1. Revisions to Codes and Standards

2. Revision Types Technical Revisions Editorial Revisions Cases Errata
Impact requirements of the document
Editorial Revisions
Non-substantive changes
Cases
Alternatives or additions for immediate use
Errata
Publication errors

3. Balloting Voting members are obligated to participate on ballots
Forms of response
Approve
*Disapprove
*Abstain
*Not Voting
* Comment is Required

4. Forms of Responses Approve Disapprove
Disagreement with the proposed revision
Comment is required
Specific
Relevant to the scope of the revision
Suggest an alternative

5. Forms of Responses Abstain Not Voting Indicates a lack of expertise
Comment is Required
Not Voting
Indicates a conflict of Interest
Removes oneself from the voting process

6. Technical Revisions

7. Levels of Approval Task Group Approval (optional)
Subcommittee Approval
Standards Committee Approval
Board Procedural Review

8. Task Group Level Preparation of Revision Item Subject Explanation
Summary of Changes
Attached Files

9. Task Group Level
Revision proceeds when the item is ready for ballot or review at meeting by the subcommittee

10. Subcommittee Level Revision is processed at Subcommittee Level by:
Approval of proposal at meeting
Letter Ballot
Resolution of negatives
Proposal Revision

11. Standards Committee Level
First Consideration Ballot
Resolution of negatives
Proposal Revision
Recirculation Ballot

12. Standards Committee Letter Ballot
Entire proposal is open for consideration
Votes must be submitted before ballot closure
Approval on first consideration
2/3 Affirmative by A17
0 Disapproved

13. Standards Committee Letter Ballot
IRG, RAC and B44 Committee are also included in letter ballot
Supervisory Board included for Review and Comment
Substantive Board comments count as negatives
Subcommittee may be included on ballot
Contrary to Subcommittee first consideration ballots…

14. Resolution of Negatives
All comments/negatives must be responded to
Negatives may be withdrawn at any time
Remaining negatives are reviewed in a new ballot

15. Additional Letter Ballot
Technical revisions in response to comments require additional letter ballot
Similar to the subcommittee level…

16. Recirculation Ballot Conducted in order to review
Unresolved negatives from previous ballot
Unresolved public review objections
Editorial revisions in response to comments

17. Recirculation Ballot Votes from previous ballot are carried over
Members are voting on editorial revisions introduced to the proposal

18. Recirculation Ballot Disapproved votes are limited to Support of
First consideration negatives
Unresolved Public Review Comments
Substantive Supervisory Board Comments
Disagreement with new changes introduced to the proposal

19. Resolution of Negatives
All negatives/comments must be responded to
Project Manager may further revise the proposal based on comments
If proposal is revised, a new ballot is needed

20. Approval on Recirculation
Approved with at least 2/3 affirmative votes
Does not need to be unanimous
Standards Committee members may appeal unresolved negatives

21. Recirculation vs. First Consideration
After a ballot closure, the Project Manager determines how the item shall proceed

22. Final Stages Public Review Approval by ANSI Publication
Any interested parties may review and comment on the proposal
Attempts must be made to resolve all negative comments
Approval by ANSI
Publication

23. Final Stages Supervisory Board Level: Procedural Review Members vote
Objection
No Objection
Approval with majority voting No Objection

24. Final Stages
Approval by ANSI
Publication

25. Editorial Revisions

26. Approval of Editorial Revisions
Ballot using the method described for technical revisions
- or -
Vote at a meeting
Subcommittee Level
Standards Committee Level

27. Editorial Actions at a Meeting
A quorum must be present
Members may only vote “Approve” or “Disapprove”
Action approved with 2/3 affirmative vote

28. Errata

29. What are Errata? Errors in a published standard Typographical errors
Misspellings
Grammatical errors
Omissions
Staff/Printer errors
Often confused with Editorial Revisions.

30. Approval Process
Proposal must include approved revision and published document
If not proven as errata, must be processed as a revision