The following actions require a letter ballot or an equivalent formal recorded vote with approval by a majority of the TAG voting members, excluding No Position votes:Ī) Approval of officers appointed by the TA/TAG Secretary or nominated by members of the TAGĬ) Formation of a subgroup, including its procedures, scope, and dutiesĮ) Other actions of the TAG not specified elsewhereġ0.6 Actions Requiring Approval by Two-Thirds of Those Voting when the requirements for approval of disapproval specified by 10.5 or 10.6 are not achieved).Ī) majority vote of those voting members present at a TAG meetingĮ) a petition of five members of the TAG or a majority of the TAG, whichever is less Note-“Letter ballots” are normally conducted via e-mail or AAMI’s online standards platform (AAMI Committee Central).ġ0.5 Actions Requiring Approval by Majority
An extension may be granted at the option of the TA, Chairman, or TAG Secretary when warranted (e.g. The voting period for letter ballots shall be established to allow for timely response to international time limits. When voting on internal TAG procedural matters, the TAG member is indicating a preference on an issue and the following options shall be:Īn alternate’s vote is counted only if the principal representative fails to vote. Note 3: See Annex B.6 for an explanation of the criteria suggested for determining whether to vote “AFFIRMATIVE,” “NEGATIVE,” or “ABSTAIN.” The USNC did not make the effort to submit a position orĤ. The USNC does not wish to take a position because of certain considerations ģ. The USNC does not have a stake in the IEC proposal under consideration Ģ. May interpret a vote to “ABSTAIN” as follows:ġ. The TAG is advised to consider, when attempting to reach consensus, that the international community Insufficient TAG members respond to meet quorum requirements (TAG procedures specifies submitting “ABSTAIN” in that case) TA/TAG/TAG Secretary did not submit a vote on timeĤ. Decision by the TAG to neither support nor oppose a particular IEC proposal based on political considerationsģ.
Inability of the TAG to achieve consensus on a compromise position by any means possible within the time constraints of the IEC processĢ. The decision to submit a vote of “ABSTAIN” can arise from a variety of circumstances, including the following:ġ. Note 2: Abstain, in the context of the IEC/ISO voting process, indicates that the USNC has chosen not to participate in the decision process for the inquiry in question. In any case, No Position votes are not used when determining the final U.S. This distinction can be important depending on the definition of a TAG quorum as No Position votes may be used to determine whether a quorum is reached depending on the individual TAG quorum procedures. This is different from the case where the voter wants the USNC to abstain, in which case an abstain vote is to be cast. This position means that the voter does not wish to be included in the establishment of a consensus for a particular ballot. No Position votes are not included in the final voting tally, but are considered to meet the obligation of a TAG member to provide an input on the document. Note 1: A No Position vote means that there is no support by the TAG member for any of the other options. Within the TAG, when voting on an IEC document, the TAG member is indicating how the TAG should vote and must select one of the following options:ī) Negative – Comments mandatory (In all but administrative matters, the reasons for a negative vote shall be given, should be technical in nature, and should include wording or actions that would resolve the objection.)ĭ) No Position taken on the document – Comments optional (See ANNEX A)Įach member may vote one of the following positions. When a TAG uses this Procedure, Clause 9.6 d does not apply.
The Default Voting Procedure described in Annex A may be used for TAG ballots.
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