The ballot to approve the CDV1 for Z136.1 Safe Use of Lasers closed Wednesday, September 09, 2020 at 5:00 PM EDT; the public review comment deadline of this same document closed September 21, 2020. Of 67 eligible votes, 62 responses were received (93%) within the published balloting period, which makes this a valid ballot in accordance with Z136 Procedures, Clause 7.9 (a), “Three quarters (75%) of the ballots shall be returned (including abstentions) from those in the Balloting Group in order for the ballot to be valid.”
Of the 62 responses received, 4 were abstentions, 7 were negative, and 51 votes were affirmative or affirmative with comment (88%). Of the affirmative votes, 22 were accompanied with comments. No comments were received from public review.
In accordance with ASC Z136 Procedures, an effort to resolve all expressed objections accompanied by comments related to the proposal under consideration shall be made. Each unresolved objection and attempt at resolution, and any substantive change made in a proposed American National Standard shall be circulated to the entire balloting group to allow each member to confirm or change their vote or to comment. All consensus body balloting group (CBBG) members shall have the opportunity to respond to the recirculation ballot, including cases where they did not cast an earlier vote or abstained. Per our procedures, Clause 7.5, “During ballot recirculation, a balloter can only change his/her vote based on the changed portions of the proposed standard, or on the unresolved negative comments. A balloter cannot change his/her vote based on a clause previously seen and approved, unless that clause is affected by the new material.” And Clause A.2, “Any new issue or recommended technical change raised during this recirculation should be retained by the Secretariat for consideration during the next maintenance cycle.”
A copy of the summary of consensus body balloting group vote by interest category will be posted in the Committee Documents section of the ASC Z136 - General page of this website.
Z136.1 CDV1 Results
Ballots returned: 62 of 67 = 93%
Ballots returned less abstentions: 58
Abstain: 4
Negative: 7
Affirmative: 51 of 58 (returned less abstentions) = 88%
The recirculation ballot for the Z136 Procedures revisions closed Wednesday, September 09, 2020 at 5:00 PM EDT. Between the initial ballot and recirculation ballot, a new member was added to the Committee and allowed to vote, so the number of potential eligible votes increased from 76 to 77. This ballot was sent to the entire membership of ASC Z136. Of the 77 potential eligible votes, 67 were returned (87%), which makes this a valid ballot in accordance with Z136 Procedures, Clause 7.7.2, "The following actions require an electronic or paper ballot, or an equivalent formal recorded vote with return of at least a majority of the full-Committee membership eligible to vote, and approval by at least two-thirds of those voting, excluding abstentions. Of the previous 3 negative ballots, two became affirmative and one remained negative. One previously affirmative ballot became negative. The final tally of affirmative votes is 63 (96%). The ballot was approved with the following results:
Procedures Recirculation Results
Ballots returned: 67 of 77 = 87%
Ballots returned less abstentions: 65
Abstain: 2
Negative: 2
Affirmative: 63 of 65 (returned less abstentions) = 96%
The Procedures have been submitted to ANSI's Executive Standards Council subcommittee on accreditation for review and re-accreditation. The Procedures will be out for a 30-day public review period this month. The revised Procedures will not be implemented until they have been re-accredited. All members of ASC Z136 and its subcommittees will be notified via email when the revised Procedures go into effect and receive a PDF copy.