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JSR348-131: rule that ballot topics must be discussed at EC meetings raises issues #120

Closed apastsya closed 7 years ago

apastsya commented 13 years ago

Jira issue originally created by user sean_sheedy:

standing rules:

122-124 - strike, since it prevents a vote to cancel an EC meeting (see 48, above). Also prevents timely votes on appeals issues that are raised soon after an EC meeting. The 14 day electronic voting period should cover discussion.

PC> I don't understand what you're saying here., but I think I disagree :) We conduct our business primarily via meetings, not through email. Allowing arbitrary email votes at any time would set a bad precedent.

SS> There are some matters that come up between meetings. This prevents them from being voted on. two examples: dealing with an appeal in a timely fashion. voting to cancel an EC meeting. Even without this rule there is still 14 days to discuss the matter. One can always pass a motion to table it for a meeting, but need the ability to make votes between meetings.

apastsya commented 13 years ago

Comment created by pcurran:

Discussed at the WG meeting on Sept 21. Unanimous agreement to keep the existing language.

apastsya commented 13 years ago

Comment created by starksm64:

The one point I brought up today was around a slight ambiguity in line 128 of the current JCPEC_StandingRules-16SEP2011-B-Clean version of the standing rules, although there is a statement in lines 122-124 requiring discussion of the motion at an EC meeting, line 128-129 seems to relax that by saying "good practice to discuss a motion at an EC meeting, or to circulate it for comment on the EC list, before requesting a vote".

I would suggest changing the ", or to circulate it for comment.." to ", and to circulate it for comment..." so there is no ability to read the section as an alternative to discussing the motion at a meeting.

apastsya commented 13 years ago

Comment created by pcurran:

We discussed this at the September 21 Working Group meeting and strongly agreed that allowing arbitrary votes between meetings would be a bad idea. Our primary means of doing business is via meetings, and we don't want to undermine that.

Will not fix.

apastsya commented 13 years ago

Issue was closed with resolution "Won't Fix"