*BSD News Article 12086


Return to BSD News archive

Xref: sserve comp.org.usenix:3268 comp.unix.bsd:11569 comp.org.sug:652 comp.os.386bsd.misc:49
Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.org.sug,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!venice!gumby.dsd.trw.com!trwacs.fp.trw.com!trwacs!epstein
From: epstein@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Jeremy Epstein)
Subject: Re: How to vote on POSIX Printing
Message-ID: <epstein.730994594@trwacs>
Organization: TRW Systems Division, Fairfax VA
References: <C36JrI.E8K@ra.nrl.navy.mil>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 14:03:14 GMT
Lines: 37

atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson) writes:

[...]

>  YOU have a chance to vote on the proposed POSIX standard.  If you
>are a member of the IEEE or the IEEE Computer Society, your vote
>officially is counted.  If you aren't a member of either one, then you
>can still participate and provide input and the standards committee
>does have to respond to your ballot input.

I'd like to add a few things that Ran omitted from his announcement:

* There's a $50 fee to join the balloting group.  This covers the costs
of mailings, international standards, etc.  Unemployed members of IEEE
can ask for a waiver.  The $50 fee must be included with the ballot request
(check or credit card accepted).

* If you join the balloting group, you are committing yourself to respond.
To quote from the cover letter:
	If you choose to be part of the balloting group, you will have
	30 days to review and respond to drafts.  In order for the Sponsor
	Ballot to be valid, at least 75% of the ballots sent must be
	returned.  For that reason: VOTERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO RESPOND.
	If you are interested in having a copy of the latest draft, you
	may order any draft in ballot, individually by calling 800-678-IEEE
	in the US and Canada.  Outside US and Canada call 908-981-1391.
As a technical reviewer for a different standard, let me emphasize how
important it is that people sign up only if they intend to respond!
It's very difficult to get a standard passed if people sign up to ballot,
but then don't respond to the drafts.

--Jeremy
-- 
Jeremy Epstein			Internet: epstein@trwacs.fp.trw.com
Trusted X Research Group	Voice: +1 703/803-4947
TRW Systems Division
Fairfax Virginia