RE: ITC question

        Hi Duaine and the rest of the ITC community
             Given the generality of the question, I think it better to
respond to the whole community. The voting rules were set when the committee
was created and are documented on the sign up page for inclusion into the
group. It basically says that you do not have to be an Accellera member to
vote on a technical vote. To have a vote, a company must have been involved
in 3 of the last 4 meetings. Each company gets one vote. Due to the
confusion related to the meeting 3 weeks ago, I will not be counting this
against companies who contacted me to explain their situation. That said the
following companies would have a vote today: Mentor, Cadence, Zaiq, Aptix,
Tharas, Broadcom.
            There is no actual policy about advance notice for a vote, and
we have done it several ways in the past depending on the nature of the vote
(immediate, deferred, off-line). For the adoption of the spec base that we
would use going forward, I believe that all people who have qualified for a
vote, should have the opportunity to vote. We can discuss if that means ‘in
the meeting when the vote is called’, or we can discuss if it should be
delayed. This is a decision that the group can make. I will not dictate how
it will happen.
        
        From my understanding, at the end of the last meeting, there was
some talk about a vote, but it was not formally proposed or seconded. That
means that there is not vote on the table at the moment. Please correct me
if I am wrong on this. I will entertain a discussion about the vote tomorrow
and then we can come to a decision.
        
        Please let me now if there is any further confusion on this issue.
        Best regards
        Brian
        
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        From: Pryor, Duaine [mailto:duaine_pryor@mentor.com] 
        Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 10:16 AM
        To: brian_bailey@acm.org
        Cc: Stickley, John; Evans, Jeff
        Subject: ITC question
        
        Brian,
        After the last meeting, Per raised the possibility of a vote in the
near future.   
        We would like to understand the current ITC rules for voting.  
Where are these documented?  Are they standard across all committees, ...?
        What are the eligibility requirements?  What are the advanced notice
requirements?  Who would be eligible today?  
         
        Thanks,
        Duaine