Rules for voting

[Jeff Squyres <jsquyres@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill said:

> The first order of business is to determine the rules for voting.   
> The rules that the MPI Forum has been using are posted on the MPI  
> 2.1 web page (http://www.mpi-forum.org/mpi2_1/index.htm); the  
> history of errata votes (linked off of that page) shows which  
> institutions have participated in the last two ballots.  I suggest  
> that we discuss updates to these rules to address the fact that we  
> probably won't have face-to-face meetings, at least in the  
> beginning.  Then the current voting members (based on the last two  
> votes) can vote on that rule change.

Per the rule:

"To vote, an organization must have been present at the last two MPI  
Forum meetings."

I guess the obvious question is: what metric should we use to  
determine continued participation since there won't be physical  
meetings?

I ask as someone who has changed organizations since the last time we  
voted.  Cisco has not participated in the last two "meetings", but I  
would like to have the possibility of voting in the next ballots.

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Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems