Re: DASC Dominance and Elections

Steve:

I thought your concerns were addressed by Victor in his reply pointing that
your count was not accurate (counting per group not per member). Did you
read that?
It seems that nothing pleases you at this time. I hope you will find the
strength to re-connect with your old friends.

Kind regards,

Alex Zamfirescu

On 9/13/06, Bailey, Stephen <SBailey@model.com> wrote:
>
>  Victor,
>
> It is inappropriate to hold elections before addressing my appeals on the
> dominance of the DASC and the DASC-SC.
>
> Is your email of 1 Sep the response to my appeal of dominance of the
> DASC-SC?
>
> I have yet to see a response to my appeal of dominance within DASC.
>
> I must admit to being dissatisfied with the quality and approach in the
> handling of the appeal of 1647 dominance.  And, if your email of 1 Sep is
> the response to my question on DASC-SC dominance, then I'm equally
> dissatisfied.  The Computer Society Standards Board should have procedures
> to follow to address appeals in a satisfactory and, as much as possible,
> objective manner.
>
> If these issues of dominance are not addressed, then the legitimacy of the
> elections will be called into question.
>
> I do not consider an appropriate resolution of these issues to be a mad
> rush by various companies to enroll their employees as DASC members in
> sufficient numbers to satisfy their need to protect their interests.  Yet,
> that is the only resolution possible under DASC's P&Ps today.  And, it
> remains prone to abuse unless the chair and vice chair commit to provide
> real-time updates of the DASC roster!
>
> If the DASC is to continue as a standards sponsoring organization, then
> there is a clear need to revisit the P&Ps and organization of the DASC and
> DASC-SC to ensure proper checks and balances are in place to prevent
> questions of dominance being raised again.  Only after this has been
> addressed is it proper to hold elections that would not be tainted by
> questions of dominance.
>
> -Steve Bailey
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* owner-stds-dasc@server.eda.org [mailto:
> owner-stds-dasc@server.eda.org] *On Behalf Of *Victor Berman
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:53 AM
> *To:* stds-dasc@server.eda.org; stds-dac-sc@server.eda.org
> *Cc:* peter@ashenden.com.au
> *Subject:* Elections for Secretary and Treasurer
>
>  Dear DASC  Members,
>
> It has come to my attention that need for holding elections for the
> positions of DASC Secretary and Treasurer is overdue.  Therefore I would
> like to immediately open up a two week period for nominations to these
> posts.  I am asking Peter Ashenden to act as returning officer for the
> nomination and election process.
>
> I will ask Peter to send out a call for nominations as soon as possible.
>
> Regards,
>   Victor Berman
>    DASC Chair
>



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