ITI Technical Committee Voting Procedures

The following text describes the initial voting procedures which will be used by the ITI Technical committee as it transitions to support of the Governance procedures adopted by IHE International. Revisement of these voting procedures is expected to be frequent, as we gather new information from members, Domain Coordination Committee and the IHE International Board. The procedures will become more final on the date that the IHE International Board declares that we must implement the governance procedures. After the implementation date changes to the procedures will be voted on by the committee membership. The implementation date is currently January 1, 2008 but prerequesite activities have missed their dates so it is fairly certain that the implementation date will also be moved.

We will have slightly different procedures prior to the implementation date and after the implementation date. The reason for this is that prior to the implementation date we do not have a clear list of members. Part of the rollout up to implementation is application by organizations to become members. Until that application process has begun we cannot have a good or clear list of membership. As a committee participant you are encouraged to respond quickly to the application for membership call when it is released. That is one of the two things you must do to maintain your right to vote within the ITI Technical Commitee. The other thing is to ensure that you are present to vote at each vote between November 7&8 face-to-face meeting and the implementation date.