Procedures%20Report%20to%20the%20IEEE-SA%20Board%20of%20Governors

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Procedures Reportto theIEEE-SA Board of
Governors

• By
• Don Heirman and Mary Lynne Nielsen
• 5 December 2003

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Current revisions for consideration

• Elections languagemajor rewrite to reflect IEEE
  Bylaw changes
• Ethicsreview by ad hoc minor updates
• Fundraisingdeletion
• ArComrefining definition
• Standards Medallionclarification of requirements
• Clause 6updates to membership fees/privileges
• Position statementsaddition of IEEE-USA receipt
• Editorial corrections

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Voting rules

• BoD approved changes to IEEE Bylaws that address
  concerns about how abstention votes are treated
  and about email voting
• Changes apply to Standards Board and all other
  subsidiary committees
• Abstentions do not count in total of votes cast
• Only approval by a majority of voting members
  needed to approve actions taken by email vote
• Most of the changes do not apply to BOG, since
  BoD determined that Major Boards must follow BoD
  rules
• Abstentions still have the effect of a no vote in
  BOG votes
• BOG email votes must gain unanimous consent

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Proposed procedural work for 2004

• 1st half of 2004
• CAG election process and restructuring
• Add plurality election process
• Add reporting mechanisms to BOG
• Adding treasurer as voting member
• If approved in principle, would be an IEEE Bylaws
  change
• Email balloting clarifications
• Can debate and change of vote be made by email
  during the open balloting period?
• To be discussed with IEEE Parliamentarian

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Proposed procedural work for 2004

• 2nd half of 2004
• Clause 7Relationships with other SDOs
• Add regional bodies
• Appeals guidelines
• Addressing terminology and process flow
• To be done in tandem with Standards Board appeals
  process
• International award qualifications

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2003 procedures report card

• 7 policy changes approved by BOG in Feb/June 2003
• 14 additional policy activities identified in
  June 2003
• 3 high priority
• 6 medium priority
• 5 low priority
• As of end 2003, 6 completed, 1 overcome by events
• All high priority items, half of medium priority
  items

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2003 procedures report card

• 3 additional changes processed in 2003
• Smaller changes not identified on policy activity
  list
• 16 activities total completed
• Other 7 identified items scheduled through 2004

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• Questions and ideas for revision are welcome!