Re: Rules for voting

[Marc-Andre Hermanns <m.a.hermanns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

> 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?

Is it possible to have Video Conferences? Or is the amount of people
present too high? Or are there other technical restrictions (maybe not all
participants would be able to join?)? Maybe in that case we could offer
those participants to use the facilities of another member?

> 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.

Although I am new to these kind of meetings I think participation in the
MPI Forum is both a personal as well as business effort. So in this case we
have to see:
 - A person (e.g. Jeff) has personal interest in working on MPI-2.1 and was
   active before. This interest is evident, as he still wants to
   participate at his new employer. So to my mind the person or his
   organization should be able to vote.
 - An organization that was represented by a person that is no longer with
   the organization now should also be able to vote, as long as they send a
   new representative, because it is (normaly) not their fault that their
   representative is no longer with them.

Another question is, when are the first votes on the open topics? How many
"meetings" are planned before that?

Best regards,
Marc-Andre
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Marc-Andre Hermanns
Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
Zentralinstitut fuer Angewandte Mathematik
D-52425 Juelich

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