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AOAC INTERNATIONAL
Committee on Statistics
(Terms of Reference Comments)
July 7, 2017
9 Sidney Sudberg II. Committee
d. Quorum 37 - ?, but could
be applied to
another
section?
Editorial
1. A provision for the Chair &/or a Majority of Quorum to evoke a 'Roll Call Vote' for
important votes to be voted on by 'entire' Committee, Associate & Full Members in a
timely manner, should be included. 2. This way, the Chair or a Quorum of Full Voting
Members could ask for a Roll Call Vote at any time, allowing only a Majority of 'yeas' or
'nays' to move forward & abstentions are not counted.
This would potentially allow for complex issues or 'major' changes, etc. to be 'Democratically'
voted on by the entire Committee to give the chosen subject matter the consideration it is due,
by all members! This would also potentially prevent a small handful of members from controlling
the decision making process, if there was such a case. This would more than likely be a rare
occurrence but it would serve as a safeguard against these rare occurrences.
10 Wolfhard
Wegscheider
II. Committee
d. Quorum
37
General
Comment(s)
“A quorum of the Committee consists of 6 Full Members.”
A quorum is by definition a minimum number.
11 Hilde Skår
Norli
II. Committee
d. Quorum
37
The quorum of the Committee consists of at least 2/3 of Full Members
It is harder getting volunteers, so if there are less than 9 Full Members, it might be hard to get 6
voting members.
12 Wolfhard
Wegscheider
IV. Chair of
Committee on
Statistics
67
General
Comment(s)
identification of potential new members
What is the “identification …. of Committee membership.” Should it be “identification of
potential new members” or what?
13 Wolfhard
Wegscheider
V. Criteria for
Serving as a
Committee
Member
71f
...sufficiently relevant expertise
It probably should read “sufficiently relevant expertise”.
14 Mike Zapf
V. Criteria for
Serving as a
Committee
Member
74
General
Comment(s)
...states "II", I believe it refers to section III
error
15 Wolfhard
Wegscheider
V. Criteria for
Serving as a
Committee
Member
78
General
Comment(s)
“Must have a letter of support from sponsoring organization, when applicable,
This is not always applicable