group). You may regain voting
> rights at any time by making a request to the Chair.
>
> A SUO voting member is anyone who has registered and waited 6 months.
> Members lose voting rights if they fail to either vote on or acknowledge
> two consecutive ballots, but they can regain voting rights at any time
> upon request. A list of SUO voting members is at
> http://suo.ieee.org/SUO/documents/voting-members.txt.
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