October 1, 1990

X3 Secretariat/CBEMA
Attn: Manager, Membership Services
311 First Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20001-2178


Dear Ms. Bailey,

In reviewing the draft SD-2, dated September 27, 1990, I was 
quite pleased at the improvements in consistency and clarity.  An 
organization that develops and reviews proposed American National 
Standards should be expected to have exceptionally clear rules.

It is especially important that rules concerning membership 
be clear.  I believe there are areas that would benefit from 
further clarification which I would like to bring to your 
attention:

1.   In section 4.2.6, criteria a), does "voting member" mean the 
     principal, the principal plus all alternates, or some other 
     set of members?  I prefer that the principal plus all 
     alternates be notified as occasionally the principal may 
     leave the organization and the alternates may be unaware of 
     his/her departure.

2.   In the same section, the phrase "both the principal or an 
     alternate representative" is unclear.  I believe what is 
     intended is that at least one member from the set of 
     principal and alternate representatives for that 
     organization must perform the prescribed actions.  

     If my interpretations are correct, perhaps this subsection 
     could be reworded:  

     "a)  The principal and all alternate representatives shall 
          be warned in writing upon failure of the organization 
          to:  

          (1) <unchanged wording>
          (2) <unchanged wording>

          An organization fails to perform an above action when 
          none of the organization's representatives perform the 
          action."

3.   What, exactly, is meant by "termination"?  In the case of 
     termination for nonattendance, I presume this means that the 
     principal representative and all alternate representatives 
     are changed to observer status.  Does this mean that another 
     service fee is due (for the free first alternate)?  

     In the case of nonpayment, I presume that termination means 
     the principal representative and all delinquent alternates 
     are dropped from the membership lists entirely.  If there 
     are any alternates who paid their service fee, is one of 
     them promoted to principal status?  If so, which one?  Or 
     are they changed to observer status?

4.   There should be a subsection covering reinstatement of 
     membership after termination.  This subsection should answer 
     the following questions:

     a)   Is an organization immediately reinstated if they pay 
          their delinquent service fee or must they meet the 
          attendance requirements of a new organization?

     b)   If an organization is terminated for nonattendance, 
          must they attend two of three successive meetings after 
          the termination to be reinstated?  Or can a meeting 
          prior to the termination be counted as the first of the 
          two required meetings?  Example:

          Attendance Record

          Meeting  n-3  n-2  n-1   n   n+1
               ...  0    0    1    0    1

          Can an organization terminated at meeting n for 
          nonattendance be reinstated at meeting n+1?


Thank you for considering these issues.

Sincerely,




John Lohmeyer, X3T9.2 Chair

cc: Del Shoemaker, X3T9 Chair
    Tom Kern, NCR Principal X3 Member