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Ballot 43 – Business Categories

Ballot 43 – Business Categories (Passed Unanimously)

Motion

Bruce Morton made the following motion, and Eddy Nigg and Ben Wilson endorsed it:

Motion begins

Effective 180 days after ratification (19 Oct 2010),

Erratum begins

delete: 8.1.1(3) Business Category:

Contents: This field MUST contain one of the following strings: “V1.0, Clause 5.(b)”, “V1.0, Clause 5.(c)”, “V1.0, Clause 5.(d)”, or “V1.0, Clause 5.(e)” depending upon whether the Subject qualifies under the terms of Section 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4 or 7.2.5 of these Guidelines, respectively.

And, insert: 8.1.1(3) Business Category:

Contents: This field MUST contain one of the following strings: “Private Organization”, “Government Entity”, “Business Entity”, or “Non-Commercial Entity” depending upon whether the Subject qualifies under the terms of Section 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4 or 7.2.5 of these Guidelines, respectively.

Erratum ends

Motion ends

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