Fourth Term IFCSS Council News Release CN4010 Final Call for the Second IFCSS Council Email Conference ======================================================== Dear IFCSS Members: The following is the final call for the second IFCSS Council Email Conference. Please send any of your opinions to any of following Council members's email addresses: TANG@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU xuy@uconnvm.bitnet bing@math.arizona.edu mu@sequoia.lle.rochester.edu HWANGK@VTCC1.BITNET liu@atmos.umd.edu phsgl@unix.cc.emory.edu chenjian@mace.cc.purdue.edu jli@amsc01.engr.udayton.edu qiy@mist.CS.ORST.EDU dlq@u.washington.edu yuanpo@utdallas.edu cwong@apache.sie.arizona.edu Li_jennifer@merlin.nmhu.edu Sincerely, Kai Hwang (signed) Council Secretary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jinghong Li (signed), Chairman of Council To: IFCSS Council, SVC, and HQ Date: Feb. 8, 1993 Sub: Final Call for the Second IFCSS Council Email Conference IFCSS Council, IFCSS SVC, IFCSS HQ, According to IFCSS Council Bylaw ARTICLE II, Section 1, ARTICLE III, with Council 3rd teleconference unanimous consent, and after series consultations with members of the Council, this is the final call for the IFCSS Council Second Email Conference. The Email conference will be held during the time of: Start: 6:00am EST, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1993 End: 5:59am EST, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993. Enclosed please find a tentative schedule, meeting order and rules. Council members please report to the meeting by signing and posting the following message to council network before the meeting starts: ....................................................................... Meeting Chair, I will be in presence for the Council Second E-mail Conference starting 3:00am PST (6:00am EST), Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1993, in the council email network. I approve (or disapprove) the proposed conference schedule, order and rules. ---- ---- (signed) Member of IFCSS 4th Council Representing Region: --- --- ....................................................................... Interested public readers are welcome to audit the Conference. Please be advised that only council members, the IFCSS HQ and invited guests are permitted to post on the council working network during the conference. Any violation shall result in, without warning, immediate termination of the access privilege. To audit the council email network, please send email and command as follow: address: listserv@venus.physics.emory.edu command: sub council firstname lastname Thank you for your attention. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- IFCSS Council Email Conference Schedule ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Session Form: Email conference Duration: One week (7 days) Start Time: 3:00am PST or 6:00am EST, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1993 Council Member Attending Deadline: 3:00am PST or 6:00am EST, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1993 Proposing Deadline: 3:00am PST or 6:00am EST, Thursday, Feb. 17, 1993 Close Debate: 3:00am PST or 6:00am EST, Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993 Voting Start (Last two days of the conference): 3:00am PST or 6:00am EST, Sunday, Feb. 21, 1993 Conference Adjourns:2:59am PST or 5:59am EST, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 1993. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Business Order of the Meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. On adoption of Email Conference Rules and Order of the Meeting; 2. On Council members and HQ proposals moved before the proposing deadline; 3. On emergency proposals moved after the proposing deadline - see rules; 4. Vote on resolutions (last two days); ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email Conference Rules ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. According to Council Bylaw, Quorum of the meeting is 2/3 of the total member of the Council. Currently, 2/3 of 16 is 11. 2. According to IFCSS Constitution, resolutions are adopted by vote of no less then half of the entire Council membership. 3. According to Council Bylaw, all council members are required to attend the email conference in one of the following two forms: a. Post to the Council email network during the conference period; b. If no email accounts, a member shall contact, before and during the meeting time two or more times with at least one Council member who has email access to Council net. The said member's concern and votes shall be forwarded to the council email network. 4. To be present in the email conference, a council member shall post to the Council email network before the Email Conference starts. According to council Bylaw and previous practice, the announcement should be in the following form: ....................................................................... Meeting Chair, I will be in presence for the Council Second E-mail Conference starting 3:00am PST (6:00am EST), Tuesday, Feb. 15, 1993, in the council email network. I approve (or disapprove) the proposed conference schedule, order and rules. ---- ---- (signed) Member of IFCSS 4th Council Representing Region: --- --- ....................................................................... 5. Proposals are moved by one or more Council members before the proposing deadline. A second is required for all proposals. 6. Proposals moved after the deadline can only be accepted through the following emergency procedure. It is the emergency proposal's author's responsibility to: 1. Inform all council members at least 36 hours before the scheduled conference closing time; 2. Receive a second; 3. Receive at least half council members' approval for admitting the emergency proposal to the conference. 7. Council Secretary shall assign a series number for each proposed resolution, and keep an official record of all conference related posts; 8. All votes shall be posted on the council email network directly within the voting period (the last two days of the conference), including forwarded votes of members with no email access. 9. Because of the characteristics of email conference, amendments shall not be voted on. Resolution's original author should consider suggestions, changes, etc. seriously, and make modifications with other member's help. 10. The validation of an email shall be determined by its posting time. ============================================================================= TANG@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU xuy@uconnvm.bitnet bing@math.arizona.edu mu@sequoia.lle.rochester.edu HWANGK@VTCC1.BITNET liu@atmos.umd.edu phsgl@unix.cc.emory.edu chenjian@mace.cc.purdue.edu jli@amsc01.engr.udayton.edu qiy@mist.CS.ORST.EDU dlq@u.washington.edu yuanpo@utdallas.edu cwong@apache.sie.arizona.edu Li_jennifer@merlin.nmhu.edu