Enclosed is an adjudication ballot for revision 1 (r1) of NSF/ANSI 426 issue 5 that is being forwarded to the Joint Committee for balloting. Please review the original changes proposed and the negative votes and comments to this standard and submit your ballot by October 29, 2018 via the NSF Online Workspace (https://standards.nsf.org/login).
This two-week ballot allows voters the opportunity to respond, change or reaffirm their vote based on the content of the comments contained herein. In the reference items for this ballot, included are the response letters to the comments from the 3 negative votes.
Voting options:
1. Affirmative: you are voting to accept the ballot document as it stands after your consideration of the unresolved negative comments.
2. Negative: You are voting to reject the ballot document as it stands after your consideration of the unresolved negative comments. Voters who change an affirmative to a negative shall cite the unresolved negative comment that caused their decision.
3. Abstain: You do not feel that you have sufficient information to make an informed decision on this issue.
Please note that if you do not return a vote in this adjudication ballot, your original vote will remain in effect.
At the close of this adjudication ballot, all results will be tallied to determine if the requirements for consensus have been satisfied.
Purpose
The proposed revisions in ballot NSF 426i5r1 addressed criteria 12.2.3, 12.4.2 and 12.4.3 regarding the scope of suppliers and the note for the definition of facility. This adjudication ballot is to address the negative votes with comments that were received and the proposed response from the Joint Committee. |
