Agreed. This is a great vote - pardon the pun - for the value of EML!
Congratulations to you all.
/chet
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jamie Clark <> wrote:
> Definitely a success for the TC's data structures, and a nice instance of
> cooperation with IEEE. Congratulations. Regards JBC
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Borras <>
> Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:00 AM
> Subject: [election-services] FW: 1622-2011 Approval Notification
> To:
>
>
> You will be pleased to hear this news as the IEEE standard is founded on EML
> ,which is excellent new for us. Many thanks to everyone who has helped to
> build the bridge and let’s look to further productive collaboration.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> John Borras
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>
>
> Chair OASIS E&VS Technical Committee
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> m. +(0)44 7976 157745
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> Skype: gov3john
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>
> From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Arthur
> Keller
> Sent: 08 December 2011 16:53
> To:
> Subject: Fwd: 1622-2011 Approval Notification
>
>
>
> I am pleased to announce to the WG that our draft standard was approved by
> the IEEE-SA Standards Board yesterday, per the official notification below.
>
>
>
> I would like to thank everyone for their hard work in getting to this
> point. I especially want to thank John Wack, editor and vice chair, David
> Webber, Peter Zelechoski, Neal McBurnett, and Carmelo Montanez-Rivera for
> their extensive and crucial efforts.
>
>
>
> I would also like to thank Malia Zaman, IEEE staff liaison, who deftly
> guided me through the process of working with IEEE SA.
>
>
>
> I look forward to working with all of you in the development of future
> standards for voting systems.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Arthur Keller
>
> Chair, P1622
>
>
>
> From:
>
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 10:24:12 -0500
>
>
> 8 December 2011
>
> Arthur M. Keller
> University of California, Santa Cruz
> 3881 Corina Way
> Palo Alto, CA 94303-4507
> USA
>
> cc: Roger Fujii, C/SAB Sponsor
> Malia Zaman, Program Manager
> Kim Breitfelder, Manager Standards Publishing
> Clint Chaplin, Negative Balloter
> Charles Corry, Negative Balloter
> Stanley Klein, Negative Balloter
> Thomas Kurihara, Negative Balloter
> James Moore, Negative Balloter
> Richard Painter, Negative Balloter
>
> RE: NEW P1622 (C/SAB) Standard for Electronic Distribution of Blank Ballots
> for Voting Systems
>
> Dear Arthur,
>
> I am pleased to inform you that P1622 was approved as a new standard by the
> IEEE-SA Standards Board on 7 December 2011. A copy of the document will be
> forwarded to the Standards Publications Department. The editor assigned to
> work on the project will contact you.
>
> An approved IEEE standard will remain active for ten years. If the Sponsor
> does not complete a revision process within ten years, the standard will be
> transferred to inactive status.
>
> It should be noted that any negative balloters have the right to appeal.
> Please consult the following web pages for information on this process:
>
> http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/bylaws/
>
> http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/opman/
>
> Please contact me if you have any questions prior to speaking with your
> editor.
>
> Sincerely,
> ************************************************
> Karen M. Evangelista
> IEEE - SA Governance, Administrator
> IEEE Standards Activities Department
> 445 Hoes Lane
> Piscataway, NJ 08854-4141 USA
> TEL: +1 732 562 3854
> FAX: +1 732 796 6966
>
> *************************************************
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/chet
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