[Asis-standards] Fwd: [NISO nisovoting] Comment period for Draft NISO Operating Procedures, October 25-December 10, 2012

[Mark Needleman]

FYI in case anyone has any comments - I have attached a copy of the revised procedures to this note

mark

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> From: Nettie Lagace <nlagace at niso.org>
> Subject: [NISO nisovoting] Comment period for Draft NISO Operating Procedures, October 25-December 10, 2012
> Date: October 25, 2012 4:15:29 PM EDT
> To: nisovoting at list.niso.org
> 
> Dear NISO Voting Members,
> 
> We are proposing some updates to the NISO Operating Procedures, which were last updated and approved by the NISO Board of Directors and the ANSI Executive Standards Council in December 2009.
> 
> Per NISO Operating Procedures Section 12.3, we are administering a comment period for NISO Voting Members, to run October 25-December 10, 2012.
> 
> The Draft NISO Operating Procedures document, containing proposed changes and additions covering several sections, is available for NISO Voting Members at http://www.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/nisovoting/document.php?document_id=9644, together with an online commenting form.
> 
> The first page is a summary list of these changes. The rest of the document is a marked-up Word file, indicating more precisely what the proposed changes are.
> 
> To enter an online comment, click on the "add a comment" link above the "Document Details" header, under the "Comments" tab. All comments are open to document viewers.
> 
> Per NISO Operating Procedures Section 12.3:
> 
> 12.3.1 The NISO Office will notify all Voting Members of the Proposed Changes.
> 
> 12.3.2 Voting Members have forty-five (45) days to comment.
> 
> 12.3.3 After the 45-day period, the NISO Office will forward all comments to the group proposing the change. The proposing group must provide responses to all substantive comments within thirty (30) days.
> 
> 12.3.4 The group proposing the change may revise the proposed changes based on comments. It may ask the NISO Office to offer another comment period.
> 
> NISO Operating Procedures Sections 12.4 & 12.5 describe approval and notification:
> 
> 12.4.1 The group proposing the change must forward the proposed changes with a summary of comments received and any responses to the Board of Directors for final approval.
> 
> 12.4.2 Approval requires a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors.
> 
> 12.5 The NISO Office will notify all members when the procedures have changed and provide information on the accessibility of the revised procedures.
> 
> Thank you for your support of NISO.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Nettie
> 
> ----------------------
> Nettie Lagace
> Associate Director for Programs
> National Information Standards Organization (NISO) 
> 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 302 
> Baltimore, MD 21211
> Mobile: 617-863-0501
> Fax: 410-685-5278
> E-mail: nlagace at niso.org
> 

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