RE: [sv-bc] RE: [sv-ec] Fw: Clarification of Entity-based participating/voting rules.

In my opinion, using entity-based voting on a standard where the issues
are engineering-related rather than business-related was always a bad idea.
It still worked because the real work was done in subcommittees by individual
engineers, and the approval by entities was largely a formality.

If the subcommittees go to entity-based voting, they will not work as well.
If the IEEE rules require this for committees that use entity-based voting,
then the correct answer is to stop using entity-based voting for this
standard. Of course, somebody will lose face over the foolish award that
was given for the "efficiency improvement" of using entity-based voting in
the first place.

If this goes forward, it may still work because the votes in the subcommittees
were usually formalities as well. There was generally an attempt to reach
consensus before voting. Only a few issues were actually settled by voting.
As long as individual engineers are still able to attend and provide input,
and there is still an attempt to reach consensus of all attendees, regardless
of whether they can vote, things may not change too much.

Steven Sharp
sharp@cadence.com

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