[Tccc] Two-week call for feedback - updated TCCC ...
Joe Touch
touchatisi.edu
Tue Sep 11 04:46:30 EDT 2012
Hi, all,
This is a reminder that this call for feedback ends this week. No need
to post if you concur with the proposed changes.
Joe
On 8/30/2012 4:04 PM, Joe Touch wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Two-week call for feedback on update to P&P
>
> The TCCC is in the process of its periodic (every 3 years)
> re-certification by the Technical Activities Board.
>
> As part of that process, we have realized TCCC was lacking a current
> Policies and Procedures manual. Most of the relevant information was
> already on our website and had been the result of list discussions, but
> it was not collected.
>
> We noted that TCCC once had a P&P manual back in 2001:
> http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/tccc/policies.txt
>
> We've reformatted that text, and updated it in three places, noted
> below. The current version is placed here for review:
> http://www.isi.edu/touch/TCCC-pnp.pdf
>
> Specific updates are:
>
> 1) elections now refers to Instant Runoff Voting,
> which we've been using for a few election cycles,
> and appears to work well
>
> 2) now lists only three elected officers, as per our practice
> since approx. 2007 (we do not elect the conference coordinator;
> that is appointed now).
>
> 3) now includes the detailed procedures for conference/workshop
> endorsement, which have already been on our website as per
> earlier email discussions several years ago (all of Sec 10.1)
>
> As per the P&P, this commences a two-week "last call" for discussion on
> this updated P&P manual. If you have any concerns with these additions,
> please raise them now and we will discuss them on the list.
>
> Please note that this is not a call for other modifications to the P&P
> manual; that can commence when the new officers are inducted in October.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe (TCCC Chair), on behalf of the TCCC Officers
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